Curt Gowdy Media Award

{{Short description|Annual award for outstanding basketball writers}}

{{Infobox sports award

| name = Curt Gowdy Media Award

| image = Curt Gowdy.png

| caption = Curt Gowdy, the award's namesake, in the 1950s

| image_size =

| sport = Basketball

| givenfor = "To single out members of the electronic and print media for outstanding contributions to basketball."

| location = Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Springfield, Massachusetts

| presenter =

| first = 1990

| mostrecent = Debbie Antonelli, J.A. Adende (2024)

| url = {{official website|https://www.hoophall.com/awards/curt-gowdy-media-awards/}}

}}

The Curt Gowdy Media Award is an annual award given by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to outstanding basketball writers and broadcasters. It is named for American sportscaster Curt Gowdy, who was the Hall of Fame's president for seven years.{{cite web |url=http://www.hoophall.com/curt-gowdy-award/ |title=Curt Gowdy Media Award Winners |publisher=Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |accessdate=2014-10-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101208085101/http://www.hoophall.com/curt-gowdy-award/ |archivedate=December 8, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}

Recipients

This list of awardees is taken from the website of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

=Broadcasters=

1990{{spaced ndash}} Curt Gowdy
1991{{spaced ndash}} Marty Glickman
1992{{spaced ndash}} Chick Hearn
1993{{spaced ndash}} Johnny Most
1994{{spaced ndash}} Cawood Ledford
1995{{spaced ndash}} Dick Enberg
1996{{spaced ndash}} Billy Packer
1997{{spaced ndash}} Marv Albert
1998{{spaced ndash}} Dick Vitale
1999{{spaced ndash}} Bob Costas
2000{{spaced ndash}} Hubie Brown
2001{{spaced ndash}} Dick Stockton
2002{{spaced ndash}} Jim Nantz
2003{{spaced ndash}} Rod Hundley
2004{{spaced ndash}} Max Falkenstien
2005{{spaced ndash}} Bill Campbell
2006{{spaced ndash}} Bill Raftery
2007{{spaced ndash}} Al McCoy
2008{{spaced ndash}} Bob Wolff{{cite news| url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/2008-09-04-hall-of-fame-inductees_N.htm | work= USA Today | title=Ewing Among Seven To Be Inducted into Basketball Hall of Fame | first=Jon | last=Saraceno | date= September 4, 2008 | accessdate = August 6, 2012}}
2009{{spaced ndash}} Doug Collins
2010{{spaced ndash}} Joe Tait{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/articles/2010/05/12/macmullan_is_named_gowdy_award_winner/|title=MacMullan Is Named Gowdy Award Winner|last=Finn|first=Chad|date=12 May 2010|newspaper=The Boston Globe|accessdate=14 May 2010}}
2011{{spaced ndash}} Jim Durham
2012{{spaced ndash}} Bill Schonely
2013{{spaced ndash}} Eddie Doucette
2014{{spaced ndash}} John Andariese{{cite news|last1=Sandomir|first1=Richard|title=John Andariese, 78, Knicks Broadcaster|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/14/sports/basketball/john-andariese-dead-knicks-tv-analyst.html?_r=0|accessdate=15 March 2017|work=New York Times|date=March 15, 2017|page=B13}}
2015{{spaced ndash}} Woody Durham
2016{{spaced ndash}} Jay Bilas{{cite press release |url=http://www.hoophall.com/news/2016/2/12/david-aldridge-and-jay-bilas-named-recipients-of-basketball.html |title=David Aldridge and Jay Bilas Named Recipients of Basketball Hall of Fame's Curt Gowdy Media Award |publisher=Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |date=February 12, 2016 |accessdate=February 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216014404/http://www.hoophall.com/news/2016/2/12/david-aldridge-and-jay-bilas-named-recipients-of-basketball.html |archive-date=February 16, 2016 |url-status=dead }}
2017{{spaced ndash}} Craig Sager{{cite press release|url=http://www.nba.com/article/2017/02/18/sagerstrong-foundation-gets-500000-donation/ |title=NBA raises $500,000 for SagerStrong Foundation |publisher=Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |date=February 17, 2017 |accessdate=February 18, 2017}}
2018{{spaced ndash}} Doris Burke{{cite press release|url=http://www.hoophall.com/news/andy-bernstein-and-doris-burke-named-recipients-of-basketball-hall-of-fames-2018-curt-gowdy-media-award |title=Andy Bernstein and Doris Burke Named Recipients of Basketball Hall of Fame's 2018 Curt Gowdy Media Award |publisher=Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |date=February 17, 2018 |accessdate=February 17, 2018}}
2019{{spaced ndash}} Ralph Lawler
2020{{spaced ndash}} Mike Breen
2021{{spaced ndash}} Mike Gorman
2022{{spaced ndash}} Walt Frazier
2023{{spaced ndash}} Holly Rowe
2024{{spaced ndash}} Debbie Antonelli
2025{{spaced ndash}} George Blaha and Clark Kellogg