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