Sam Taub Award

The Sam Taub Award is a yearly award presented by the Boxing Writers Association of America for Excellence in Broadcasting Journalism. The award is named after Sam Taub, a journalist and radio broadcaster who is best known for his work covering boxing. It is similar to Major League Baseball's Ford C. Frick Award.

Winners

  • 1982 -- Don Dunphy
  • 1983 -- Gil Clancy
  • 1984 -- John F.X. Condon
  • 1985 -- Larry Merchant
  • 1986 -- Tim Ryan
  • 1987 -- Alex Wallau
  • 1988 -- Al Bernstein
  • 1989 -- Sam Rosen
  • 1990 -- Ross Greenburg
  • 1991 -- Reg Gutteridge
  • 1992 -- Jim Lampley and Barry Tompkins
  • 1993 -- Bob Yalen
  • 1994—No winner
  • 1995 -- Al Albert and Sean O'Grady
  • 1996—No winner
  • 1997 -- Dave Bontempo
  • 1998 -- Bob Sheridan
  • 1999—No winner
  • 2000—No winner
  • 2001 -- Teddy Atlas
  • 2002 -- Steve Farhood
  • 2003 -- Bernardo Osuna[1]
  • 2004 -- Brian Kenny
  • 2005 -- Jay Larkin and Rich Marotta[2]
  • 2006 -- Steve Albert[3]
  • 2007 -- Nick Charles[4]
  • 2008 -- Harold Lederman
  • 2009 -- Joe Tessitore[5]
  • 2010—No winner
  • 2011—No winner
  • 2012 -- Max Kellerman
  • 2013 -- Paulie Malignaggi
  • 2014 -- Seth Abraham
  • 2015—Marc Payton, Mark Taffet[6]
  • 2016—Gordon Hall[7]
  • 2017 –– Lou DiBella
  • 2018 –– Stephen Espinoza
  • 2019 –– Andre Ward

References

  1. ^ Hispanic PR Wire - TeleFutura Sportscaster Bernardo Osuna To Receive “Taub” Award For Excellence In Broadcast Journalism Archived 2006-11-09 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ ESPN - Hatton's big 2005 honored by boxing writers - Boxing
  3. ^ Lame Excuses Have To Run Out – New York Post
  4. ^ ESPN - Mayweather named fighter of the year after wins over De La Hoya, Hatton - Boxing
  5. ^ "Pacquiao selected as BWAA's fighter of the year". February 2010.
  6. ^ "Sam Taub Award Excellence in Broadcast Journalism". www.bwaa.org. bwaa.org. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  7. ^ Pugmire, Lance. "Former Times Sports Editor Bill Dwyre wins top boxing writing honor". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 23, 2017.