2011 WRITING AWARDS
The Barneys
(for work done in 2010)
BOXING EVENT COVERAGE
First Place (tie)
LANCE PUGMIRE, “Dull Bout Shows Age Has Caught Up With Mosley,” Los Angeles Times, September 19, 2010
JOHN WHISLER, “Win May Earn S. A. Fighter Title Shot,” San Antonio Express News, November 22, 2010
Second Place
CHRIS MANNIX, “Bigger Than Ever,” Sports Illustrated, November 22, 2010
Third Place
DAVE SKRETTA, “Cotto Stops Foreman to Win at Yankee Stadium,” The Associated Press, June 6, 2010
Honorable Mention: Michael Rosenthal, RingTV.com; Don Steinberg, Philadelphia Inquirer; Springs Toledo, Thesweetscience.com; David Weinberg, The Press of Atlantic City .
BOXING COLUMN
First Place
T. K. STEWART, “Lack of Vision Hinders the Sport,” T. K. Stewart on Boxing, January 3, 2010
Second Place (Tie)
ADAM BERLIN, “The Sweetest Science, Still,” Thesweetscience.com, September 6, 2010
LEE GROVES, “Edwin Valero: A Life of Success, Excess, Self Destruction,” Boxingscene.com, April 21, 2010
Third Place (Tie)
TIM DAHLBERG, “Once Fearsome and Feared, a Gentler Mike Tyson Embarks on a New Path after All These Years,” The Associated Press, October 16, 2010
THOMAS HAUSER, “Hopkins-Jones II: Better Never Than Late,” Secondsout.com, February 22, 2010
JOHN WHISLER, “Tyson Deserving of Hall of Fame Selection,” San Antonio Express-News, December 12, 2010
Honorable Mention: Lyle Fitzsimmons, Boxingscene.com; Matthew Hurley, Secondsout.com; George Kimball, Thesweetscience.com; Don Stradley, donstradleyblogspot.com
BOXING NEWS STORY
First Place
LANCE PUGMIRE, “Margarito Tries to Explain Roach Tape,” Los Angeles Times, November 11, 2010
Second Place (Tie)
RON BORGES, “JT vs. MMA,” Boxing Monthly, August, 2010
LEE GROVES, “Pascal Flubs Passing of Torch,” Boxingscene.com, December 20, 2010
Third Place
BILL DWYRE, “Pacquiao Enters Another Ring – The Political One,” Los Angeles Times, May 11, 2010
Honorable Mention: Bart Barry, 15rounds.com; Kevin Iole, Yahoo.com; Armando Paz, Ironchinboxing.com
BOXING FEATURE (Under 1,750 words)
First Place (Tie)
ROBERT MLADINICH, “Brian O’Melia,” Thesweetscience.com, February 21, 2010
PABLO S. TORRE, “The Fighter,” Sports Illustrated, December 20, 2010
DAVID WEINBERG, “Documentary Relives Night Seldon’s Life Changed,” The Press of Atlantic City, September 30, 2010
Second Place (Tie)
NORM FRAUENHEIM, “More Anguish for Carbajal as His Inmate Brother Threatens to Evict Their Mom,” 15rounds.com, February 11, 2010
DAVE SKRETTA, “’The Fighter’ Movie Soars; Sport Wallows,” The Associated Press, December 24, 2010
DON STEINBERG, “The Best Boxers, the Grandest Stage,” Wall Street Journal, May 27, 2010
Third Place (Tie)
KEVIN BAXTER, “Mexico’s Newest Boxing Star: Fame as Quick as His Fists,” Los Angeles Times, September 16, 2010
BILL DWYRE, “Pacquiao Believes Victory a Matter of Faith,” Los Angeles Times, November 13, 2010
RICH FOLSTAD, "Scott LeDoux is Fighting off the Ropes,” Thesweetscience.com, March 21, 2010
Honorable Mention: William Dettloff, The Ring; Bernard Fernandez, Philadelphia Daily News; Thomas Hauser, Boxing Monthly
BOXING FEATURE (Over 1,750 words)
First Place
PETER OWEN NELSON, “Devon Alexander Escaped Streets of St. Louis to Become a Champion,” Sports Illustrated, March 2, 2010
Second Place
PABLO S. TORRE, ”Mike Tyson is in a Whole New Place,” Sports Illustrated, August 2, 2010
Third Place
IVAN SOLOTAROFF, “A Decade after Testing HIV-Positive, Morrison Trying to Come Back,” Details, November 15, 2010
Honorable Mention: Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times: Charles Farrell, Post Road; Bernard Fernandez, Philadelphia Daily News; Gabriel Montoya, Maxboxing.com
BOXING INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
First Place
THOMAS HAUSER, “Mayweather-Pacquiao, PEDs, and Boxing,” Secondsout.com, January 18, 2010
Second Place
SPRINGS TOLEDO, “Chasing Jack Chase,” Thesweetscience.com, August 15, 19, 22, 25, 30, 2010
Third Place (Tie)
MARK KRAM, “Rodriguez Family Finds Hope and Despair,” Philadelphia Daily News, November 30, 2010
ERIC RASKIN, “Score Loser: An Explanation of Out-Of-Whack Scorecards,” RingTV.com, January 20 and 22, 2010
Honorable Mention: Bernard Fernandez, Philadelphia Daily News; Norm Frauenheim, The Ring; Don Stradley, HVB Magazine
JUDGES:
ANGELIQUE CHENGELIS, Detroit News
RANDY GALLOWAY, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
KURT KRAGTHORPE. Salt Lake Tribune
NEIL REISNER, Florida International University Department of Journalism
GEORGE SOLOMON, University of Maryland College of Journalism
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LIEBLING AWARD
Pete Hamill
FLEISCHER AWARD
Steve Farhood
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PHOTO AWARDS
ACTION
First Place
Naoki Fukuda, RingTV.com
Second Place
Rafael Soto, Top Rank
Third Place
Emily Harney
Honorable Mention
Tom Hogan, Will Hart
FEATURE
First Place
Rafael Soto, Top Rank
Second Place
Tom Hogan, Golden Boy
Third Place
Chris Cozzone, Fightnews.com
Honorable Mention
Marty Rosengarten, Chris Farina, Tom Casino |
