Red Smith Award

The Red Smith Award is awarded by the Associated Press Sports Editors for outstanding contributions to sports journalism since 1981. The award is traditionally announced in April and the winner receives the award in June at the annual APSE convention.It has been awarded annually at the APSE convention since 1981. Unlike many journalism awards, it is open to both writers and editors. The award has been given posthumously twice.

Award Winners

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Year	Recipient	Publication
1981	Red Smith	New York Times
1982	Jim Murray	Los Angeles Times
1983	Shirley Povich	Washington Post
1984	Fred Russell	Nashville Banner
1985	Blackie Sherrod	Dallas Morning News
1986	Si Burick	Dayton Daily News
1987	Will Grimsley	Associated Press
1988	Furman Bisher	Atlanta Journal-Constitution
1989	Edwin Pope	Miami Herald
1990	Dave Smith	Dallas Morning News
1991	Dave Kindred	National Sports Daily
1992	Ed Storin	Miami Herald
1993	Tom McEwen	Tampa Tribune
1994	Dave Anderson	New York Times
1995	Richard Sandler	Newsday
1996	Bill Dwyre	Los Angeles Times
1997	Jerome Holtzman	Chicago Tribune
1998	Sam Lacy	Baltimore Afro-American
1999	Bud Collins	Boston Globe
2000	Jerry Izenberg	Newark Star-Ledger
2001	John Steadman	Baltimore Sun
2002	Dick Schaap	ESPN "The Sports Reporters"
2003	George Solomon	Washington Post
2004	Jimmy Cannon	New York City columnist
2005	Mary Garber	Winston-Salem Journal
2006	Joe McGuff	Kansas City Star
2007	Van McKenzie	Orlando Sentinel
2008	W.C. Heinz	New York Sun
2009	Vince Doria	ESPN
2010	Mitch Albom	Detroit Free Press
2011	William H. "Bill" Millsaps, Jr.	Richmond Times-Dispatch
2012	Frank Deford	Sports Illustrated
2013	Dan Jenkins	Sports Illustrated
2014	Wendell Smith	Pittsburgh Courier, Chicago Herald-American, Chicago Sun-Times
2015	Bob Ryan	The Boston Globe
2016	Leigh Montville	The Boston Globe, Sports Illustrated
2017	Henry Freeman	USA Today
2018	Terry Taylor	Associated Press
2019	Sandy Rosenbush	The Washington Post, Sports Illustrated
2020	Christine Brennan	USA Today