This summary provides an overview of Bill Tull's résumé: 1) Bill Tull has received several accolades for his graphic design and page design work including first place awards from the SPJ/Greater Philadelphia in 2004 and 2007 and second place in 2005. 2) He has over 15 years of experience as a graphic designer, copy editor, and working on sports desks for newspapers across Pennsylvania. 3) Bill Tull attended The Deal in Willingboro, NJ and graduated in December 2001 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications/Journalism from Doylestown, PA.

1. Bill Tull
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ACCOLADES
■ SPJ/Greater Philadelphia
— First Place, Page Design (2004)
— Second Place, Page Design (2005)
■ Keystone Press Awards GRAPHIC DESIGNER ■ COPY EDITOR ■ SPORTS DESK
— First Place, Page Design (2007)
CONTRIBUTING TO NEWSPAPER COVERAGE ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA SINCE 1995
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FRIDAY
APRIL 23, 2010 C TUESDAY
APRIL 27, 2010 C
EXPERIENCE BUZZER BEATERS
2010 FIRST-ROUND DRAFT BOARD Halladay suffers EDUCATION
Just reward
first loss as a Phillie
BUCKS COUNTY
1 Sam Bradford
QB, Oklahoma
9 C.J. Spiller
RB, Clemson
17 Mike Iupati
G-OT, Idaho
25 Acquired
from Balt.
Tim Tebow
QB, Florida
Ndamukong Suh Dan Williams
2 DT, Nebraska 10 Tyson Alualu
DT, California
18 Maurkice Pouncey
C, Florida
26 A i C di l
NT, Tennessee
3 Gerald McCoy 11 Anthony Davis 19 Sean Weatherspoon 27 Devin McCourty Phillies first baseman “He’s one of
Levittown, Pa.
Acquired
Acquired
DT, Oklahoma from
Denver
OT, Rutgers OLB, Missouri from Dallas CB, Rutgers
Ryan Matthews Kareem Jackson Jared Odrick Ryan Howard agrees to our guys, he
PHOTO COURTESY OF FRANK MITMAN
LEHIGH VALLEY IRONPIGS 4 Trent Williams 12 Acquired
RB, Fresno St. 20 CB, Alabama
28 Acquired DT, Penn St.
$125 million extension.
from Miami
OT, Oklahoma
is a Phillie.”
from S.D.
LIDGE STRONG IN Brandon Graham Jermaine Gresham
REHAB OUTING, C6 5 Eric Berry
S, Tennessee
13 Acquired
from Den
through S.F.
DE, Michigan 21 TE, Oklahoma 29 Kyle Wilson
CB, Boise St. MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ / ASSOCIATED PRESS PHILLIES MANAGER
Giants third baseman Pablo CHARLIE MANUEL
By JANIE MCCAULEY
Earl Thomas Demaryius Thomas Jahvid Best Sandoval scores past Phillies catcher
Phillies place 6 Russell Okung
OT, Oklahoma St.
14 S, Texas 22 Acquired
from N.E. WR, Georgia Tech 30 Acquired
from Minn.
RB, California Carlos Ruiz during the first inning on
Monday night. Phils ace Roy Halladay
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO — Ryan Howard took a
ON THE TEAM
SIGNING RYAN HOWARD
TO A LONG-TERM DEAL
allowed two first-inning runs in a 5-1 good-natured jab at those fickle fans in baseball-
Happ on DL Bryan Bulaga Jerry Hughes crazy Philadelphia.
The Philadelphia 7 Joe Haden
CB, Florida
15 Jason Pierre-Paul
DE, South Florida
23 OT, Iowa
31 DE, TCU
loss in San Francisco. Story C4
“Hopefully there’s no riots taking place back in
Philly,” he joked of his new mega deal.
Phillies placed left-
Get used to it, City of Brotherly Love. This
hander J.A. Happ
on the 15-day dis-
8 Rolando McClain 16 Derrick Morgan 24 Dez Bryant 32 Patrick Robinson BUZZER BEATERS guy’s going to be around for a while.
The slugging first baseman agreed to a
Roethlisberger won’t
abled list with a LB, Alabama DE, Georgia Tech Acquired
WR, Oklahoma St. CB, Florida St.
strained forearm on J.A.Happ
from N.E. thru
Denver & Phila. $125 million, five-year contract extension
Doylestown, Pa. appeal suspension
Thursday, leaving Monday that could keep him with the
the team with two injured starting With the 13th pick in the 2010 NFL Phillies until 2017.
pitchers.
The Phillies activated lefty reliev-
er J.C. Romero. He had been at
Triple-A Lehigh Valley recovering
from surgery on his left elbow.
Draft, the Philadelphia Eagles select ...
Brandon
Moving on up again Steelers quarterback Ben
Roethlisberger says he won’t appeal
the six-game suspension given him
for violating the NFL personal con-
duct policy.
’s
Howard preferred securing his future
in Philadelphia to testing free agency
in two years — and boy, is he getting
his payday. He also felt loyal to the
franchise that gave him his chance to
General manager Ruben Amaro Jr.
The Eagles traded their way to the No. 13 pick and grabbed Saying he is disappointed with reach the big leagues, saying, “That
said right-hander Nelson Figueroa
will take Happ’s next scheduled start
Graham Michigan defensive lineman Brandon Graham. himself, Roethlisberger apologized
Monday to his teammates and fans
wasn’t a very hard decision.”
“I tell you what, it’s a great feel-
ing to have that security and know
Attended
on Saturday at Arizona. Figueroa was BY REUBEN FRANK for his behavior last month in a
claimed off waivers from the Mets on Defensive End, STAFF WRITER No time to wait Georgia bar, where a 20-year-old col- where you’re going to be,” Howard
April 7. PHILADELPHIA — Soon after lege student accused him of sexual said. “I feel what I’ve been doing
Michigan they began searching for a defensive
Jeff Offord says the Eagles needed to be over the last couple of years, I feel
Happ threw in the bullpen on bold in this year’s draft so they moved assault.
end to play opposite Trent Cole, they pretty confident that down the
Thursday before being placed on the Height: 6-1 Weight: 268 up to No. 13 to select the Michigan In a short statement released by
road, I’ll be right where I want to
disabled list. The move was made found one who reminded them of defensive star. Page C 4 the team, Roethlisberger promised
retroactive to April 16. Trent Cole. be and still doing the same
he will not put himself in such a sit-
Willingboro, N.J.
Positives
(Sept. 1994 — Sept. 1998,
Happ joins right-hander Joe “He’s a relentless, relentless things.”
remains to be seen. But the Eagles on uation again. Howard’s teammates wasted no
Blanton (left oblique strain) on the Disciplined and generally does a nice job of player,” Eagles head coach Andy Thursday were once again aggressive In his first comments since being
disabled list. Blanton is scheduled to staying home when the play flows to the Reid said of Brandon Graham. time hitting him up for favors,
addressing a need early in the draft, suspended Wednesday by commis- either.
throw 40 to 50 pitches in his next opposite side. Keeps head up and locates “I haven’t been around a lot of trading up in the first round for the sioner Roger Goodell, Roethlisberger
rehab start for Double-A Reading on
Friday. Blanton is expected to make
the ball quickly. Plays from the snap until
the whistle and with an edge.
players who play as hard as
Trent Cole, but that’s the
fourth time in the last eight years to said that while he did not commit a
“Where we going to eat, Ryan?”
Ben Francisco asked. The Deal
fall semester of 2001)
take the productive Michigan defen- crime, he fell short of the values Howard just chuckled.
at least one more minor league start Negatives way this kid played on the sive end. instilled in him by his family. He “He’s going to take all your money,”
2012: $20 million
after Friday’s game. college level.” The Eagles shipped the 24th pick in
Shortstop Jimmy Rollins (right
Lacks ideal athletic ability, appears stiff in space.
Whether Graham turns the first round and their two third-
also said it will be “devastating” to quipped Shane Victorino. 2013: $20 million
Graphic designer —
Best fit is at power end in a base 4-3 scheme, miss games. Even general manager Ruben Amaro
calf strain) and closer Brad Lidge which Andy Reid sees him playing in Philly. out to be the next Trent Cole
See NFL News and Notes on Jr. got into the fun.
2014: $25 million
(right elbow surgery) also are on the or the next Jerome McDougle See EAGLES, Page C4
disabled list.
Page C6. “As part of this deal, he has agreed to 2015: $25 million
buy a second home for me,” Amaro joked 2016: $25 million
NJ Devils coach
S TANLEY C UP P LAYOFFS
during a news conference at AT&Park,
Sports
NCAA to expand
tourney to 68 teams
The NCAA is on the verge of
expanding the men’s basketball tour-
nament from 65 to 68 teams beginning
FLYERS
3 GAME 5
Eastern Conference First Round
DEVILS
0
PENN RELAYS Lemaire retires
New Jersey Devils coach Jacques
Lemaire has retired following his
team’s first-round playoff elimina-
where the Phillies opened a three-game
series with the Giants.
But in all seriousness, Amaro pulled off
a deal that keeps the centerpiece of the
Phillies’ offense in place for the long haul.
2017: Club option
for $23 million
($10 million buyout) Graduated
(Flyers win series 4-1) tion for the third straight year. “We just felt it was good timing for
December, 2001 with a
next year and announced a new, $10.8 Lemaire made the surprising us,” Amaro said. “We felt No. 1, he’s one
billion broadcasting deal with CBS of the elite offensive players in the game.
Flyers
announcement Monday, four days
(June 24, 2001 — present)
Sports and Turner Broadcasting on We could have waited another year and a
after the Devils were ousted by the
Thursday that will allow every game half or so and dealt with it later on, but
Philadelphia Flyers in five games.
to be shown live for the first time. the fact of the matter is we decided he is
The 64-year-old Lemaire says he
“This is an important day for that important to our organization and to
Bachelor of Arts degree in
doesn’t have the energy to coach
■ Main responsibility is the
intercollegiate athletics and the
400,000 student-athletes who compete
in NCAA sports,” interim NCAA
president Jim Isch said. “This agree-
ment will provide on average more
close out anymore. He will stay with the
Devils in a role yet to be determined.
Lemaire returned to the Devils
last season for a second stint as
our club and to our future.”
The 30-year-old Howard will make
$20 million each in 2012 and 2013 and
$25 million annually from 2014-16. $20 million to one
Devils coach. He led the team to the The Phillies have a $23 million club The following 12 deals are the only ones to have
than $740 million annually to our option for 2017 with a $10 million
Communications/Journalism
averaged out to $20 million per season.
conferences and member schools.” Stanley Cup in 1995.
buyout.
presentation of the sports Any move had hinged on the Player Team Salary/Year Length
NCAA’s $6 billion, 11-year television
By WAYNE FISH
NFL Draft a hit “This is a very good contract
for him,” Howard’s agent *1. Roger Clemens NYY $28,000,022 2007
deal with CBS. The deal, signed in
1999, had a mutual opt-out until July
STAFF WRITER in prime-time for ESPN See HOWARD, Page C5
2. Alex Rodriguez NYY $27,500,000 2008-17
NEWARK, N.J. — No excuses
(Print Media emphasis)
31 and the NCAA took it amid specu- needed. STEVE GENGLER / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER More than 45 million viewers X-3. Alex Rodriguez TEX/NYY $25,200,000 2001-10
section for three newspapers in
lation that ESPN might become a Although the Flyers had a ready- Bensalem’s Katie McAndrews watched a portion of the NFL draft 4. Ryan Howard PHL $25,000,000 2012-16
partner in one of the most popular made alibi in the form of the loss of competes in the pole vault. on three television channels, easily a
and lucrative tournaments in sports. record. 5. Joe Mauer MIN $23,000,000 2011-18
two top players, they made do with
Instead, the NCAA struck a 14-
year agreement with CBS and Turner
Broadcasting System Inc. The deal,
what they had Thursday night in a
convincing, series-clinching 3-0 win Sargent A total viewership of 45.4 million
tuned in to the 75th draft on NFL
Network, ESPN and ESPN2. That’s
Richest first basemen contracts in baseball
(tie) C.C. Sabathia NYY
7. Johan Santana NYM
$23,000,000
$22,916,667
2009-15
2008-13
the Calkins Media chain located
over the New Jersey Devils at the
■ Spent four years at
which runs from 2011 through 2024, Prudential Center. up 16 percent from last year’s record 8. Manny Ramirez LAD $22,500,000 2009-10
will show every game live across four
national networks for the first time in
the tournament’s 73-year history.
The victory put a bow on a 4-1
elimination of the Devils in the
Eastern Conference best-of-seven quar-
takes third of 39 million, according to Nielsen
Media Research.
Draft viewership has nearly dou-
Ryan Howard, PHI
5 ye a r s / $ 1 2 5 m i l l i o n
Av g : $ 2 5 m i l l i o n
(tie) Mark Teixeira NYY
*10. Roger Clemens HOU
$22,500,000
$22,000,022
2009-16
2006
in 3,000
terfinals and puts them into the con- bled during the last decade, from 8 ye a r s / $ 1 8 0 m i l l i o n X-11. Manny Ramirez BOS/LAD $20,000,000 2001-08
Mark Teixeira,
in suburban Philadelphia. Yankees turn first ference semifinals. 23.5 million in 2001. NYY Av g : $ 2 2 . 5 m i l l i o n
12. Roy Halladay PHL $20,000,000 2011-13
Shippensburg University,
According to a Flyers source, the In addition, a record 12,275 fans
triple play since 1968 earliest Philadelphia can resume play attended the draft at Radio City 8 ye a r s / $ 1 5 2 . 3 m i l l i o n * Both of Clemens’ deals listed above were prorated to
The New York Yankees turned is Thursday. The Pennsbury freshman Music Hall. Of course, this was the Miguel Cabrera, DET Av g : $ 1 9 . 0 3 m i l l i o n his signing date at mid-season, so the actual contract
their first triple play since 1968, with Despite the absence of Jeff Carter beat her personal-best time first three-session draft. values were less than what is listed.
third baseman Alex Rodriguez start- and Simon Gagne, who are both by 22 seconds in a medal- 9 ye a r s / $ 1 4 1 . 3 m i l l i o n
ing the around-the-horn gem against undergoing foot surgery today, the DAILY NUMBER Todd Helton, COL X- Player was traded during the contract
■ Work with other members 225 getting the opportunity to try a
Av g : $ 1 5 . 7 m i l l i o n
host Oakland on Thursday. The A’s Flyers rolled right through the Devils. BILL KOSTROUN / ASSOCIATED PRESS
winning performance. RICK KINTZEL /
KEVIN COONEY / STAFF GRAPHIC
STAFF PHOTO
won the game 4-2. A pair of goals by Claude Giroux Danny Briere (48) celebrates his goal with Claude Giroux during the first period of 7 ye a r s / $ 1 0 0 m i l l i o n
With runners on first and second led the offense and Brian Boucher once Thursday’s 3-0 victory over the New Jersey Devils. Giroux added two goals of his own
By DOM COSENTINO
STAFF WRITER
Albert Pujols, STL Av g : $ 1 4 . 2 9 m i l l i o n
in the sixth inning, Kurt Suzuki hit a again got the best of New Jersey goal- as the Flyers became the first team to clinch a spot in the conference semifinals. PHILADELPHIA — She’s only 5 BILL TULL / STAFF GRAPHIC
sharp grounder to Rodriguez, who tender Martin Brodeur, getting a bit of feet tall and she’s just a freshman, so
of the night-time sports staff in
stepped on the bag and threw to sec-
ond baseman Robinson Cano. Cano’s
relay to first baseman Nick Johnson
barely beat Suzuki.
revenge for Brodeur’s seven-game
ouster of the Flyers in the 2000
Eastern Conference finals when
Boucher was a rookie.
Gritty Flyers pay price right from the start, Sara Sargent
didn’t want to take any chances.
“I wanted to get out — not too hard
— but I knew if I didn’t get out hard I
Career home runs for Phillies first
baseman Ryan Howard
THE LAST WORD Flyers try to stay sharp while waiting for next opponent variety of career opportunities
The Yankees had gone 6,632 con- The Flyers killed off all eight New
to reach second round would have been boxed in,” she said.
“This is a very good contract for
and gaining valuable experience
secutive regular-season games with- Jersey penalties and Boucher did not “And then I would have to waste all my
The Eastern Conference Monday night but the Washington shoving match with defenseman “But certainly it’s stretching on
slotting the chain’s sports
out a triple play. allow a five-on-five goal in the last 187 energy trying to wind around and him. The reason he felt the time was
minutes, 39 seconds of the series. For right was he loves his teammates, he Capitals lost to the Braydon Coburn after taking a here. We had some guys who played a
NEWARK, N.J. — Thursday night, despite through people. So I figured I ought to first-round series between Canadiens in Montreal, set- well-placed elbow on Monday), lot of hockey this year and we had an
DAILY NUMBER the series, the Flyers killed off 28 of 32
power plays (87.5 percent). Broken bo