The Red Smith Award is awarded by the Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) organization for outstanding contributions to sports journalism. Unlike many journalism awards, it is open to both writers and editors.
Winners of the award are traditionally announced in April and it is bestowed in June at the annual APSE convention. It is named in honor of Walter Wellesley "Red" Smith (1905–1982) whose sportswriting career spanned 1927 to 1982, and was the first recipient of the award in 1981.
List of winners YearWinnerOrganization(s) 1981 New York Herald Tribune, The New York Times 1982 Los Angeles Times 1983 1984 Nashville Banner 1985 1986 Dayton Daily News 1987 Associated Press 1988 1989 Miami Herald 1990 1991 1992 Miami Herald 1993 1994 1995 Newsday 1996 Los Angeles Times 1997 Chicago Tribune 1998 Baltimore Afro-American 1999 2000 2001 2002 ESPN, The Sports Reporters 2003 2004 New York Post, New York Journal American 2005 Winston-Salem Journal 2006 2007 Orlando Sentinel 2008 2009 ESPN 2010 Detroit Free Press 2011 Richmond Times-Dispatch 2012 Sports Illustrated 2013 Sports Illustrated 2014 Pittsburgh Courier, Chicago Herald-American, Chicago Sun-Times 2015 2016 , Sports Illustrated 2017 USA Today 2018 Associated Press 2019 , Sports Illustrated 2020 USA Today 2021 The Washington Post 2022 Sports Journalism Institute 2023 Hartford Courant, The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer 2024 Los Angeles Times 2025 The Washington Post 2026 The Boston Globe Awarded posthumously
Served as president of APSE
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