NSSA

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 [...]

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.

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.

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.

Congratulations to NSSA Hall of Famer Bob Wolff, who will be inducted into the DC Sports Hall of Fame before the April 28th Reds-Nationals game in Washington.  Wolff also recently donated many of his recorded interviews to the Library of Congress.  Check out both the Tyler Kepner story and the video from the New York Times.

Jon Chelesnk, CEO of Sportscasters Talent Agency of America, has announced that Meg Aronowitz, ESPN coordinating producer, has been added to the lineup for the second One Day Ticket to Sportscasting Success seminar, to be held in conjunction with the 54th Annual NSSA Awards Weekend, June 8-10, in Salisbury, NC. Aronowitz joins a lineup that [...]