Bill Plaschke of the Los Angeles Times won first place while Steve Politi of NJ Advance Media was second, and Mark Lazerus of The Athletic and Dan Wetzel of Yahoo Sports tied for third.
Gregg Doyel of the IndyStar won first place in the Division B Columns category. Mike Finger of the San Antonio Express-News was second, and Sam McDowell of The Kansas City Star was third.
Chase Goodbread of The Tuscaloosa News won first place in the Associated Press Sports Editors 2022 contest in the Division D Columns category.
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Bill Plaschke of the Los Angeles Times won first place in Column Writing in the Associated Press Sports Editors 2016 contest’s Over-175,000 circulation category.
John Canzano of the Oregonian/Oregon Live won first place in the Associated Press Sports Editors 2016 contest in Columns category for the 75,000-175,000 circulation category.
Austin Meek of The Register-Guard in Eugene, Ore., won first place in the Associated Press Sports Editors 2016 contest in the Columns category for the 30,000-75,000 circulation category.
Nicholas Talbot of the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal won first place in the Associated Press Sports Editors 2016 contest in Columns category for the Under 30,000 circulation category.
Here are the top 10 results for column writing in the under 30,000 circulation category of the Associated Press Sports Editors 2016 contest (winners...