| Year |
Name |
Category |
| 1998 |
Mr. Sam Lacy (Afro-American Newspaper) |
Print Media |
| |
HBO Sports "City Dump: the
Story of the 1951 CCNY Basketball Scandal" |
Broadcast Media |
| |
Michelle Seaton - NPR's "Only
A Game" (WBUR-FM 90.9) |
Broadcast media |
| 1997 |
ESPN "Ouside the Lines: Breaking
the Line Jackie Robinson's Legacy" and "Town Meeting:
Sports in Black and White" |
Broadcast Media |
| |
WCVB TV's "High Five"
with Mike Lynch |
Broadcast Media |
| |
The Sporting News |
Print Media |
| 1996 |
Gary Smith |
Print Media |
| |
"Real Sports" with Bryant
Gumbel |
Broadcast Media |
| 1995 |
Bob Ley |
Broadcast Media |
| |
Hoop Dreams |
Documentary, Film |
| 1994 |
Howard Bingham |
Photojournalism |
| |
Ed Sherman and Barry Temkin |
Print Media |
| |
ESPN's "Outside the Lines"
|
Broadcast Media |
| 1993 |
Gary Smith |
Print Media |
| |
Robin Roberts |
Broadcast Media |
| 1992 |
Bob Costas |
Broadcast Media |
| |
Robert Lipsyte |
Print Media |
| 1991 |
Bill Moyers and Howard Weinberg |
Broadcast Media |
| |
USA Today |
Print Media |
| 1990 |
Roy Firestone |
Broadcast Media |
| |
Sports Illustrated |
Print Media |
| |
Austin-American Statesman |
Special Issues Award |
| 1989 |
Arthur Ashe *
1998 Sport in Society Hall of Fame Inductee |
Book |
| |
Will McDonough |
Print Media |
| 1988 |
Ted Koppel |
Broadcast Media |
| |
Cleveland Plain Dealer |
Print Media |
| |
Chris Mortenson and John Sparks |
Special Issues Award |
| 1987 |
Dick Schaap |
Broadcast Media |
| |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
Print Media |
| |
Red Smith |
Special Award (Posthumous) |
| 1986 |
Howard Cosell |
Broadcast Media |
| |
Frank Deford |
Print Media |
| |
Ring Lardner |
Special Award (Posthumous) |