Hall of Fame Inductees
1994 – Muhammad Ali
1995 – Red Auerbach
1996 – Wilma Rudolph
1997 – Jackie Robinson
1998 – Arthur Ashe
1999 – Rafer Johnson
2000 – Bill Russell
2001 – Postponed due to 9/11
2002 – Dick Schaap
2003 – Althea Gibson
2004 – Richard Lapchick
2005 – C. Vivian Stringer
2006 – Billie Jean King
2007 – The 1999 US Women's National Soccer Team
2008 - Tommie Smith and John Carlos

The New England Hero Award is given annually select persons or enterprises of the New England sports community that have shown outstanding commitment to promoting the positive aspects of sport through sportsmanship, community service and/or courageous achievement. The awards are bestowed upon one male and one female in honor of Lenny Zakim or Selma Black, respectively:

Lenny Zakim New England Hero Award Winners
1998 – Pedro Martinez
1999 – Greg Montalbano
2000 – Dan Doyle
2001 – Postponed due to 9/11
2002 – Ron Burton Sr.
2003 – Cam Neely
2004 – Mayor Thomas Menino
2005 – Tim Wakefield
2006 – Eli J. Segal
2007 – Larry Lucchino
2008 - Greg Zaff

Selma Black New England Hero Award Winners
1998 – Holly Metcalf
1999 – Laurie Flutie
2000 – Anne Woolf
2001 – No winners due to 9/11
2002 – Cara Dunne-Yates
2003 – Jackie MacMullan
2004 – Alfreda Harris
2005 – Joan Benoit-Samuelson
2006 – Jean Driscoll
2007 – Stacey Lucchino
2008 - Kathy Delaney-Smith

Journalism Awards

1986

• Print Media: Frank Deford
• Broadcast Media: Howard Cosell
• Special Award: Ring Lardner

• Print Media: Chronicle of Higher Education
• Broadcast Media: Dick Schaap
• Special Award: Red Smith

• Print Media: Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Broadcast Media: Ted Koppel
• Special Issues Award: Chris Mortenson and John Sparks

• Book: Arthur Ashe
• Print Media: Will McDonough

• Print Media: Sports Illustrated
• Broadcast Media: Roy Firestone

• Print Media: USA Today
• Broadcast Media: Bill Moyers and Howard Weinberg

• Print Media: Robert Lipsyte, New York Times
• Broadcast Media: Bob Costas, NBC

• Print Media: Gary Smith, Sports Illustrated
• Broadcast Media: Robin Roberts, ESPN

• Print Media: Ed Sherman and Barry Tempkin, Chicago Tribune
• Broadcast Media: ESPN's "Outside the Lines"
• Photojournalism: Howard Bingham

• Documentary Film: "Hoop Dreams"
• Broadcast Media: Bob Ley, ESPN

• Print Media: Gary Smith, Sports Illustrated
• Broadcast Media: HBO's "Real Sports" with Bryant Gumbel

• Print Media: The Sporting News
• Broadcast Media: WCVB-TV's "High Five" with Mike Lynch
• Broadcast Media: ESPN's "Outside the Lines" and "Town Meeting"

• Print Media: Sam Lacy, Afro-American (Baltimore, Md.)
• Broadcast Media: Michelle Seaton, NPR's "Only a Game"
• Broadcast Media: HBO Sports' "City Dump: The Story of the 1951 CCNY Basketball Scandal"

• Print Media: Erik Brady, USA Today
• Broadcast Media: ESPN's SportsCentury

• Print Media: Derrick Jackson, Boston Globe
• Broadcast Media: Ross Greenburg, HBO Sports

• No winners due to events of Sept. 11

• Lifetime Achievement: Dick Schaap

• Print Media: Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post
• Broadcast Media: Steve Crump, WTVI-TV, Charlotte, NC

• Print Media: Mark Fainaru-Wada, Lance Williams, San Francisco Chronicle
• Broadcast Media: Tom Goldman, National Public Radio
• Lifetime Achievment: Ralph Wiley, ESPN.com

• Print Media: Tracy Dodds, Ted Green and Jeff Rabjohns, Indianapolis Star
• Broadcast Media: George Roy, HBO

• Print Media: Peter Thamel, The New York Times
• Visual Media: Bill Hinds and Jeff Millar, Universal's Tank McNamara

• Print Media: Peter Keating, ESPN the Magazine
• Broadcast Media: John Barr and Jon Fish, "Lady Caliphs" ESPN

• Print Media: Paul Fain and Brad Wolverton, The Chornicle of Higher Education
• Broadcast Media: Bryant Gumbel and Kirby Bradley, "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel"