Blackie Sherrod Given Writing Award
Blackie Sherrod, sports columnist on the Dallas Morning News, was the recipient Friday in Cincinnati of the fifth annual Red Smith Award for “an extended meritorious career in the art of sportswriting.”
Previous winners of the award were the late Red Smith of the New York Times, Jim Murray of The Times, Shirley Povich of the Washington Post and Fred Russell of the Nashville Banner.
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