Photos

Photo from the Ann Spencer Sports Connector Award reception and dinner, June 21, 2018 at the Benton Convention Center, Winston-Salem, NC (Robert Crawford Photo)

Photo from the Ann Spencer Sports Connector Award reception and dinner, June 21, 2018 at the Benton Convention Center, Winston-Salem, NC (Robert Crawford Photo) Bob Ryan

Photo from the Ann Spencer Sports Connector Award reception and dinner, June 21, 2018 at the Benton Convention Center, Winston-Salem, NC (Robert Crawford Photo)

Photo from the Ann Spencer Sports Connector Award reception and dinner, June 21, 2018 at the Benton Convention Center, Winston-Salem, NC (Robert Crawford Photo)

Photo from the Ann Spencer Sports Connector Award reception and dinner, June 21, 2018 at the Benton Convention Center, Winston-Salem, NC (Robert Crawford Photo)

Photo from the Ann Spencer Sports Connector Award reception and dinner, June 21, 2018 at the Benton Convention Center, Winston-Salem, NC (Robert Crawford Photo)

Photo from the Ann Spencer Sports Connector Award reception and dinner, June 21, 2018 at the Benton Convention Center, Winston-Salem, NC (Robert Crawford Photo)

Mike Lupica (Left) and 2016 West Virginia Sportswriter of the Year Chuck McGill (Brian Westerholt Photo)

Mike Lupica (Left) and 2016 Tennessee Sportswriter of the Year Teresa Walker (Brian Westerholt Photo)

Mike Lupica (Left) and 2016 South Dakota Sportswriter of the Year Lou Bezjak (Brian Westerholt Photo)

Mike Lupica (Left) and 2016 Pennsylvania Sportswriter of the Year Bob Cooney (Brian Westerholt Photo)

Mike Lupica (Left) and 2016 Oregon Sportswriter of the Year Gina Mizell (Brian Westerholt Photo)