2018 NSMA National Sportswriter Nominees
10.02.2019
| Adam Kilgore, The Washington Post |
| Adam Rittenberg, ESPN |
| Adam Schefter, ESPN |
| Adrian Wojnarowski,, ESPN |
| Alan Shipnuck, Golf Magazine |
| Albert Breer, SI |
| Alex Prewitt, Sports Illustrated |
| Alexander Wolff, SI |
| Andrew Carter, News & Observer, Charlotte |
| Andy McCullough, LA Times |
| Andy Staples, Sports Illustrated |
| Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle |
| Ariel Helwani, ESPN |
| Austin Murphy, SI |
| Barrett Sallee |
| Barry Srvluga, Washington Post |
| Ben Reiter, Sports Illustrated |
| Benjamin Hoffman, NY Times |
| Bernie Miklasz, St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
| Bill Barnwell, ESPN |
| Bill Oram The Athletic |
| Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times |
| Bill Simmons, The Ringer |
| Bob Costas, NBC |
| Bob Nightengale, USA Today |
| Bob Ryan, Boston Globe |
| Brendan Quinn, The Athletic |
| Brett McMurphy, Stadium |
| Bruce Feldman, The Athletic |
| Bryan Curtis, The Ringer |
| Buster Olney, ESPN |
| Carrie Muskat, Chicago Tribune |
| Charles Pierce, Sports Illustrated |
| Chelsea Janes , The Washington Post |
| Chip Patterson, CBS Sports |
| Chip Scoggins, Minneapolis Star-Tribune |
| Chris Ballard, Sports Illustrated |
| Chris Haynes, Yahoo Sports! |
| Chris Low, ESPN.com |
| Chris Mannix, Yahoo |
| Chris Mortensen, ESPN |
| Chris Vannini, The Athletic |
| Christine Brennan, USA Today |
| Christopher Clarey, New York Times |
| Chuck Culpepper, Washington Post |
| Chuck Klosterman, ESPN |
| Cindy Shmerler, Tennis.com; Freelance, New York Times |
| Clay Travis, Outkick the Coverage |
| Craig Calcaterra, NBC Sports |
| Craig Custance, The Athletic |
| Cyd Zeigler, OutSports |
| Dan Graziano, ESPN.com |
| Dan Hayes, The Athletic |
| Dan Jenkins Golf Digest |
| Dan Patrick, Sports Illustrated |
| Dan Shaughnessy, Boston globe |
| Dan Wetzel, Yahoo Sports |
| Dan Wolken, USA Today |
| Dana O'Neil, The Athletic |
| Dave Sheinin, The Washington Post |
| Dave Weinberg |
| Dave Zirin, The Nation |
| David Aldridge, NBA.com |
| David Halberstam, Sports Broadcast Journal |
| David Kindred, Golf Digest |
| David Newton, ESPN |
| David Roth, Deadspin |
| David Teel, Daily Press (VA) |
| Dennis Dodd, CBS Sports |
| Dick Weiss |
| Eric Adelson, Yahoo |
| Erik Brady, USA Today |
| Frank Isola, The Athletic |
| Gary Parrish, CBS Sports |
| Gary Smith, Sports Illustrated |
| Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN |
| George Schroeder, USA Today |
| Grant Wahl, Sports Illustrated |
| Greg Bishop, Sports Illustrated |
| Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star |
| Hal McCoy, Dayton Daily News |
| Heather Dinich, ESPN |
| Howard Beck, Bleacher Report |
| Howard Bryant - ESPN |
| Isabelle Khurshudyan, Washington Post |
| Ivan Maisel, ESPN |
| Jackie MacMullen, ESPN |
| Jake Trotter, ESPN.com |
| Jarrett Bell, USA Today |
| Jason Gay, Wall Street Journal |
| Jay Bilas, ESPN.com |
| Jay Privman, Daily Racing Form |
| Jayson Stark, The Athletic |
| Jeff Goodman, Stadium |
| Jeff Passan, Yahoo! Sports |
| Jeff Pearlman, The Athletic |
| Jemele Hill, ESPN |
| Jenny Vrentas, Sports Illustrated |
| Jeremy Rutherford, The Athletic |
| Jerry Brewer, The Washington Post |
| Jerry Crasnick (formerly ESPN.com) |
| Bill Reynolds, Providence Journal |
| Jim Souhan, Star Tribune, Minneapolis |
| Jim Trotter, NFL Network |
| Joe Lunardi, ESPN |
| Joe Posnanski, The Athletic |
| Joe Rexrode, USA Today |
| Joel Sherman, New York Post |
| John Branch, The New York Times |
| John Canzano, The Oregonian |
| John Feinstein Washington Post |
| John Keim, ESPN.com |
| John Ourand, Sports Business Journal |
| John Paul Morosi, Fox |
| John Strong, NBC Sports |
| Jon Heyman, Fancred |
| Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic |
| Jonathan Jones, Sports Illustrated |
| Josina Anderson ESPN |
| Juliet Macur, NY Times |
| Karen Crouse, NY Times |
| Kate Fagan, ESPN |
| Katie Strang, The Athletic |
| Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic |
| Kent Babb, Washington Post |
| Kevin Allen, USA Today |
| Kevin Clark, The Ringer |
| Kevin Iole, Yahoo Sports |
| Kevin Kugler, Westwood One/Big Ten Network |
| Kevin Van Valkenburg, ESPN |
| Kyle Tucker, The Athletic |
| Larry Collmus, NBC Sports |
| Lee Jenkins, Sports Illustrated |
| Liz Clarke, Washington Post |
| Logan Anderson, Saythedamnscore.com |
| Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker |
| Marc Spears, ESPN The Undefeated |
| Marc Stein, ESPN |
| Marisa Kwiatkowski, Indianapolis Star |
| Mark Cannizzaro, NY Post |
| Mark Kiszla, Denver Post |
| Mark Kriegel, ESPN |
| Mark Lowe, Bleacher Report |
| Mark Schlabach, ESPN.com |
| Mark Whicker, LA News Group |
| Marty Smith, ESPN |
| Michael Bamberger, Sports Illustrated, golf.com |
| Michael Lombardi, NFL.com |
| Michael Rosenberg, Sports Illustrated |
| Michael Russo, The Athletic |
| Michael Wildon, Washington Post |
| Mike Decourcy, The Sporting News |
| Mike Florio, Pro Football Talk |
| Mike Freeman, Bleacher Report |
| Mike Jones, USA Today |
| Mike Lopresti, USA Today & Basketball Times |
| Mike Reiss, ESPN.com |
| Mike Vaccaro, New York Post |
| Mina Kimes, ESPN.com |
| Mitch Albom Detroit Free Press |
| Myron Medcalf, ESPN |
| Nancy Armour, USA Today |
| Nate Silver, 538.com |
| Norm Wood, Daily Press (VA) |
| Pat Forde, Yahoo! Sports |
| Patrick Reusse Minneapolis Star-Tribune |
| Paul Flannery, SB Nation |
| Paul Newberry, Associated Press |
| Paul Tenorio, The Athletic |
| Paula Lavigne, ESPN.com |
| Pete Thamel, Yahoo Sports |
| Peter Gammons, The Athletic |
| Peter King, NBC Sports |
| Phil Steele, Phil Steele Publications |
| Rachel Axon, USA Today |
| Ralph D. Russo, Associated Press |
| Ramona Shelburne, ESPN |
| Rembert Brown, Bleacher Report magazine |
| Richard Deitsch, The Athletic |
| Rick Gosselin, TalkofFamenetwork.com |
| Rick Hummel, St. Louis Post Dispatch |
| Rick Telander, Chicago Sun Times |
| Ronald Blum, Associated Press |
| Rory Smith, The New York Times |
| Ross Dellenger, SI |
| Rustin Dodd, The Athletic |
| Ryan Divish, Seattle Times |
| Ryan McGee, ESPN |
| Ryan O'Halloran, Denver Post |
| S.L. Price, Sports Illustrated |
| Sal Paolantonio, ESPN |
| Sally Jenkins, Washington Post |
| Sam Amick, USA Today/The Athletic |
| Sam Mellinger, Kansas City Star |
| Sam Stejskal, MLSsoccer.com |
| Scott Miller, Bleacher Report |
| Sekou Smith, NBA.com |
| Seth Davis, The Athletic |
| Seth Wickersham, ESPN |
| Shams Charania, The Athletic |
| Shea Serrano, The Ringer |
| Skip Bayless, FOX |
| Stephen A. Smith, ESPN Online |
| Stephen Tignor, Tennis Magazine |
| Steve Aschburner, NBA.com |
| Steve Buckley, Boston Herald |
| Steve Di Meglio, USA Today |
| Steve Rushin, Sports Illustrated |
| Steve Sipple, Lincoln Journal Star |
| Stewart Mandel, The Athletic |
| Terez Paylor, Yahoo Sports |
| Terry Pluto, Cleveland Plain Dealer |
| Thomas Boswell, The Washington Post |
| Tim Brown, Yahoo |
| Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas Morning News |
| Tim Dahlberg, The Associated Press |
| Tim Kurkjian, ESPN |
| Tim Layden, Sports Illustrated |
| Tim Reynolds, Associated Press |
| Tim Rosaforte, golfchannel.com |
| Tom Fornelli, CBSSports.com |
| Tom Junod, ESPN The Magazine |
| Tom Pelissero, NFL.com |
| Tom Rinaldi, ESPN |
| Tom Shatel, Omaha World Herald |
| Tom Verducci, Sports Illustrated |
| Tony Barnhart, TMG |
| Travis Haney, The Athletic |
| Troy Aikman, Fox |
| Tyler Kepner, The New York Times |
| Woody Paige, Colorado Springs Gazette |
| Wright Thompson, ESPN.com/ESPN The Magazine |
| Zach Lowe, ESPN |