2016 NSMA National Sportswriter of the Year Nominees
10.09.2017The following received at least one vote for the 2016 NSMA National Sportswriter of the Year Award:
| Aaron Fitt, Baseball America |
| Adam Kilgore, The Washington Post |
| Adam Rittenberg, ESPN |
| Adam Rubin, ESPN |
| Adam Schefter ESPN |
| Adrian Wojnarowski, Yahoo! Sports |
| Al Featherston, Freelance |
| AL IANNAZZONE New York Newsday NY |
| Alan Shipnuck -- Sports Illustrated |
| Alexander Wolff, Sports Illustrated |
| Andrew Brandt, Sports Illustrated |
| Andy Benoit, SI |
| Andy Beyer/Washington Post and Daily Racing Form |
| Andy Katz, ESPN |
| Andy McCullough,LA Times |
| Andy Staples - SI |
| Arnie Stapleton, Associated Press |
| Art Thiel, Sportspress Northwest |
| Austin Murphy - Sports Illustrated |
| Barry Jacobs, Freelance |
| Barry Svrluga, Washington Post |
| Barry Wilner, Associated Press |
| Ben Reiter, SI |
| Bernie Miklasz, St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
| Bill Barnwell, ESPN's Grantland |
| Bill Bender, Sporting News |
| Bill Dwyre, L.A. Times |
| Bill Madden, New York Daily News |
| Bill Plachske, LA Times |
| Bill Simmons, HBO |
| Bob Harig, ESPN |
| Bob Nightengale - USA Today |
| Bob Ryan, Boston Globe |
| Bob Verdi, Chicago Tribune/Chicago Blackhawks |
| Bomani Jones, ESPN |
| Bonnie D. Ford, ESPN.com |
| Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune |
| Brett McMurphy, ESPN |
| Brian Dalek, Runner's World |
| Brian Straus, Sports Illustrated |
| Brian Windhorst, ESPN |
| Bruce Feldman, Fox Sports |
| Bruce Miles, Chicago Tribune |
| Bryan Curtis, Grantland |
| Buster Olney, ESPN.com |
| Chad Finn, Boston Globe |
| Charles Pierce - Grantland |
| Charles Robinson- Yahoo Sports |
| Charles S. Pierce, Grantland |
| Chris Ballard, Sports Illustrated |
| Chris Broussard, ESPN |
| Chris Dufresne, Los Angeles Times |
| Chris Jones, ESPN The Magazine |
| Chris Low, ESPN.com |
| Chris Mannix-Sports Illustrated |
| Chris Mortensen, ESPN |
| Chris Tomasson, Pioneer Press, St. Paul |
| Christine Brennan-USA Today |
| Christopher Clarey, New York Times |
| Chuck Culpepper, Washington Post |
| Claire Novak, Bloodhorse |
| Clay Travis, FOX Sports |
| Colin Becht, S.I. |
| Craig Custance, ESPN |
| Craig O'Shannessy, ATP Media |
| Cyd Zeigler, OutSports |
| Dan Grantland, S.I. |
| Dan Graziano, ESPN.com |
| Dan Jenkins, Sports Illustrated, Golf Digest |
| Dan LeBatard, Miami Herald |
| Dan Patrick, Sports Illustrated |
| Dan Shaughnessy, Boston Globe |
| Dan Wetzel, Yahoo Sports |
| Dan Wolken, USA Today |
| Dana O'Neil, ESPN.com |
| Daniel Uthman, USA Today |
| Darin Gantt, ProFootballTalk.com |
| Darren Rovell, ESPN |
| Darren Rovell, ESPN |
| Dave Weinberg, Press of Atlantic City |
| Dave Zirin, The Nation |
| David Aldridge, NBA.com |
| David Feherty, Golf |
| David Haugh, Chicago Tribune |
| David Lennon New York Newsday NY |
| David Teel, Newport News Daily Press |
| Dennis Dodd, CBSSports.com |
| Dick Weiss, BlueStar Media |
| Dirk Chatelain, Omaha World-Herald |
| Don Banks, Sports Illustrated |
| Don Van Natta Jr., ESPN |
| Doug Ferguson, The Associated Press |
| Drew Magary, Deadspin |
| Ed Sherman - The Sherman Report |
| Eli Saslow, ESPN The Magazine |
| Eric Prisbell, USA Today |
| Frank Deford, Sports Illustrated |
| Gary Myers, NY Daily News |
| Gary Parrish, CBS Sports |
| Gary Smith, freelance, Charleston |
| Gene Collier, Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh |
| Gene Frenette, Florida Times-Union |
| Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN |
| George Dohrman-Sports Illustrated |
| George Schroeder USA Today |
| Gerry Fraley, Dallas Morning News |
| Gil Brant, NFL.com |
| Grant Wahl, SI.com |
| Greg Bedard, MMQB |
| Greg Bell USA Today |
| Greg Bishop, Sports Illustrated |
| Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star |
| Guy Yocom, Golf Digest |
| Hal McCoy, Dayton Daily News |
| Heather Dinich, ESPN |
| Howard Bryant ESPN the Magazine |
| Ian O'Connor, ESPN |
| Ian Rapoport, NFL.com |
| Israel Gutierrez, ESPN.com |
| Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com |
| J.A. Adande, ESPN.COM |
| Jack McCallum, Sports Illustrated |
| Jackie MacMullan, ESPN |
| Jaime Diaz - Golf Digest/Golf Magazine |
| Jane McManus, ESPN |
| Jarrett Bell, USA Today |
| Jason Gay, Wall Street Journal |
| Jason King - Bleacher Report |
| Jason LaCanfora, CBS Sports |
| Jason Whitlock, ESPN.com |
| Jay Bilas, ESPN |
| Jay Glazer, FOX Sports |
| Jay Jaffe, Sports Illustrated |
| Jay Privman Daily Racing Form |
| Jayson Stark - ESPN.com |
| Jeff Benedict, Sports Illustrated |
| Jeff Goodman, ESPN |
| Jeff Kolpack, Forum, Fargo |
| Jeff Passan, Yahoo Sports |
| Jenna Fryer, AP |
| Jenna Fryer, Associated Press racing writer |
| Jenny Vrentas, Sports Illustrated |
| Jere Longman, New York Times |
| Jeremy Mauss, MWConnection |
| Jerry Crasnick - ESPN.com |
| Jesse Spector, Sporting News |
| Jessica Luther, Texas Monthly |
| Jim Callis, MLB.Com |
| Jim Corbett, USA Today |
| Jim Litke, Associated Press |
| Joe McDonald, ESPN |
| Joe Posnanski, NBCSports.com |
| Joe Sheehan, Sports Illustraded |
| Joe Strauss, St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
| Joel Sherman, NY Post/MLB Network |
| John Akers, Basketball Times |
| John Branch, New York Times |
| John Canzano, The Oregonian |
| John Clayton, ESPN |
| John Feinstein, Freelance |
| John Keim, ESPN |
| John Manuel, Baseball America |
| John Powers, Boston Globe |
| John Walters, Newsweek Magazine |
| Jon Bois, SB Nation |
| Jon Drayer Minnychat.com |
| Jon Heyman, CBSsports.com |
| Jon Krawcyznski, Associated Press |
| Jon Paul Morosi, Fox Sports.com |
| Jon Rothstein, CBS Sports |
| Jon Solomon, CBSSports.com |
| Jon Wertheim, Sports Illustrated |
| Jonah Keri, Grantland.com |
| Karen Crouse, New York Times |
| Kate Fagan, ESPNW |
| Keith Olbermann, ESPN |
| Ken Fang, Fang's Bites/Awful Announcing |
| Ken Rosenthal, FOX Sports |
| Kent Babb, Washington Post |
| Kevin Allen, USA Today |
| Kevin Arnovitz, ESPN |
| Kevin Clark, Wall Street Journal |
| Kevin Iole, Yahoo Sports |
| Kevin Paul Dupont, Boston Globe |
| Kevin Seifert ESPN.com |
| Kevin Van Valkenburg, ESPN The Magazine |
| Kyle Bonagura - ESPN |
| Laken Litman, USA Today |
| Lars Anderson, SB Nation |
| Lee Jenkins, Sports Illustrated |
| Lesley Visser, CBS Sports |
| Liz Merrill, ESPN.com |
| Luke Winn Sports Illustrated |
| Marc Spears, Yahoo Sports |
| Marc Stein, ESPN.com |
| Marc Tracey, NY Times, New York |
| Mark Fainaru-Wada, ESPN.com |
| Mark Schlabach ESPN.com |
| Mark Whicker, LA News Group |
| Marty Smith, ESPN |
| Matt Fortuna, ESPN |
| Matt Moore, CBS Sports |
| Matthew Berry, ESPN |
| Mel Antonnen, MLB.com |
| Michael Bamberger, Sports Illustrated |
| Michael Farber, Sports Illustrated |
| Michael McCann, Sports Illustrated |
| Michael Powell NY Times |
| Michael Rosenberg, Sports Illustrated |
| Michael Russo, Star Tribune |
| Michael Wilbon - Washington Post |
| Michelle Voelple |
| Mike DeCourcy, The Sporting News |
| Mike Douchant, The Sporting News |
| Mike Florio, ProFootballTalk / NBC Sports |
| Mike Freeman, Bleacher Report |
| Mike Lopresti, USA Today |
| Mike Lupica, New York Daily News |
| Mike Reiss, ESPN Boston |
| Mike Vaccaro, New York Post |
| Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press |
| Nancy Armour, USA Today |
| Nate Davis, USA Today |
| Nate Ryan - USA Today |
| Nate Silver, 538.com |
| Neil Best, Newsday |
| Nick Cafardo, Boston Globe |
| Nicole Auerbach, USA Today |
| Pat Forde, Yahoo Sports |
| Pat Jordan, Deadspin |
| Patrick Reusse Minneapolis Star-Tribune MPLS, MN |
| Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Paul Hagen , MLB.com |
| Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune |
| Paul White, USA Today |
| Pete Prisco, CBSSports.com |
| Pete Thamel, Sports Illustrated |
| Peter Gammons. MLB.com |
| Peter King, Sports Illustrated |
| Peter Schraeger - Fox |
| Phil Mushnick NY Post |
| Phil Rogers, MLB.com |
| Phil Steele, Phil Steele's College Football Preview magazine |
| Phil Taylor, Sports Illustrated |
| Ralph Russo, The Associated Press |
| Ray Ratto, CSNBayArea.com |
| Richard Deitsch, Sports Illustrated. |
| Richard Justice, MLB.com |
| Richard Sandomir, New York Times |
| Rick Brown, Des Moines Register |
| Rick Hummel, St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
| Rick Morrisey, Chicago Sun-Times |
| Rick Reilly, ESPN.com |
| Rick Telander, Chicago Sun-Times |
| Rob Dauster, NBCSports |
| Rob Demovsky, ESPN.com |
| Robert Klemko, The MMQB |
| Roger Angell, New Yorker |
| Ron Borges, Boston Herald |
| Ron Green, Jr., Global Golf |
| Ron Sirak, Golf World |
| Ryan McGee, ESPN |
| Sal Paolantinio, ESPN |
| Sally Jenkins, Washington Post |
| Sam Amick USA Today |
| Sam Farmer, LA Times |
| Sam Mellinger, Kansas City Star |
| Scott Burnside, ESPN |
| Scott Miller, Bleacher Report/Turner Sports |
| Scott Ostler, SF Chronicle |
| Scott Price, Sports Illustrated |
| Sekou Smith, NBA.com |
| Seth Davis, SI |
| Seth Wickersham, ESPN The Magazine |
| Skip Bayless, ESPN |
| SL Price, Sports Illustrated |
| Stan Grossfeld, Boston Globe |
| Stephanie Wei, Wei Under Par golf blog |
| Steve Aschburner, NBA.com |
| Steve Buckley, Boston Herald |
| Steve Fainaru, ESPN |
| Steve Goff, Washington Post |
| Steve Kettmann, Wellstone Books |
| Steve Rosenbloom Chicago Tribune |
| Steve Rushin, Sports Illustrated |
| Steve Tignor, Tennis Magazine |
| Ted Miller, ESPN |
| Terry Frei, Denver Post |
| Thayer Evans, Sports Illustrated |
| Thomas Boswell, Washington Post |
| Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas Morning News |
| Tim Dahlberg, Associated Press |
| Tim Keown, ESPN The Magazine |
| Tim Kurkjian, ESPN.com |
| Tim Layden, Sports Illustrated |
| TJ Simers, Los Angeles Times |
| Tom Archdeacon, Dayton Daily News |
| Tom Boswell, Washington Post |
| Tom Dienhart, BTN |
| Tom Ley, ESPN |
| Tom Pelissero, USA Today |
| Tom Pelissero, USA Today |
| Tom Rinaldi, ESPN |
| Tom Rock New York Newsday NY |
| Tom Shatel, Omaha World-Herald |
| Tom Verducci, Sports Illustrated (winner) |
| Tony Barnhart, SEC.com |
| Tony Kornheiser, Washington Post |
| Tracy Ringelsby MLB |
| Travis Haney, ESPN.com |
| Tyler Kepner, New York Times |
| Tyler Kepner, NYTimes |
| Will Leitch, Sports on Earth |
| Woody Paige, Denver Post |
| Wright Thompson, ESPN |
| Zac Ellis, Sports Illustrated |
| Zach Lowe, Grantland |