John F. O'Connor is a veteran sports writer from eastern Pennsylvania having worked 22 years in the newspaper business at two publications, the Pottsville (Pa.) Republican-Herald for 14 years and the Reading (Pa.) Eagle for the past eight years. He is a 1985 graduate of Penn State-Harrisburg, a 1977 graduate of Cardinal Brennan High School, Fountain Springs, Pa., and a Marine Corps veteran.