186: Theater Legend Joel Grey and
Sportswriter Matthew Futterman" at...
--FRED BOWEN Washington Post
sportswriter and author
Leonard Koppett (1923-2003) was a long-time
sportswriter known for his intellectual rigor and evidence-based analysis.
Named for the world famous
sportswriter, humorist and satirist, the award will be presented April 18 at Union League Club of Chicago, 65 West Jackson Boulevard.
Also to be honored with the same award are basketball's Johnny Revilla, Jerome Cueto, Joey Mente and Ulysses Tanigue, basketball coach Jun Tiongco, college player Rutger Acidre, former boxing association president Roilo Golez,
sportswriter and broadcaster Barry Pascua and Rolly Manlapaz, volleyball player Maria Josefina Referente-Palad, and young wushu training pool member Rastafari Daraliay.
Guests from across the Midlands joined lawyers from the global law firm to hear from keynote speaker David Walsh, chief sports writer for The Sunday Times; four-time Irish
Sportswriter of the Year and three-time UK
Sportswriter of the Year.
But after the election of Donald Trump as our president and the ensuing tearing down of the media as the "enemy of the people," I found myself wondering: Why would the Cubans not question a
sportswriter?
Sportswriter Morfit's debut novel, Lucky Boy is a coming-of-age story set in Boise, Idaho.
This week, Ross talks to Emily, Matthew and Edgar about Greg Abbott's Constitution plans, Rick Perry's appearance on Florida's lobby rolls and A&M Chancellor John Sharp's displeasure with a
sportswriter.
This annual contest is named after the legendary Boston Globe
sportswriter, Will McDonough, the only Globe
sportswriter to be nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.
Anyone who wants to be a sports writer needs to read Gary Cartwright's "Confessions of a Washed-Up
Sportswriter" (http://harpers.org/ archive/1968/04/confessions-of-awashed-up-sportswriter/).
Hummel was elected president of the Baseball Writers Association in 1994 and has been named the "Missouri
Sportswriter of the Year" three times by the National Sportscasters and
Sportswriters Association.