Monthly Archives: May 2016

Matt Calkins of The Seattle Times won first place in the Associated Press Sports Editors 2015 contest in column writing for the 75-175,000 circulation category.

James Pilcher of the Cincinnati Enquirer won first place in the Associated Press Sports Editors 2015 contest in Explanatory writing for the 75-175,000 circulation category for his story, 'Busy day for Pete Rose culminates in Rob Manfred meeting.'

Dirk Chatelain of the Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald unanimously won first place in the Associated Press Sports Editors 2015 contest in Features for the 75-175,000 circulation category for “A Test of Endurance,” a piece telling the story of Ty and Trey Hansen, Trey’s death and how his twin Ty forged on to set new milestones at his high school.

The team of Jeff Duncan, Jim Kleinpeter, Evan Woodbery, Ron Higgins, John Reid, Katherine Terrell and Todd Masson of NOLA.com (New Orleans) won first place in the Associated Press Sports Editors 2015 contest in projects for the 75-175,000 circulation category for their series of stories centered on the 10-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

The team of Lauren Frohne, Corinne Chin and Ken Lambert of The Seattle Times won first place in the Associated Press Sports Editors 2015 contest in Short Video for the 75-175,000 circulation category for the video “What does 12 mean to you?,” a video asking fans of the Seattle Seahawks what it means for them to be the 12th Man.

The duo of Clark Wade and Zak Keefer of the Indianapolis Star won first place in the Associated Press Sports Editors 2015 contest in Long Video for the 75-175,000 circulation category for their video, “Butler’s Run to the 2010 Final Four,” where they retold the story of the run Butler made in the 2010 NCAA Tournament and how the Bulldogs were inches away from making history.

Brennan Smith, Amy Lewis, Scott Sommerdorf and Kevin Winters Morriss, of the Salt Lake Tribune won first place in the Associated Press Sports Editors 2015 contest in multimedia for the 75-175,000 circulation category for “All Access Pass: How Utah’s top sports teams prepare to play.” The interactive piece went inside every major team, from college to pro, to show the behind-the-scenes preparation.

Glenn Jordan of the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram won first place in the Associated Press Sports Editors 2015 contest in Explanatory writing in the 30,000-75,000 circulation category for his story on how non-traditional adventure races by for-profit organizations were taking a toll on local charity events.

Phil Barber of the Santa Rosa (Calif.) Press Democrat and Tom Schad of the Washington Times tied for first place in the Associated Press Sports Editors 2015 contest in feature writing in the 30,000-75,000 circulation category. Barber won for his story on Golden State’s Stephen Curry and his mouthpiece, while Schad won for his story on minor league umpires and their journey to the major leagues.

Michael Cohen of The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tenn.) won first place in the Associated Press Sports Editors 2015 contest for Projects in the 30,000-75,000 circulation category. Cohen won for his project on Memphis basketball and coach Josh Pastner.