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Dick Schaap Excellence in Sports Journalism Awards

(Presented in conjunction with Northeastern University's School of Journalism)

Through its Excellence in Sports Journalism Awards, Sport in Society and Northeastern University honor journalistic achievements that enhance our understanding of the impact of sport on our culture. Categories include Print Media and Broadcast Media.

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Following is a complete list of winners:

2003
Print Media: Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post
Broadcast Media: Steve Crump, WTVI-TV, Charlotte, NC


2002
Lifetime Achievement: Dick Schaap

2001
No winners due to events of Sept. 11

2000
Print Media: Derrick Jackson, Boston Globe
Broadcast Media: Ross Greenburg, HBO Sports

1999
Print Media: Erik Brady, USA Today
Broadcast Media: ESPN's SportsCentury

1998
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"

1997
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"

1996
Print Media: Gary Smith, Sports Illustrated
Broadcast Media: HBO's "Real Sports" with Bryant Gumbel

1995
Documentary Film: "Hoop Dreams"
Broadcast Media: Bob Ley, ESPN

1994
Print Media: Ed Sherman and Barry Tempkin, Chicago Tribune
Broadcast Media: ESPN's "Outside the Lines"
Photojournalism: Howard Bingham

1993
Print Media: Gary Smith, Sports Illustrated
Broadcast Media: Robin Roberts, ESPN

1992
Print Media: Robert Lipsyte, New York Times
Broadcast Media: Bob Costas, NBC

1991
Print Media: USA Today
Broadcast Media: Bill Moyers and Howard Weinberg

1990
Print Media: Sports Illustrated
Broadcast Media: Roy Firestone

1989
Book: Arthur Ashe
Print Media: Will McDonough

1988
Print Media: Cleveland Plain Dealer
Broadcast Media: Ted Koppel
Special Issues Award: Chris Mortenson and John Sparks

1987
Print Media: Chronicle of Higher Education
Broadcast Media: Dick Schaap
Special Award: Red Smith

1986
Print Media: Frank Deford
Broadcast Media: Howard Cosell
Special Award: Ring Lardner

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