List of Those Receiving at Least One Vote for 2024 NSMA Sportswriter of the Year

09.24.2025
Aaron Fitt, D1Baseball.com
Aaron Gleeman, The Athletic
Adam Hill, Las Vegas Review Journal
Adam Himmselsbach, The Boston Globe
Adam Kilgore, Washington Post
Adam Rittenberg, ESPN.com
Adam Schefter, ESPN.com
Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPN.com
Aishwarya Kumar, ESPN
Alaina Getzenberg, ESPN
Alan Shipnuck, SI
Albert Breer, Sports Illustrated
Alex Myers, Golf Digest
Alex Reimer, OutSports/Queerty/Awful Announcing
Alexa Philippou, ESPN
Andrea Adelson, ESPN.com
Andrew Beaton, Wall Street Journal
Andrew Marchand, The Athletic
Andy Katz, NCAA.com
Andy McCullough, The Athletic
Andy Staples, On3 Sports
Arash Markazi, The Sporting Tribune
Ari Wasserman, The Athletic
Arnie Stapleton, AP
Audrey Snyder, The Athletic
Barrett Sallee, CBS Sports
Barry Bloom, Sportico
Barry Svrluga, Washington Post
Baxter Holmes, ESPN
Ben Golliver, The Washington Post
Ben Solak, ESPN
Ben Volin, The Boston Globe
Bill Barnwell, ESPN
Bill Plaschke, L.A. Times
Bill Rabinowitz, Columbus Dispatch
Bill Simmons, The Ringer
Blake Toppenmeyer, USA Today
Bob Nightengale, USA Today
Bob Pockrass, FoxSports.com
Bob Ryan, Boston Globe
Brandon Marcello, 24/7 sports
Brandon Walker, Barstool Sports
Brendan Quinn, The Athletic
Brett McMurphy, WatchStadium.com/Action Network
Brett Okamoto, ESPN
Brian Windhorst, ESPN
Britt Ghiroli, The Athletic
Bruce Feldman, The Athletic
Bryan Curtis, The Ringer
Bryan Fischer, SI
Bryan Manning, SB Nation
Buster Onley, ESPN
C.J. Moore, The Athletic
Calvin Watkins, Dallas Morning News
Candace Buckner, Washington Post
Chad Finn, Boston Globe
Chad Jennings, The Athletic
Chad Ocho Cinco, Club SHay
Chantel Jennings, The Athletic
Charean Williams, PFT
Charles Robinson, Yahoo Sports
Chelsea Janes, The Washington Post
Chris Ballard, Sports Illustrated
Chris Connelly, ESPN
Chris Haynes, Bleacher Report
Chris Johnston, The Athletic
Chris Kamrani, Athletic
Chris Low, ESPN.com
Chris Mannix, SI
Chris Mortensen, ESPN
Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press
Chris Vannini, The Athletic
Christine Brennan, USA Today
Chuck Culpepper, Washington Post
Claire Rogers, Golf.com
Clay Travis, Outkick.com
Clinton Yates, ESPN
Connor O'Gara, Saturdays Down South
Connor Orr, SI
Courtney Cronin, ESPN
Craig Custance, The Athletic
Craig Haley, Stats Perform
D. Orlando Ledbetter, AJC
Dan Graziano, ESPN.com
Dan Hayes, The Athletic
Dan Murphy, ESPN.com
Dan Pompei, The Athetic
Dan Shaughnessy, Boston Globe
Dan Wetzel, Yahoo Sports
Dan Wolken, USA Today
Dan Zielinski III, Baseball Prospect Journal
Dana O'Neil, The Athletic
Dane Brugler, The Athletic
Dave Kindred, various
Dave Wilson, ESPN
David Aldridge, The Athletic
David Fleming, ESPN
David Hale, ESPN.com
David Lennon, Newsday
David O'Brien, The Athletic
David Roth, Defector.com
David Schoenfield, ESPN
David Teel, (formerly Richmond Times-Dispatch)
David Ubben, The Athletic
Dennis Dodd, CBS Sports.com
Derrick Goold, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Desmond Howard ESPN
Dianna Russini, The Athletic
Dick Weiss, HoopsWeiss
Don Van Natta, ESPN.com
Doug Feinberg, The Associated Press
Doug Ferguson, AP
Doug Haller, The Athletic
Drew Magary, Defector.com
Emily Kaplan, ESPN
Eno Sarris, The Athletic
Enrique Rojas, ESPN
Ethan Bauer, Deseret Magazine
Evan Drellich, The Athletic
Field Yates, ESPN.com
Frank Isola, NY Daily News
Frank Schwab, Yahoo Sports
Frank Seravalli, DailyFaceoff.com
Fred Katz, The Athletic
Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY
Gary Parrish, CBS
Gary Washburn, The Boston Globe
Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN
Geoff Grammer, Albuquerque Journal
Geoff Shackelford, The Quadrilateral
Gilberto Manzano, SI
Grace Raynor, The Athletic
Greg Bishop, Sports Illustrated
Greg Wyshynski, espn.com
Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star
Heather Dinich, ESPN.COM
Helene Elliott, LA Times
Howard Beck, The Ringer
Howard Bryant. ESPN
Howard Fendrich, AP
Howard Megdal, The Next
Hub Arkush, Pro Football Weekly
Ian O'Connor, New York Post
Ian Rapoport, NFL Network
Illiana Ramon Romero, LA Times
Ivan Maisel, on3.com
Jackie MacMullan, ESPN
Jaime Diaz, Golf Channel
Jarrett Bell, USA Today
Jason Gay, Wall Street Journal
Jason La Canfora, NFL.com
Jason Lloyd, The Athletic
Jason Quick, The Athletic
Jason Reid, Andscape/ESPN.com
Jason Whitlock, The Blaze
Jay Mariotti, Substack
Jayson Stark, The Athletic
Jeff Darlington, ESPN
Jeff Gluck, The Athletic
Jeff Goodman, Stadium.com
Jeff Howe, The Athletic
Jeff Passan, ESPN
Jeff Pearlman, Substack
Jeff Schultz, The Athletic
Jeff Zillgitt, USA Today
Jeff Zrebiec, The Athletic
Jen McCaffery, The Athletic
Jenna Fryer, Associated Press
Jenna Laine, ESPN
Jenny Vrentas, New York Times
Jeremy Fowler, ESPN
Jerry Brewer, Washington Post
Jerry Palm, CBS
Jesse Rogers, ESPN
Jim Trotter, The Athletic
JJ Cooper, Baseball America
Joe Person, The Athletic
Joe Posnanski, joeposnanski.com
Joe Rexrode, The Athletic
Joe Sheehan
Joel Beall, Golf Digest
Joel Sherman, New York Post
Joey Kaufman, Columbus Dispatch and USA Today
John Branch, New York Times
John Fanta, Fox Sports
John Feinstein, Washington Post
John Hollinger, The Athletic
John Ourand, Puck
John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle
John Talty, CBS Sports
Jon Wertheim, Tennis Journalist
John Zenor, Associated Press
Jon Heyman, New York Post
Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic
Jon Machota, The Athletic, Dallas
Jon Rothstein, CBS
Jordan Bianchi, NBC Sports
Jordan Schultz, Fox Sports
Jori Epstein, Yahoo Sports
Jourdan Rodrigue, The Athletic
Judy Battista, NFL.com
Justin Hokanson, On3
Justin Williams, The AThletic
Kalyn Kahler, ESPN
Katie Strang, The Athletic
Katie Woo, The Athletic
Keith Law, The Athletic
Ken Pomeroy, KenPom.com
*Ken Rosenthal , The Athletic (2024 winner; ineleigible for 2025 Award)
Kendall Baker, Yahoo Sports
Kendall Rogers, D1 Baseball
Kent Babb, Washington Post
Kevin O'Connor, The Ringer
Kevin Paul Dupont, Boston Globe
Kevin Peyton, ESPN
Kevin Van Valkenburg, No Laying Up
Kimberley A Martin, ESPN Yahoo Sports
Larry Brooks, NY Post
Larry Tye, author
Levi Weaver, The Athletic
Lindsay Gibbs, Power Plays
Manny Navarro, The Athletic
Marc J Spears, Andscape/ESPN
Marc Stein, The Stein Line
Marcus Thompson, The Athletic
Mark Lazerus, The Athletic
Mark Maske, Washington Post
Mark Schlabach, ESPN
Mark Sheldon, mlb.com
Mark Whicker, Substack
Marty Smith, ESPN.com
Matt Fitzgerald, Tennis.com
Matt Fortuna, The Inside Zone
Matt Futterman, The New York Times
Matt Gelb, The Athletic
Matt Hayes, USA Today
Matt Norlander, CBSSports.com
Meg Linehan, The Athletic
Michael Bamberger, Various
Michael Cohen, FOX Sports
Michael Lombardi, NFL
Michael McCarthy, Front Office Sports
Michael Rosenberg, SI
Michael Russo, The Athletic
Michael Vivalo, Elite Sports New York
Michael Voepel, ESPN.com
Michael Wilbon, Washington Post
Michelle Beisner-Buck, ESPN
Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel
Mike DeCourcy, The Sporting News
Mike Florio, Pro Football Talk
Mike Freeman, USA Today
Mike Jones, The Athletic
Mike Lupica, NY Daily News
Mike Monroe, The Athletic
Mike Petriello, MLB.com
Mike Reiss, ABC/ESPN
Mike Sando, The Athletic
Mike Sielski, Philadelphia Inquirer
Mike Silver, The Athletic
Mike Stachura, Golf Digest
Mike Vaccaro, NY Post
Mike Vorkunov, The Athletic
Mina Kimes, ESPN
Mirin Fader, The Ringer
Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press
Mitch Sherman, The Athletic
Myles Simmons, Pro Football Talk
Myron Medcalf, ESPN.com
Nancy Armour, USA Today
Nathan Cunningham, Fansided
Nicholas J. Cotsonika, NHL.com
Nick Kelly, AL.com
Nick Shook NFL.com
Nicole Auerbach, NBC Sports
Pat Forde, SI.com
Patrick Reusse, Minneapolis Tribune
Paul Finebaum, SEC Network
Paul Tenorio, The Athletic
Pete Prisco, CBS Sports
Pete Thamel, ESPN
Pete Thames, Washington Post
Peter Abraham, Boston Globe
Peter King, NBCSports.com
Phil Steele, Phil Steele College Football Preview Magazine
Pierre LeBrun, The Athletic
Rachel Bachman, Wall Street Journal
Ralph Russo, Associated Press
Ramona Shelburne, ESPN
Ray Ratto, SF
Richard Deitsch, The Athletic
Richard Johnson, CBS Sports
Rick Reilly, Sports Illustrated
Rick Telander, Sports Illustrated
Ron Blum, The Associated Press
Rory Smith, New York Times
Ross Dellenger, Yahoo Sports
Ryan Fagan, The Sporting News
Ryan Hockensmith, ESPN
Ryan Lavner, Golf Channel
Ryan McGee, ESPN
Ryan S. Clark, ESPN
Sabreena Merchant, The Athletic
Sal Paolantonio, ESPN
Sally Jenkins, The Washington Post
Sam Amick, The Athletic
Sam Farmer, Los Angles Times
Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star
Sam Miller, Substack
Sam Panayotovich, BetQL
Sam Vecenie, The Athletic
Sarah Langs, MLB.com
Scott Dochterman, The Athletic
Scott Fowler, Charlotte
Scott Wheeler, The Athletic
Sean Gregory, Time
Seth Davis - CBS Sports, The Athletic
Seth Wickersham, ESPN.com
Shams Charania, ESPN
Shannon Sharpe Club Shay
Shehan Jeyarajah, CBS Sports.com
Spencer Hall, Channel 6
Stephania Bell, ESPN
Stephanie Apstein, Sports Illustrate
Stephen Holder, ESPN
Stephen Nesbitt, The Athletic
Stephen Whyno, Associated Press
Steve Aschbuner, NBA.com
Steve Buckley, Athletic
Steve Rushin, Sports Illustrated
Steve Tignor, Tennis.com
Steven Godfrey, The Washington Post
Stewart Mandel, The Athletic
Tara Sullivan, Boston Globe
Teresa Walker, Associated Press
Terry Pluto, Cleveland Plain Dealer
Tim Bontemps, ESPN.com
Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas Morning News
Tim Keown, ESPN
Tim Kurkijan, ESPN.com
Tim Reynolds, AP
Tim Withers, AP
Tisha Thompson, ESPN
Tom Archdeacon, Dayton Daily News
Tom E. Curran, NBC Sports Boston
Tom Gulitti, NHL.com
Tom Haberstroh, Yahoo
Tom Haley, Rutland (Vt.) Herald
Tom Junod, ESPN
Tom Pelissero, NFL Network
Tom Rinaldi, FOX Sports
Tom Verducci, Sports Illustrated
Tom Withers, AP
Tony Kornheiser, ESPN.com
Trey Wallace, OutKick
Tyler Dragon, USA Today Sports
Tyler Dunne, Golong.com
Tyler Kepler, the athletic
Walt Ruff, Carolina Hurricanes
Will Brinson, CBS Sports
Will Leitch, freelance
Will Sammon, The Athletics
William C. Rhoden, The Undefeated/ESPN
Wright Thompson, ESPN.com
Zac Jackson, The Athletic
Zach Harper, The Athletic
Zach Lowe, ESPN.com
Zak Keefer, The Athletic
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