Curt Gowdy Media Award

Curt Gowdy Media Award

Curt Gowdy, the award's namesake, in the 1950s
Sport	Basketball
Awarded for	"To single out members of the electronic and print media for outstanding contributions to basketball."
Location	Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Springfield, Massachusetts
History
First award	1990
Most recent	Debbie Antonelli, J.A. Adende (2024)
Website	Official website

The Curt Gowdy Media Award is an annual award given by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to outstanding basketball writers and broadcasters. It is named for American sportscaster Curt Gowdy, who was the Hall of Fame's president for seven years. ^[1]

Recipients

This list of awardees is taken from the website of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. ^[1]

Broadcasters

• 1990 – Curt Gowdy
• 1991 – Marty Glickman
• 1992 – Chick Hearn
• 1993 – Johnny Most
• 1994 – Cawood Ledford
• 1995 – Dick Enberg
• 1996 – Billy Packer
• 1997 – Marv Albert
• 1998 – Dick Vitale
• 1999 – Bob Costas
• 2000 – Hubie Brown
• 2001 – Dick Stockton
• 2002 – Jim Nantz
• 2003 – Rod Hundley
• 2004 – Max Falkenstien
• 2005 – Bill Campbell
• 2006 – Bill Raftery
• 2007 – Al McCoy
• 2008 – Bob Wolff ^[2]
• 2009 – Doug Collins
• 2010 – Joe Tait ^[3]
• 2011 – Jim Durham
• 2012 – Bill Schonely
• 2013 – Eddie Doucette
• 2014 – John Andariese ^[4]
• 2015 – Woody Durham
• 2016 – Jay Bilas ^[5]
• 2017 – Craig Sager ^[6]
• 2018 – Doris Burke ^[7]
• 2019 – Ralph Lawler
• 2020 – Mike Breen
• 2021 – Mike Gorman
• 2022 – Walt Frazier
• 2023 – Holly Rowe
• 2024 – Debbie Antonelli
• 2025 – George Blaha

Sportswriters

• 1990 – Dick Herbert ( The News & Observer )
• 1991 – Dave Dorr ( St. Louis Post-Dispatch )
• 1992 – Sam Goldaper ( The New York Times )
• 1993 – Leonard Lewin ( New York Post )
• 1994 – Leonard Koppett ( The New York Times and New York Post )
• 1995 – Bob Hammel ( The Herald-Times )
• 1996 – Bob Hentzen ( The Topeka Capital-Journal )
• 1997 – Bob Ryan ( The Boston Globe )
• 1998 – Larry Donald ( Basketball Times ) and Dick Weiss ( Daily News )
• 1999 – Smith Barrier ( News & Record )
• 2000 – Dave Kindred ( The Sporting News )
• 2001 – Curry Kirkpatrick ( ESPN The Magazine and Sports Illustrated )
• 2002 – Jim O'Connell (Associated Press)
• 2003 – Sid Hartman ( Star Tribune )
• 2004 – Phil Jasner ( Philadelphia Daily News )
• 2005 – Jack McCallum ( Sports Illustrated )
• 2006 – Mark Heisler ( Los Angeles Times )
• 2007 – Malcolm Moran ( USA Today and The New York Times )
• 2008 – David DuPree ( USA Today ) ^[2]
• 2009 – Peter Vecsey ( New York Post )
• 2010 – Jackie MacMullan ( The Boston Globe ) ^[3]
• 2011 – Alexander Wolff ( Sports Illustrated )
• 2012 – Sam Smith ( Chicago Tribune )
• 2013 – John Feinstein ( The Washington Post and Sporting News)
• 2014 – Joe Gilmartin ( Phoenix Gazette and Sporting News )
• 2015 – Rich Clarkson ( The Topeka Capital-Journal and National Geographic )
• 2016 – David Aldridge ( The Philadelphia Inquirer and NBA.com) ^[5]
• 2017 – Harvey Araton ( The New York Times )
• 2018 – Andy Bernstein (NBA) ^[7]
• 2019 – Marc Stein ( ESPN and The New York Times )
• 2020 – Michael Wilbon ( The Washington Post )
• 2021 – Mel Greenberg ( The Philadelphia Inquirer )
• 2022 – M.A. Voepel ( ESPN )
• 2023 – Marc Spears ( ESPN and Andscape )
• 2024 – J. A. Adande ( Los Angeles Times and ESPN )
• 2025 – Michelle Smith ( San Francisco Chronicle and ESPN )

Transformative

• 2020 – Inside the NBA
• 2022 – Dick Ebersol
• 2023 – CBS Sports
• 2024 – NBA Inside Stuff and Slam

Insight

• 2020 – Jim Gray
• 2021 – George Kalinsky
• 2025 – Adrian Wojnarowski

See also

• Biography portal
• Journalism portal
• Lists portal
• Sports portal

• List of sports journalism awards
• Ford C. Frick Award - MLB's comparable award
• Foster Hewitt Memorial Award - the NHL's comparable award
• Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award - the NFL's comparable award

References

1. "Curt Gowdy Media Award Winners". Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
2. Saraceno, Jon (September 4, 2008). "Ewing Among Seven To Be Inducted into Basketball Hall of Fame". USA Today . Retrieved August 6, 2012.
3. Finn, Chad (May 12, 2010). "MacMullan Is Named Gowdy Award Winner". The Boston Globe. Retrieved May 14, 2010.
4. Sandomir, Richard (March 15, 2017). "John Andariese, 78, Knicks Broadcaster". New York Times. p. B13. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
5. "David Aldridge and Jay Bilas Named Recipients of Basketball Hall of Fame's Curt Gowdy Media Award" (Press release). Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. February 12, 2016. Archived from the original on February 16, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
6. "NBA raises $500,000 for SagerStrong Foundation" (Press release). Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. February 17, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
7. "Andy Bernstein and Doris Burke Named Recipients of Basketball Hall of Fame's 2018 Curt Gowdy Media Award" (Press release). Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. February 17, 2018. Retrieved February 17, 2018.

External links

• Official website