2 JOURNALISM INDUCTION HONOREES Harrelson Wins Frick; Spink Goes To Cafardo COOPERSTOWN – Ken Harrelson will be honored with the Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in broadcasting, and the late Nick Cafardo, for the J.G. Spink Award for “meritorious contributions to baseball writing” Saturday, July 25, during the 2020 Hall of Fame Induction Weekend. A five-time Emmy Award winner, Harrelson became a Chicago icon while calling White Sox games for 34 of his 43 years behind the mic. Born…
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Boston Globe Sportswriter Wins Spink Award COOPERSTOWN – Boston Globe sports columnist Dan Shaughnessy, who has been a voice on baseball in New England and nationally for 35 years, has been elected the 2016 winner of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, the Hall of Fame announced this evening. The award presented annually to a sportswriter “for meritorious contributions to baseball writing” during Hall of Fame Weekend, July 22-25, in Cooperstown. Shaughnessy will…