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2008 INDUCTEE
STEVE WIEBERG: Steve Wieberg is the 50th member of the USBWA Hall
of Fame. He has been at USA Today since being part of the original
startup staff in 1982. His primary responsibilities include coverage of
college sports, in particular football, basketball and rules governing the
NCAA. He has covered every NCAA men's Final Four since 1983 and also covered
six Summer and Winter Olympics. He served as president of the USBWA in 1996-97
and has won seven writing contest awards from the USBWA, six from the Associated
Press Sports Editors and three from the Football Writers Association. He
was named by the Chronicle of Higher Education as one of the "10
Most Powerful People in College Sports" in October 2007 and selected by
College Sports magazine as one of the "50 Most Influential People
in College Sports" in 1995 and '96.
2007 INDUCTEE
FRANK BOGGS: Frank Boggs wrote sports for the Daily Oklahoman,
Topeka Capital-Journal and Dallas Times-Herald in the 1970s and '80s and
later was sports editor and columnist for the Daily Oklahoman and Colorado
Springs Sun. Boggs was selected Oklahoma Sportswriter of the Year 10 times
and is a member of the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame. He was a recipient
of the Jake Wade Award in 1981, given annually by CoSIDA to a national sports
journalist. CoSIDA also recognized Boggs in 1977 by presenting him with
the Backbone Award for displaying good judgment and unusual courage for
taking a stand on intercollegiate athletics during the Oklahoma football
scandal.
2006 INDUCTEE
MARVIN WEST: The USBWA president in 1983-84, West joined the Knoxville
News-Sentinel in 1955 and covered Tennessee until 1979, when he became a
columnist and associate sports editor. He was named sports editor in 1980
and continued covering UT and college sports until he was named managing
editor in 1983. West then went to Scripps-Howard
to become its first sports editor. He became managing editor of the news
service in 1995 and retired in 1998.
2005 INDUCTEES
FRANK BURLISON: When inducted, Burlison had covered college basketball
for nearly 30 years for the Long Beach Press-Telegram, Orange
County Register and Fox Sports. In 1992, Sports Illustrated listed
him as one of the country's "10 most influential members of the media" in
college basketball.
MALCOLM MORAN: President of the USBWA in 1988-89 when the organization
formalized its awards for women and held its first nationally-televised
presentation of the player of the year awards. He has reported on college
basketball for four newspapers over 30 years – Newsday, The New
York Times, Chicago Tribune and USA Today.
JERRY TIPTON: Has covered Kentucky basketball continuously for
the Lexington Herald-Leader since 1982 and has been named Kentucky
Sportswriter of the Year and Herald-Leader Excellence Award winner. Worked
for the Huntington (W. Va.) Herald-Dispatch for eight years before
joining the Herald-Leader.
2004 INDUCTEE
JERRY RADDING: Became the first New England writer to serve as
USBWA president in 1973-74 ... Retired from the Springfield (Mass.) Union
News in 1991 after a 41-year career and has been a regular fixture at the
NCAA Final Four for nearly four decades ... Was the Naismith Memorial Basketball
Hall of Fame's first publicity director.
2003 INDUCTEES
BILL JAUSS: Legendary Chicago sportswriter for nearly 50 years
with the Chicago Daily News, the Chicago Today and the
Chicago Tribune since 1974 ... an original member of the nationally-syndicated
TV show called "Sports Writers."
JIM O'BRIEN: Founding editor of Street & Smith's Basketball magazine
for over 23 years and author of 12 books about Pittsburgh sports ... had
newspaper stints at the Pittsburgh Press, New York Post and
Miami News.
2002 INDUCTEES
MEL GREENBERG: considered a pioneer among sportswriters for his
national coverage of women's college basketball ... started the first top
20 poll for women's basketball in 1976 ... a member of the Big 5 Hall of
Fame in Philadelphia.
BILL MILLSAPS: Was USBWA president in 1985-86 and a sportswriter
and columnist for over two decades, including serving 15 years as sports
editor at the Richmond Times-Dispatch ... an 11-time winner of the
Virginia Sportswriter of the Year award. He currently is vice-president
and executive editor of the Times-Dispatch.
JIM O'CONNELL: President of the USBWA in 1997-98 and currently
is national college basketball editor for the Associated Press ... Has been
on the AP staff since 1978 ... was inducted into the media wing of the Basketball
Hall of Fame in 2002, received the Big East Conference Media Award in 2001
and was honored as the NIT National Media Man of the Year in 1997.
ALEXANDER WOLFF: As USBWA president in 1999-2000, Wolff was instrumental
in starting a USBWA-sponsored scholarship program for aspiring sports journalism
students and also initiated a sportswriting seminar held each year at the
NCAA Final Four. He joined Sports Illustrated in 1980 and is the
author of six books on basketball.
2001 INDUCTEES
KEN DENLINGER: A veteran of nearly 35 years with the Washington
Post ... Denlinger first gained attention for his coverage of Georgetown
and Maryland ... Considered a great stylist, he later became a columnist
for the Post before recently returning to beat coverage of the Hoyas.
BOB RUSSELL: The first president-elect of the USBWA in 1956 ...
During his presidency, Russell covered college basketball and football for
the old Chicago Daily News ... Helped draft the organization's original
by-laws, working in conjunction with Wayne Duke, who at the time was an
assistant director with the NCAA and later became commissioner of the Big
10 Conference.
CHARTER INDUCTEES
WAYNE DUKE
Known by many for his lengthy tenure as Big Ten commissioner ... Duke was,
along with former NCAA Director Walter Byers, largely responsible for forming
the USBWA in 1956 ... Authored the original USBWA constitution and has maintained
membership since the organization's inception.
SMITH BARRIER
A past president of the organization (1970-71) ... Career spanned four decades
and included coverage of the Southern Conference (1941-53) and Atlantic
Coast Conference (1954-1988) ... Covered the Final Four for 30 years (1957-87)
and penned several books on college basketball.
DICK HERBERT
Another past president (1959-60) ... Founded and then edited for 12 years,
the organization's newsletter, The Tipoff ... Served as sports editor of
the Raleigh News and Observer for 29 years.
RAY MARQUETTE
President in 1962-63, Marquette went on to become the executive director
and secretary of the USBWA from 1969-77, when he was killed in a plane crash
... Considered a key man in the organization in the transition from original
executive secretary Ed Schneider in the wake of Schneider's retirement in
the 1960s.
IRVING MARSH
A past president (1964-65), Marsh is considered to be one of the pioneer
college basketball beat writers for the New York Herald Tribune and its
successor, the New York World Tribune-Journal ... Took an active role in
the promotion and coverage of the National Invitation Tournament in the
1930s.
JAY SIMON
This former USBWA president (1963-64) was sports editor of the Topeka State
Journal after World War II and moved to Oklahoma City where he was the top
collegiate writer at the Daily Oklahoman ... Later, was the sports information
director at Kansas.
LARRY BOECK
Sportswriter for the Louisville Courier-Journal and Times for 25 years before
moving into athletic community relations for the University of Louisville
... President of the USBWA in 1966-67 ... Died in 1972 at the age of 52.
BILL BRILL
The USBWA president in 1980-81, Brill began his career with the Roanoke
Times and World News in 1956 and served as the paper's executive sports
editor and columnist through 1991 ... Now a resident of Durham, N.C., Brill
is still a regular contributor to several publications.
DAVID CAWOOD
Former Assistant Executive Director at the NCAA who for nearly 25 years
was the media coordinator for the NCAA Final Four ... Now working for Host
Communications.
LARRY DONALD
The only two-term president of the USBWA (1986-88), Donald was editor and
publisher of nationally-distributed publications, Basketball Times and Eastern
Basketball ... Was cited 18 times in the USBWA's Best Writing Contest.
DAVE DORR
This long-time staff writer at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch was USBWA president
in 1979-80 ... Covered 17 Final Fours and was for many years a college basketball
columnist for The Sporting News.
JIM ENRIGHT
The late Enright was a college basketball writer for the old Chicago Today
newspaper and a well-known referee in the Windy City area ... Also served
as USBWA president in 1967-68.
JOHN FEINSTEIN
Gained fame for his book on Bobby Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers in 1986
with "A Season on the Brink ... Subsequently, John has written several more
best-selling books while continuing to write about college basketball for
the Washington Post ... Was president of the USBWA in 1991-92.
DICK FENLON
Veteran columnist and reporter for the Columbus Dispatch, who has actively
covered Big Ten and Ohio State ... Prior to that, he worked in Louisville
as a columnist for the Louisville Courier-Journal, actively covering Kentucky
and Louisville ... Was an NCAA Final Four regular for at least two decades
before retiring in 1997.
MAL FLORENCE
A member of the Los Angeles Times sports staff since 1951 ... Was the college
beat writer for the Times in the '60s and '70s and covered the UCLA Bruins
during their dynasty years.
DAN FOSTER
Sports editor and columnist for the Greenville (S.C.) News, who has covered
college basketball (ACC and SEC) for 50 years ... Still covers Clemson and
South Carolina on a full-time basis.
MARVIN "SKEETER" FRANCIS
Francis was a longtime assistant commissioner and service bureau director
at the Atlantic Coast Conference ... Before joining the ACC in 1969, he
served as sports information director at Wake Forest for 15 years.
MARY GARBER
A pioneer female sports writer for the Winston Salem-Journal whose career
in sportswriting began in 1946 ... Covered the ACC and Wake Forest before
retiring in 1986 ... She has won some 40 writing awards in her career and
still works part-time for the Journal sports staff.
J. HERBERT GOOD
Good was president of the organization in 1958-59 ... Staff writer for the
Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Bulletin before his death in August,
1967.
RON GREEN SR.
Has been covering sports in Charlotte, N.C. for 46 years, 35 of which were
with the old Charlotte News, the last 10 with the Charlotte Observer ...
Has been North Carolina Sports Writer of the Year five times.
STEVE GUBACK
From 1977-83, Guback served as executive director of the organization ...
During his tenure, Guback played a large role in developing and acquiring
sponsors for the USBWA's Most Courageous Award ... Also was instrumental
in getting the NCAA to bring players to an interview area after tournament
games.
BOB HAMMEL
Hammel was the sports editor of the Bloomington Herald Telephone for more
than 20 years and an employee for more than 30 years ... Has been named
the Indiana sportswriter of the year ten times and has covered every Final
Four since 1968 ... Also a USBWA past president (1982-83).
BOB HENTZEN
A 14-time winner of the Kansas sportswriter of the year award, Hentzen has
regularly covered the Final Four since 1973 after covering his first in
1964 ... Has been sports editor of the Topeka Capital-Journal since 1968
and was president of the USBWA in 1975-76.
DAVE KINDRED
A nationally-known sports columnist, Kindred has worked for the Louisville
Courier-Journal, The Washington Post and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
... Also has been a longtime columnist for the Sporting News ... His first
love has always been college basketball ... Authored a still-popular book
on basketball in the state of Kentucky.
CURRY KIRKPATRICK
Long-time college basketball writer for Sports Illustrated, Kirkpatrick
was a frequent winner in the USBWA's Best Writing contest ... Also served
as a college basketball reporter for CBS and most recently is doing television
work and magazine writing for ESPN.
DAVE KRIDER
Longtime prep writer from LaPorte, Ind., currently covers high school football
and basketball for USA Today ... Was a pioneer in writing nationally about
preps ... Work has appeared in Basketball Weekly, Street & Smith and Basketball
Times.
HUBERT MIZELL
Veteran sports writer and columnist for the St. Petersburg Times ...
Has covered 29 Final Fours.
GARY NUHN
Noted sports columnist for the Dayton Daily News who began covering the
University of Dayton and Ohio State basketball in the early 1970s ... Winner
of several USBWA Best Writing contests and was USBWA president in 1989-90.
BILLY REED
Longtime college basketball writer for the Louisville Courier-Journal, Lexington
Herald-Leader and Sports Illustrated ... Cited numerous times in the USBWA
Best Writing contest, Reed also served a term on the Board of Directors.
BOB RYAN
Noted Boston Globe sports columnist who has co-authored books on Larry Bird,
Bob Cousy and John Havlicek ... Has been with the Globe since 1968 ... Longtime
columnist for Basketball Times.
JERRY TAX
Now retired, Tax was a writer and editor at Sports Illustrated from 1955
to 1981 ... Was instrumental in Sports Illustrated expanding its national
coverage to college basketball in the 1950s and 1960s.
CAULTON TUDOR
Long time columnist and staff writer for the Raleigh Times and News Observer
... Caulton's sports writing career covers a 30-year span in Raleigh ...
Has covered every ACC Tournament since 1972 and NCAA Final Four since 1974
... Twice was elected president of the ACC Sports Writers Association.
BOB VETRONE
Vetrone began his sports journalism career in Philadelphia in 1943 when
he joined the Philadelphia Bulletin ... Currently an assistant sports information
director at the La Salle University ... Vetrone has been involved in sports
writing, broadcasting and public relations for nearly 50 years.
DICK WEISS
Nicknamed "Hoops," which says it all ... Currently covers college football
and basketball for New York Daily News, but for many years held a similar
job at the Philadelphia Daily News ... His byline has appeared in many national
publications, including Basketball Times ... Is a past-president of the
USBWA.
GORDON S. WHITE JR.
A past president of the USBWA (1969-70), White covered college basketball
for The New York Times for nearly three decades ... Joined the Times in
1948 and authored a number of books on college sports during his career.
MAURY WHITE
A charter member of the USBWA, White worked at the Des Moines Register for
41 years ... Also a five-time winner of the Iowa sports writer of the year
award.
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