Henry Smith Barrier Jr. was an American sports journalist. He was the longtime Executive Sports Editor of Greensboro News & Record and served as president of United States Basketball Writers Association from 1970 to 1971. He is a charter member of the United States Basketball Writers Association Hall of Fame. In 1999, Barrier was awarded the Basketball Hall of Fame's Curt Gowdy Media Award for outstanding contributions in electronic and print media. Barrier is also a member of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame.
The News Journal is a daily newspaper in Wilmington, Delaware. It is headquartered in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, near New Castle, and is owned by Gannett.
Gary Smith is an American sportswriter. He is best known for his lengthy human interest stories in Sports Illustrated, where he worked from 1983 to 2013.
Tyresa Smith was the 18th overall pick in the 2007 WNBA draft and was selected in the second round by the Phoenix Mercury. Smith was selected from the University of Delaware where she was the team's second all-time leading scorer and became the first player from UD to be drafted in the WNBA draft. In 2007, she was named the Colonial Athletic Association's Defensive Player Of The Year, led the CAA in scoring, and was named First Team All-CAA after averaging 19.8 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 2.6 steals per game. She was also the CAA Defensive Player of the Year in 2006. On August 19, 2007 she was signed by the Detroit Shock.
Clifford Michael Brumbaugh is an American former professional baseball player. He played one season in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Texas Rangers and Colorado Rockies in 2001. He also played in the KBO League with the Hyundai Unicorns and Woori Heroes and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) with the Orix Buffaloes.
Hal Lebovitz was a sportswriter and columnist. He was a fixture on Cleveland, Ohio's sports scene for more than six decades. In 2000, he was inducted into the writer's wing of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
Richard Lowell Hummel was an American author and sports columnist best known for his work for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Hummel was honored in 2007 with the J. G. Taylor Spink Award for baseball writing. Known throughout baseball by his nickname "The Commish", he was a former president of the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
Anthony Omar Cuff is a former American football running back. He was signed by the Tennessee Titans as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at Delaware.
Robert Ruliph Morgan "Ruly" Carpenter III was an American businessman and baseball executive. He was the principal owner and president of the Philadelphia Phillies from 1972 to 1981.
John Edwin Pope was an American journalist known for his sportswriting at the Miami Herald, where his work appeared from 1956 until his death in 2017. He covered Super Bowl I through Super Bowl XLVII. Some referred to him as "the best writer of sports in America."
Bob Hannah is a former college baseball coach who served as head coach of the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens baseball team from 1965 to 2000.
Caitlin Van Sickle is an American field hockey coach and former player. From Wilmington, Delaware, she was a standout athlete at Tower Hill School where she was the state's athlete of the year in both field hockey and lacrosse. She played at the collegiate level for the North Carolina Tar Heels from 2009 to 2012, receiving numerous honors including being a three-time All-American and a three-time Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Defender of the Year. She won a national championship with the Tar Heels in 2009 and helped them make appearances at three further.
Albert Thomas Cartwright was an American sportswriter. He spent 1947 to 1968, then 1971 to 1983, working with The News Journal and its predecessors, winning awards for his "A La Carte" columns.
Matthew John Zabitka was an American sportswriter. He spent 40 years working with The News Journal and The Morning News.
Israel "Izzy" Katzman was an American sportswriter who worked with The News Journal for thirty-six years.
John J. Brady was an American baseball player, coach, and sportswriter. He worked with The Morning News for twenty-two years, following a career as a baseball player and coach with Parkside in the All-Wilmington Baseball League. He was inducted into the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame in 1993.
Nolan Michael Henderson is an American football quarterback for the Houston Roughnecks of the United Football League (UFL). He played college football at Delaware.
Mary Ann Hitchens is an American former sports coach and administrator. She was influential in developing the women's athletic program at the University of Delaware and later coached the women's basketball and field hockey teams there.
Cheryl Hamilton is an American gymnastics judge. A judge since 1977, she has been selected to officiate at five Olympic Games.
Jonathan Stoklosa is an American powerlifter. Born with Down syndrome, he is a Special Olympics champion.
