The National Sports Media Association (NSMA), formerly the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association, is an organization of sports media members in the United States, and constitutes the American chapter of the International Sports Press Association (AIPS).

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now serves as the headquarters for the NSMA, which is responsible for the organizing and counting of all the ballots for the National, State (50 states plus D.C.), and Hall of Fame winners. The organization had been based in

Salisbury, North Carolina Salisbury is a city in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, United States; it has been the county seat of Rowan County since 1753 when its territory extended to the Mississippi River. Located northeast of Charlotte and within its metropoli ...

until 2017. There are now more than 100 inductees in the Hall of Fame. The organization plans and funds the Annual Awards Program. Former television sportscaster Dave Goren serves as the NSMA's executive director.

History

The National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association (NSSA) was formed in 1959 by a local restaurant owner,

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, to honor regional sportscasters and sportswriters whom he had met at the Greensboro Open Golf Tournament in

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. When DiMizio died,

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took over the leadership role and guided it through the expansion to a national association. Its first Annual Awards Program was held in

, on April 12, 1960. Lindsey Nelson was selected the 1959 National Sportscaster of the Year and Red Smith was voted the 1959 Sportswriter of the Year. In 1962

Grantland Rice Henry Grantland "Granny" Rice (November 1, 1880July 13, 1954) was an early 20th-century American sportswriter known for his elegant prose. His writing was published in newspapers around the country and broadcast on the radio. Early years Rice w ...

was selected as the first Hall of Fame inductee. As Red Smith inducted Rice into the Hall of Fame, he said, "Who knows what will become of this Hall of Fame? It might never be heard from again. No matter, it cannot be improved, for it is perfect tonight with only Granny enshrined." In April 1990, the NSSA celebrated its 31st Annual Awards Program, with Chris Berman of

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being selected as Sportscaster of the Year and Peter Gammons receiving the honor as Sportswriter of the Year. The Hall of Fame inductees were Dave Anderson, Pulitzer Prize winner from ''

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'', and Jack Buck, the long-time radio voice of the St. Louis Cardinals and a radio and television sportscaster for CBS. Though located in Salisbury, "the NSSA office itself has bounced around town like a ping-pong ball." The Hall of Fame opened officially on May 1, 2000 in the two-story, 10,000-square-foot former North Carolina Federal Savings and Loan building at 322 East Innes Street in Salisbury. When Claude Hampton became NSSA director, he was told the Hall of Fame was nothing more than a desk drawer with folders in the Chamber of Commerce building. He wanted an actual building and considered

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as a location, but when he saw the branch of the failed bank in 1990, he made an offer which was accepted. The goal was to open the museum by 1992. A 23-foot sculpture of two

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s was moved from the bank to

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, but people wanted the eagles back, so they were returned and local people donated their services to put the eagles back and get the building ready. An opening reception and dedication took place in 1991. But due to lack of funding, it took ten years for the building to actually open. Until then, hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of memorabilia were stored in boxes. With the Hall of Fame open, visitors could hear

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's called shot,

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's 715th home run, the Ice Bowl, the 1992 Duke-Kentucky game, and young

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on ''

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''. On November 1, 2005, Community Bank of

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(later part of Yadkin Financial) purchased the Innes Street location, opening its headquarters there in 2006. This required the NSSA to move to a temporary location on North Main Street in Salisbury, but visitors would not be allowed. Veteran sports journalist Dave Goren, best known as sports director at WXII-TV in

, became NSSA executive director September 1, 2009. On December 1 of that year, the NSSA held a reception at its new office in 1,900 square feet at 325 Lee Street in Salisbury. The warehouse only included a few items such as shoes autographed by Ralph Sampson and a football signed by Berman; the rest remained in storage. The NSSA has since moved to Summit Avenue in Salisbury, on the campus of Catawba College. At the 54th annual program in June 2013, Dan Patrick of ESPN Radio received the award as Sportscaster of the Year with Peter King of

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honored as Sportswriter of the Year. The Hall of Fame inductees were

Mitch Albom Mitchell David Albom (born May 23, 1958) is an American author, journalist, and musician. His books have sold over 40 million copies worldwide. Having achieved national recognition for sports writing in his early career, he turned to writing the ...

and Dick Vitale. In June 2014, hockey broadcaster Mike "Doc" Emrick was voted Sportscaster of the Year, with King repeating as Sportswriter of the Year. Inducted in the Hall of Fame were sportscaster Marv Albert and sportswriter Rick Reilly. Emrick and writer

Tom Verducci Thomas Verducci (born October 23, 1960) is an American sportswriter who writes for ''Sports Illustrated'' and its online magazine SI.com. He writes primarily about baseball. He is also a reporter and commentator for Fox Major League Baseball and ...

were the national award winners honored on June 8, 2015. Four new

NSSA Hall of Fame The National Sports Media Association (NSMA), formerly the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association, is an organization of sports media members in the United States, and constitutes the American chapter of the International Sports P ...

members were inducted: baseball writer Hal McCoy, basketball commentator Bill Raftery, sportswriter and sportscaster

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and, posthumously, author, journalist and television personality Dick Schaap. In April 2017, after 57 years in Salisbury, the National Sports Media Association moved to

Organization

The NSSA is the only national organization which brings together the two crafts of sportscasting and sportswriting. There are approximately 1,100 dues-paying members. The Sportscasters and Sportswriters Foundation Board is made up of individuals in

, as well as the current national board president, who feel that sports in the United States are important. The Sportscasters and Sportswriters themselves have a Board of Directors. In addition, The Hall of Fame, Inc. has been set up as the educational arm of the NSSA, and it has tax-exempt status granted by the Internal Revenue Service.

Paul "Bear" Bryant Award

The

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is an award that has been given annually since 1986 to

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college football's national coach of the year. The Award was named in honor of longtime Alabama coach Bear Bryant after he died of a heart attack in 1983. It is voted on by the NSMA, and proceeds from the awards ceremony benefit the

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. The College Football Coach of the Year Award began in 1957 and was renamed for Bryant in 1986. Bryant himself won the

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award in 1961, 1971, and 1973. According to the official website:

The Paul "Bear" Bryant College Football Coaching Award ceremony is an exclusive event that honors a college football coach whose great accomplishments, both on and off the field, are legendary. The award recognizes the masters of coaching and allows them to take their deserved place in history beside other legends like Bear Bryant.

Clarence "Big House" Gaines Awards

The NSMA established the Clarence "Big House" Gaines College Basketball Coach of the Year Awards in 2010, with the first presentation occurring in 2011. The awards are presented to two head coaches – one in

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and one in Division II – at the annual NSMA awards banquet. The purpose of the award is to recognize coaches who might not receive recognition from "mainstream outlets." An NSMA committee votes after the end of the men's and women's championship tournaments. The award is named for Clarence Gaines, the former head coach of Winston-Salem State University.

National Sportscaster of the Year

*For list of winners, see footnoteFor each year's National Sportscaster and National Sportswriter, go to th
National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association website
click on "Awards" and then "National Awards". The list of "National Sportswriters" is below the list of "National Sportscasters." NSSA website. Retrieved 2017-01-04. *1959 – Lindsey Nelson (

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) *1960 – Lindsey Nelson (NBC) *1961 – Lindsey Nelson (NBC) *1962 – Lindsey Nelson (NBC) *1963 – Chris Schenkel ( CBS) *1964 – Chris Schenkel (CBS) *1965 –

Vin Scully Vincent Edward Scully (November 29, 1927 – August 2, 2022) was an American sportscaster. He was best known for his 67 seasons calling games for Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers, beginning in 1950 (when the franchise was located ...

( L. A. Dodgers) *1966 –

Curt Gowdy Curtis Edward Gowdy (July 31, 1919 – February 20, 2006) was an American sportscaster. He called Boston Red Sox games on radio and TV for 15 years, and then covered many nationally televised sporting events, primarily for NBC Sports and ABC S ...

(NBC) *1967 – Chris Schenkel ( ABC) *1968 – Ray Scott (CBS) *1969 – Curt Gowdy (NBC) *1970 – Chris Schenkel (ABC) *1971 – Ray Scott (CBS) *1972 –

Keith Jackson Keith Max Jackson (October 18, 1928 – January 12, 2018) was an American sports commentator, journalist, author, and radio personality, known for his career with ABC Sports (1966–2006). While he covered a variety of sports over his caree ...

(ABC) *1973 – Keith Jackson (ABC) *1974 – Keith Jackson (ABC) *1975 – Keith Jackson (ABC) *1976 – Keith Jackson (ABC) *1977 –

Pat Summerall George Allen "Pat" Summerall (May 10, 1930 – April 16, 2013) was an American football player and television sportscaster who worked for CBS, Fox, and ESPN. In addition to football, he announced major golf and tennis events. Summerall announ ...

(CBS) *1978 – Vin Scully (L.A. Dodgers, CBS) *1979 – Dick Enberg (NBC) *1980 – Dick Enberg (NBC) and Al Michaels (ABC) *1981 – Dick Enberg (NBC) *1982 – Vin Scully (L.A. Dodgers, CBS) *1983 – Al Michaels (ABC) *1984 –

John Madden John Earl Madden (April 10, 1936 – December 28, 2021) was an American football coach and sports commentator in the National Football League (NFL). He served as the head coach of the Oakland Raiders from 1969 to 1978, who he led to eight pla ...

(CBS) *1985 – Bob Costas (NBC) *1986 – Al Michaels (ABC) *1987 – Bob Costas (NBC) *1988 – Bob Costas (NBC) *1989 – Chris Berman (

) *1990 – Chris Berman (ESPN) *1991 – Bob Costas (NBC) *1992 – Bob Costas (NBC) *1993 – Chris Berman (ESPN) *1994 – Chris Berman (ESPN) *1995 – Bob Costas (NBC) *1996 – Chris Berman (ESPN) *1997 – Bob Costas (NBC) *1998 – Jim Nantz (CBS) *1999 – Dan Patrick (ESPN) *2000 – Bob Costas (NBC, HBO) *2001 – Chris Berman (ESPN) *2002 – Joe Buck (

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) *2003 – Joe Buck (Fox) *2004 – Joe Buck (Fox) *2005 – Jim Nantz (CBS) *2006 – Joe Buck (Fox) *2007 – Jim Nantz (CBS) *2008 – Jim Nantz (CBS) *2009 – Jim Nantz (CBS) *2010 –

Mike Tirico Mike Tirico (; born December 13, 1966) is an American sportscaster. He is currently the NFL play-by-play announcer on NBC's ''Sunday Night Football'', having replaced Al Michaels in 2022. From 2006 to 2015, Tirico served as a play-by-play an ...

(ABC, ESPN)The hall of fame inductees and the Sportscaster and Sportswriter of the Year will be honored during the NSSA's 52nd Annual Awards Weekend, May 14–16, 2011, in Salisbury, N.C., along with 110 state Sportscasters and Sportswriters of the Year. *2011 –

Dan Shulman Daniel Shulman is a Canadian sportscaster with Sportsnet as well as the American network ESPN. Shulman serves as a play-by-play announcer for select Toronto Blue Jays telecasts on Sportsnet and during 2018 and 2020 he hosted the baseball-t ...

(ESPN) *2012 – Dan Patrick (NBC) *2013 –

Mike Emrick Michael "Doc" Emrick (born August 1, 1946) is an American former network television play-by-play sportscaster and commentator noted mostly for his work in ice hockey. He was the lead announcer for National Hockey League national telecasts on bot ...

(NBC) *2014 – Mike Emrick (NBC) *2015 – Mike Emrick (NBC) *2016 – Vin Scully (L.A. Dodgers) *2017 – Kevin Harlan (CBS, Turner) *2018 -

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(ESPN, ABC) *2019 – Kevin Harlan (CBS, Turner) *2020 –

(NBC) *2021 — Ernie Johnson Jr. (Turner) and Scott Van Pelt (ESPN)

National Sportswriter of the Year

For a list of winners, see footnote Jim Murray, writing for the

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, won the National Sportswriter of the Year award a record 14 times, including 12 years in succession from 1966 to 1977. More recently, Rick Reilly, writing for

and

, has won 11 awards. *1959 – Red Smith ('' New York Herald-Tribune'') *1960 – Red Smith (''New York Herald-Tribune'') *1961 – Red Smith (''New York Herald-Tribune'') *1962 – Red Smith (''New York Herald-Tribune'') *1963 – Arthur Daley (''

New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...

'') *1964 – Jim Murray (''

'') *1965 – Red Smith (''New York Herald-Tribune'') *1966 – Jim Murray (''Los Angeles Times'') *1967 – Jim Murray (''Los Angeles Times'') *1968 – Jim Murray (''Los Angeles Times'') *1969 – Jim Murray (''Los Angeles Times'') *1970 – Jim Murray (''Los Angeles Times'') *1971 – Jim Murray (''Los Angeles Times'') *1972 – Jim Murray (''Los Angeles Times'') *1973 – Jim Murray (''Los Angeles Times'') *1974 – Jim Murray (''Los Angeles Times'') *1975 – Jim Murray (''Los Angeles Times'') *1976 – Jim Murray (''Los Angeles Times'') *1977 – Jim Murray (''Los Angeles Times'') *1978 – Will Grimsley (

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) *1979 – Jim Murray (''Los Angeles Times'') *1980 – Will Grimsley (Associated Press) *1981 – Will Grimsley (Associated Press) *1982 – Frank Deford (''

'') *1983 – Frank Deford (''Sports Illustrated'') *1984 – Frank Deford (''Sports Illustrated'') *1985 – Frank Deford (''Sports Illustrated'') *1986 – Frank Deford (''Sports Illustrated'') *1987 – Frank Deford (''Sports Illustrated'') *1988 – Frank Deford (''Sports Illustrated'') *1989 – Peter Gammons (''Sports Illustrated'') *1990 – Peter Gammons (''

Boston Globe ''The Boston Globe'' is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts. The newspaper has won a total of 27 Pulitzer Prizes, and has a total circulation of close to 300,000 print and digital subscribers. ''The Boston Glob ...

'') *1991 – Rick Reilly (''Sports Illustrated'') *1992 – Rick Reilly (''Sports Illustrated'') *1993 – Peter Gammons (''Boston Globe'',

) *1994 – Rick Reilly (''Sports Illustrated'') *1995 – Rick Reilly (''Sports Illustrated'') *1996 – Rick Reilly (''Sports Illustrated'') *1997 – Dave Kindred (''

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'') *1998 –

(''

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'') *1999 – Rick Reilly (''Sports Illustrated'') *2000 – Bob Ryan (''Boston Globe'') *2001 – Rick Reilly (''Sports Illustrated'') *2002 – Rick Reilly (''Sports Illustrated'') *2003 – Rick Reilly (''Sports Illustrated'') *2004 – Rick Reilly (''Sports Illustrated'') *2005 – Steve Rushin (''Sports Illustrated'') *2006 – Rick Reilly (''Sports Illustrated'') *2007 – Bob Ryan (''Boston Globe'') *2008 – Bob Ryan (''Boston Globe'') *2009 – Bob Ryan (''Boston Globe'') *2010 – Peter King (''Sports Illustrated'') *2011 – Peter King (''Sports Illustrated'') *2012 – Joe Posnanski (''Sports Illustrated'') *2013 – Peter King (''Sports Illustrated'') *2014 –

(''Sports Illustrated'') *2015 – Tom Verducci (''Sports Illustrated'') *2016 – Tom Verducci (''Sports Illustrated'') *2017 – Adrian Wojnarowski (ESPN) *2018 – Adrian Wojnarowski (ESPN) *2019 – Adrian Wojnarowski (ESPN) *2020 –

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(

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) *2021 –

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(ESPN)

State winners

See footnote *Sportscaster of the Year (1959–present; in each state and the District of Columbia) *Sportswriter of the Year (1959–present; in each state and the District of Columbia)

Hall of Fame

Each spring, the NSMA Hall of Fame inducts one or more new members.For the official list of the members of the NSMA Hall of Fame, go to th
NSMA website
click on "Awards" and then click on "Hall of Fame." For each inductee's biographical sketch, click on the hyperlink for that inductee. NSMA website. Retrieved 2017-01-01. There were not any inductees in 1965, 1966, 1968, and 2006. *1962 –

*1963 –

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*1964 –

Damon Runyon Alfred Damon Runyon (October 4, 1880 – December 10, 1946) was an American newspaperman and short-story writer. He was best known for his short stories celebrating the world of Broadway in New York City that grew out of the Prohibition era. To N ...

*1964 –

Graham McNamee Thomas Graham McNamee (July 10, 1888 – May 9, 1942) was an American radio broadcaster, the medium's most recognized national personality in its first international decade. He originated play-by-play sports broadcasting for which he was awa ...

*1965 – ''(no induction)'' *1966 – ''(no induction)'' *1967 –

Ring Lardner Ringgold Wilmer Lardner (March 6, 1885 – September 25, 1933) was an American sports columnist and short story writer best known for his satirical writings on sports, marriage, and the theatre. His contemporaries Ernest Hemingway, Virginia ...

*1968 – ''(no induction)'' *1969 –

J. G. Taylor Spink John George Taylor Spink (November 6, 1888 – December 7, 1962) was the publisher of ''The Sporting News'' from 1914 until his death in 1962. He inherited the weekly American baseball newspaper from his father Charles Spink, younger brother of its ...

*1970 – Clem McCarthy *1971 –

John Kieran John Francis Kieran (August 2, 1892 – December 10, 1981) was an American author, journalist, amateur naturalist and radio and television personality. Early years A native of The Bronx, Kieran was the son of Dr. James M. Kieran and his wife, K ...

*1972 –

Mel Allen Mel Allen (born Melvin Allen Israel; February 14, 1913 – June 16, 1996) was an American sportscaster, best known for his long tenure as the primary play-by-play announcer for the New York Yankees. During the peak of his career in the 1940s, ...

*1973 – Arch Ward *1973 – Red Barber *1974 – Bill Stern *1974 –

Stanley Woodward Stanley Woodward Sr. (March 12, 1899 – August 17, 1992) was the White House Chief of Protocol under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and United States Ambassador to Canada under President Harry S. Truman. He was a favorite social com ...

*1975 – Dan Parker *1975 – Russ Hodges *1976 – Arthur Daley *1976 –

Dizzy Dean Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean (January 16, 1910 – July 17, 1974), also known as Jerome Herman Dean (both the 1910 and 1920 Censuses show his name as "Jay"), was an American professional baseball pitcher. During his Major League Baseball (MLB) caree ...

*1977 – Red Smith *1978 –

Jesse Owens James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games. Owens specialized in the sprints and the long jump and was recognized in his lifeti ...

*1978 – Jim Murray *1979 – John Wayne *1979 – Lindsey Nelson *1980 – Bob Considine *1980 –

Lou Gehrig Henry Louis Gehrig (born Heinrich Ludwig Gehrig ; June 19, 1903June 2, 1941) was an American professional baseball first baseman who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees (1923–1939). Gehrig was renowned f ...

*1981 – Chris Schenkel *1981 –

*1982 – Ray Scott *1983 – Jack Brickhouse *1984 –

Shirley Povich Shirley Lewis Povich (July 15, 1905 – June 4, 1998) was an American sports columnist and reporter for '' The Washington Post''. Biography Povich's parents were Jewish immigrants from Lithuania. Having grown up in coastal Bar Harbor, Maine ...

*1985 – Si Burick *1986 – Bob Prince *1986 – Don Dunphy *1986 – Jimmy Cannon *1987 –

Jim McKay James Kenneth McManus (September 24, 1921 – June 7, 2008), better known professionally as Jim McKay, was an American television sports journalist. McKay was best known for hosting ABC's '' Wide World of Sports'' (1961–1998). His introd ...

*1987 –

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*1988 – Fred Russell *1988 – Harry Caray *1988 – Jack Murphy *1989 – Furman Bisher *1989 –

Ernie Harwell William Earnest Harwell (January 25, 1918 – May 4, 2010) was an American sportscaster, known for his long career calling play-by-play of Major League Baseball games. For 55 seasons, 42 of them with the Detroit Tigers, Harwell called the acti ...

*1990 – Dave Anderson *1990 – Jack Buck *1990 –

Knute Rockne Knut ( Norwegian and Swedish), Knud ( Danish), or Knútur (Icelandic) is a Scandinavian, German, and Dutch first name, of which the anglicised form is Canute. In Germany both "Knut" and "Knud" are used. In Spanish and Portuguese Canuto is use ...

*1990 – Ronald Reagan *1991 –

Blackie Sherrod William Forrest "Blackie" Sherrod ( ; November 9, 1919 – April 28, 2016) was an American journalist and sportswriter who wrote for the ''Temple Telegram'', ''Fort Worth Press'', ''Dallas Times Herald'' and '' The Dallas Morning News'' in a car ...

*1991 –

*1992 –

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*1993 –

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*1993 – Marty Glickman *1993 – Murray Olderman *1994 – Edwin Pope *1994 – John Carmichael *1994 –

*1995 –

*1995 – Mel Durslag *1996 – Dan Jenkins *1996 – Dick Enberg *1997 – Chick Hearn *1997 –

Bob Broeg Robert William Patrick Broeg (March 18, 1918 – October 28, 2005) was an American sportswriter. Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, he officially covered the St. Louis Cardinals for forty years. He graduated from Cleveland High School ...

*1998 – Al Michaels *1998 – Frank Deford *1999 – John Steadman* *1999 –

Jon Miller Jon Miller (born October 11, 1951) is an American sportscaster, known primarily for his broadcasts of Major League Baseball. Since 1997 he has been employed as a play-by-play announcer for the San Francisco Giants. He was also a baseball annou ...

*2000 –

Jerry Izenberg Jerry Izenberg (born September 10, 1930) is a sports journalist with '' The Newark Star-Ledger'' in Newark, New Jersey. He was born in Newark, New Jersey. His career with ''The Star-Ledger'' began in 1951 while he was still a student at Rutgers Un ...

*2000 – Jim Simpson *2001 –

George Vecsey George Spencer Vecsey (born July 4, 1939) is an American non-fiction author and sports columnist for '' The New York Times.'' Vecsey is best known for his work in sports, but has co-written several autobiographies with non-sports figures. He is als ...

*2001 – Jack Whitaker *2001 –

W.C. Heinz Wilfred Charles Heinz (January 11, 1915February 27, 2008) was an American sportswriter, war correspondent, journalist, and author. Newspaper and magazine career Heinz was born in Mount Vernon, New York. Following his graduation from Middlebur ...

*2002 – Bob Murphy *2002 – Bud Collins *2003 –

Bob Wolff Robert Alfred Wolff (November 29, 1920 – July 15, 2017) was an American radio and television sportscaster. He began his professional career in 1939 on CBS in Durham, North Carolina while attending Duke University. He was the radio and TV vo ...

*2003 – Will McDonough *2004 – Jerome Holtzman *2004 – Joe Garagiola *2005 – Marty Brennaman *2005 – Sally Jenkins *2006 – ''(no induction)'' *2007 – Dave Kindred *2007 – Verne Lundquist *2008 – Harry Kalas *2008 –

Mary Garber Mary Ellen Garber (April 16, 1916 – September 21, 2008) was an American Sports journalism, sportswriter, who was a pioneer among Women in journalism and media professions, women sportswriters. She received over 40 writing awards and numerous ho ...

*2009 –

Larry Munson Lawrence Harry Munson (September 28, 1922 – November 20, 2011) was an American sports announcer and talk-show host based out of the U.S. city of Athens, Georgia. He was best known for handling radio play-by-play of University of Georgia B ...

*2009 – Leigh Montville *2010 –

*2010 – Peter Gammons *2011 – Bob Ryan *2011 – Bob Uecker *2011 – Brent Musburger *2012 – Bob Costas *2012 – John Feinstein *2013 –

*2013 – Dick Vitale *2014 – Marv Albert *2014 – Rick Reilly *2015 – Hal McCoy *2015 – Bill Raftery *2015 – Dick Schaap *2015 –

*2016 – Chris Berman *2016 – Billy Packer *2016 –

David Halberstam David Halberstam (April 10, 1934 April 23, 2007) was an American writer, journalist, and historian, known for his work on the Vietnam War, politics, history, the Civil Rights Movement, business, media, American culture, Korean War, and later ...

*2016 – Gary Smith *2017 – Frank Gifford *2017 – Linda Cohn *2017 – Sam Lacy *2017 – Mike Lupica *2018 – Thomas Boswell *2018 –

Woody Durham Woody Lombardi Durham (August 8, 1941 – March 7, 2018) was an American play-by-play radio announcer for the North Carolina Tar Heels football and men’s basketball programs from 1971 to 2011. Early life Born in Mebane, North Carolina, Durham ...

*2018 –

Bryant Gumbel Bryant Charles Gumbel (born September 29, 1948) is an American television journalist and sportscaster, best known for his 15 years as co-host of NBC's '' Today''. He is the younger brother of sportscaster Greg Gumbel. Since 1995, he has hoste ...

*2018 –

Dick Weiss Richard Weiss (born 1946 in Everett, Washington) is an American glass artist. He is part of the American Studio Glass Movement. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. He is a teacher at Pilc ...

*2019 –

Bob Ley Robert A. Ley ( ; born March 16, 1955) is an American sports anchor and reporter, best known for his work at ESPN. A multiple Emmy Award-winner, he was the longest-tenured on-air employee of the network, having joined ESPN just three days after ...

*2019 – Peter King *2019 –

Tony Kornheiser Anthony Irwin Kornheiser (; born July 13, 1948) is an American television sports talk show host and former sportswriter and columnist. Kornheiser is best known for his endeavors in three forms of media: as a writer for ''The Washington Post'' from ...

*2020 – Skip Caray *2020 –

Cawood Ledford Cawood Ledford (April 24, 1926 – September 5, 2001) was a radio play-by-play announcer for the University of Kentucky basketball and football teams. Ledford's style and professionalism endeared himself to many sports fans in the Commonwealth of K ...

*2020 – Dan Patrick *2020 –

*2020 –

Michael Wilbon Michael Wilbon (; born ) is an American commentator for ESPN and former sportswriter and columnist for '' The Washington Post''. He is an analyst for ESPN and has co-hosted '' Pardon the Interruption'' on ESPN since 2001. Early life and educat ...

*2020 – Dick Young *2021 – Bill King *2021 – Larry Merchant *2021 – William Nack *2021 – Jim Nantz *2021 –

William C. Rhoden William C. Rhoden is an American sports journalist and author, who formerly worked as a columnist for ''The New York Times'' from 1983 until 2016, when he joined ESPN's The Undefeated as a writer-at-large, where he is currently employed. Rhoden ...

*2021 – Dick Stockton *2021 – Rick Telander *2022 –

Hubie Brown Hubert Jude Brown (born September 25, 1933) is an American retired basketball coach and player and a current television analyst. Brown is a two-time NBA Coach of the Year, the honors being separated by 26 years. Brown was inducted into the Naism ...

*2022 –

Curry Kirkpatrick A curry is a dish with a sauce seasoned with spices, mainly associated with South Asian cuisine. In southern India, leaves from the curry tree may be included. There are many varieties of curry. The choice of spices for each dish in tradit ...

*2022 –

Jackie MacMullan Jackie "Mac" MacMullan Boyle (born October 7, 1960) is a retired American freelance newspaper sportswriter and NBA columnist for the sports website ESPN.com. She retired from ESPN on August 31, 2021. She attended Westwood High School in We ...

*2022 – Stuart Scott

Footnotes

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