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I am a diehard Philadelphia Eagles and Phillies fan who recently graduated Messiah College in Harrisburg, PA. I discovered my passion for writing in high school, writing for The Penndulum, my school's newspaper. In college, I write as the beat reporter for both the baseball and field hockey teams, and for The Swinging Bridge, the college's newspaper.

I just recently started writing for a Philadelphia Phillies blog, Philly Buster. One day I would like to have my own column on ESPN. My current favorite writer is Jayson Stark and I would like to follow in his footsteps from The Philadelphia Inquirer to ESPN.

I was fortunate enough to experience a World Series title as a Phillies fan in 2008. I'm still waiting for that glorious day with the Eagles. Five trips to the conference championship game without a single ring has taken a significant toll on my life but I think a lot of fans would be blessed to see their team reach the playoffs nine times in 11 years.

I think Donovan McNabb should be remembered as one of the greatest athletes in Philadelphia sports history - an incredibly talented player who gave it his all and handled his tenure in the city with a lot of class. Brian Dawkins is a warrior, a man of God, and a future Hall of Fame free safety who never should have been allowed to leave the Eagles. Jim Johnson and Harry Kalas, may they rest in peace. Chase Utley is a throwback to the way baseball should be played. And I think Roy Halladay, Cole Hamels, Cliff Lee, and Roy Oswalt have the potential to be the greatest rotation in MLB history.

"I tell you what, I wanted to set a tone as a defense. WE wanted to set a tone. It's not just me, it's the defense, it's my line, it's Burgess, it's Kearse, all them boys, Trotter, we came and we brought it, EVERY DOGGONE PLAY!" - Brian Dawkins, January 23, 2005

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Brian Dawkins, Donovan McNabb, Brian Westbrook, Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, Jimmy Rollins, DeSean Jackson, Cole Hamels, Brad Lidge, Jamie Moyer, Jeremiah Trotter, Jon Runyan, David Akers, Mike Schmidt, Randall Cunningham, Reggie White, Troy Vincent, Pat Burrell, Jerome Brown, Kurt Warner, that entire 1991 Gang Green defense

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Eagles, Phillies

  • Favorite Coaches

    Charlie Manuel, Andy Reid

  • All-Time Sports Moment

    Phillies win 2008 World Series, Eagles beat Falcons 27-10 in the 2004 NFC Championship Game

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    August 30, 2007: The Phillies completed a four-game sweep of the Mets, winning 11-10 on Chase Utley's game-winning single

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Joe DiMaggio's 56 game-hitting streak

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Ruth... Better hitter, better pitcher

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Montana

  • Jordan or Russell?

    MJ

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Gretzky

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Federer

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Tiger

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Who cares?

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    See above...

  • ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12 or SEC?

    the NFL

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  • Poly Woggggg posted 72 days ago

    Poly Woggggg

    Cody,

    You're doing a great job with your articles. I'm pretty sporadic with how I visit this site. Every so often I return to chop it up on Eagles articles, and every time I come on I have no idea how to locate my information. So, I always have to start a new profile. I probably have like 4 of them by now. But I just wanted to drop a line and say that since I've been returning to the site every couple of years your articles are better and better. Keep 'em rolling in, and I'll keep reading n' commenting!!

    Joe Jensen

  • Chris posted 83 days ago

    Chris

    Cody,
    I would be interested in reading an article about the 3-4 OLB in this draft. Specifically Dion Jordan, Ezekiel Ansah, Barkevious Mingo, and Margust Hunt. This position is going to be a major focus of Chip's in the draft (imo). All 4 of these players have a lot of "potential", but not a proven track record. When it comes to picking at the 4th, or even the top 10 in the draft, "potential" is not what I want to hear. I would be interested in the pros vs cons, your opinions, and what each player has done in the collegiate level. Thanks!

  • Samir A posted 107 days ago

    Samir A

    Just wnanted to say that the mock draft you wrote was amazing. Best I've seen in a long time. Great job

  • David Gottwald posted 253 days ago

    David Gottwald

    Not exactly sure why you have Andy Reid listed as one of your favorite coachs after that article you wrote to fire him after 1 week.

  • Truth Will Be Revealed posted 258 days ago

    Truth Will Be Revealed

    Yo Cody,

    I get that if some critics or other commenters attack you on a personal level you can say whatever you want, but attacking other people making their own respectful arguement and making childish and sarcastic comments is just stupid. Stop doing that, it's not doing you any sort of good, you just lose respect as a writer. Seriously go back to the 50 predictions article, your treating grown men like children, it's annoying. Just defend your article and maybe take in a thing or two from what they're saying into consideration, that's all.

  • Daniel Zelaya posted 314 days ago

    Daniel Zelaya

    I read that article you posted a link to (http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1217274-the-40-recently-retired-mlb-players-with-the-best-chance-for-the-hall-of-fame).
    Thank you for that, it's surprising how quickly the stars of yesterday slip through our mind. It takes me back.

  • Manav Khandelwal posted 342 days ago

    Manav Khandelwal

    Hey Cody I like your stuff as an Eagles FC and hope to become one as well! Keep it up.

  • Ben Salvi posted 345 days ago

    Ben Salvi

    Thanks for the notice on the article Cody i will read it now.

  • Julian Z posted 345 days ago

    Julian Z

    Thanks for the heads-up on that article.

  • Greg Pinto posted 399 days ago

    Greg Pinto

    Hey Cody! Thanks for the support. I always intend to tweet out the links and then forget to. Lol. I'll definitely start doing that. Thanks for the suggestion!

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