'15 NSSA Awards Ballot Features Hall Of Fame, National And 100 State Races

'15 NSSA Awards Ballot Features Hall Of Fame, National And 100 State Races

MEMBER VOTE STARTS DECEMBER 1ST

SALISBURY, N.C., Nov. 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 200 people are featured on the final ballot for the 2015 National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Awards. The Awards honor excellence in sports media and will be presented during the 57(th) Annual NSSA Awards Banquet, June 20, 2016, in Salisbury, NC. NSSA members will choose a Sportscaster and Sportswriter of the Year in 49 states, plus the District of Columbia, a National Sportscaster and Sportswriter of the Year, as well as inductees to the NSSA Hall of Fame.

The Hall of Fame finalists are:


SPORTSCASTER SPORTSWRITER

- Chris Berman, ESPN/ABC - Thomas Boswell, Washington Post
-Skip Caray, Atlanta Braves
TV - Ray Fitzgerald, Boston Globe
-Woody Durham, U. of North
Carolina Radio - Jerry Green, Detroit News
- Chris Economaki, ABC, others - David Halberstam, Author
-Dan Kelly, CBS, St. Louis
Blues - Sam Lacy, Baltimore Afro-American
-Tim McCarver, NBC, CBS, ABC,
FOX - Bill Madden, UPI, New York Daily News
- Al McCoy, Phoenix Suns Radio - Gary Smith, Sports Illustrated
- Billy Packer, NBC, CBS -Art Spander, Oakland Tribune, The
Sporting News
-Tony Roberts, Notre Dame/
Indiana/Navy Football, Daily News, Blue Star Media
Washington Senators/Bullets,
Olympics -Dick Weiss, Philadelphia Daily News, NY
- Ken Squier, CBS Motorsports - Dick Young, New York Daily News
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The National finalists are:


SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR

- Joe Buck, FOX - Pat Forde, Yahoo! Sports
- Bob Costas, NBC, MLB Network -Peter King, Sports Illustrated, The
MMQB
- Ian Eagle, CBS, Westwood One - Bob Nightengale, USA Today
- Mike 'Doc' Emrick, NBC - Buster Onley, ESPN.com
- Kevin Harlan, CBS, Turner - Steve Rushin, Sports Illustrated
- Al Michaels, NBC - Bob Ryan, Boston Globe
- Jim Nantz, CBS - Wright Thompson, ESPN.com
-Dan Patrick, The Dan Patrick
Show, NBC - Tom Verducci, Sports Illustrated
- Dan Shulman, ESPN - Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports
- Mike Tirico, ESPN - Adrian Wojnarowski, Yahoo! Sports
- Scott Van Pelt, ESPN

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Voting by NSSA members begins on December 1 and runs through the end of the month. Winners will be notified during the first week of January, and the winners will be announced during the second week of January.

To see the State finalists, or to join NSSA and vote, please go to nssafame.com.

CONTACT
Dave Goren
Executive Director
dgoren@nsmafame.org
(704) 633-4275 x-1



SOURCE National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association

National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association

Web Site: http://www.nssafame.com


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