Marcus Hayes

I write columns about sports and the issues that surround them.

I was raised on a small farm in in rural northern New York. I played and captained three varsity sports in high school, but early on I figured I would write for a living. I graduated from the S.I. Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University with a degree in magazine journalism and the school of Arts & Sciences with a degree in English.

I worked at the Syracuse papers out of college and arrived at The Inquirer and Daily News in 1995 as a feature writer. I soon became a sole beat writer covering the Eagles, then was promoted to covering the Phillies, then was promoted to special assignments, then was promoted to columnist in 2011.