June 13, 2013 
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By Pete Weber If you are a sportscaster, sportswriter, or some combination of the two, when I mention Salisbury, North Carolina, what occurs to you? Are you hit with visions of an…
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June 11, 2013 0 Comments
The NSSA Hall of Fame has two members. ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale and Detroit Free Press columnist and best-selling author Mitch Album were inducted Monday night, while…
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June 4, 2013 Comments Off
A live webstream of the 54th Annual NSSA Awards Banquet will be available, beginning at 7:30 EDT on Monday, June 10th. Total Event Production of Charlotte, NC is producing the Banquet,…
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June 14, 2013 0 Comments
Mitch Albom NSSA Hall of Fame induction speech, given June 10, 2013, Salisbury, NC I love words. Therefore I love quotes. One of my favorites is the John Lennon nugget, “Life is what happens to you while you are busy making plans.” I know that’s true. I am walking proof. I became a sportswriter [...]
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May 30, 2013 Comments Off
LeBron James named 2012 Hickok Belt Award winner: http://hickokbelt.com/
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May 15, 2013 Comments Off
Fred White, who for 25 years, served as the Kansas City Royals radio play-by-play man, died on Wednesday of complications from melanoma. White, who won the NSSA’s Kansas Sportscaster of the Year Award from 1968-1970, was 76 years old. 2011 NSSA National Sportswriter of the Year Joe Posnanski knew White from their time together in [...]
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May 15, 2013 Comments Off
Longtime Rapid City Journal sports editor Don Lindner died at age 82 on Tuesday. Lindner won a record eleven NSSA South Dakota Sportswriter of the Year Awards. He retired 17 years ago after 37 years as the Journal’s sports editor. Story on his passing in today’s Journal.
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April 29, 2013 Comments Off
ESPN Radio’s Scott Masteller has been added to the lineup for the One Day Ticket to Sportscasting Success seminar, co-hosted by NSSA and STAA. That word from STAA CEO Jon Chelesnik today. More info here.
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April 26, 2013 Comments Off
Congratulations to NSSA National Board member Wes Durham, an eight-time NSSA Georgia Sportscaster of the Year, for receiving Elon University’s Distinguished Alumni Award. For details, click here.
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Salisbury — Our Cooperstown
Vitale, Albom, Patrick, King Big Winners at 2013 NSSA Awards Banquet
54th Annual NSSA Awards Banquet Available via PPV Livestream