Calkins honored, again

[JayFarrar]

Dear Geoff
You are starting to make the rest of us look bad.
Please quit being nominated and winning so many awards.
Maybe we should have a sticky that says "Who's honoring Calkins now."
Sort of like the bit Colbert does, but this time around it is the Society for Professional Journalists and its Green Eyeshade Awards.
The list follows, I think I included all the sports finalists. Congrats to all listed and my apologies if I missed someone.

Thanks
Jay
P.S. Does Nikki still dress like a *****?

FINALISTS (in random order)
PRINT
SPORTS REPORTING
• Carlos Frias – Carlos Frias, The Palm Beach (Fla.) Post
• Series of Central Florida Sports – Josh Robbins, Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel
• The Grave – Neal McCready, Press-Register, Mobile, Ala.

SPORTS COMMENTARY
• Gary Shelton Columns – Gary Shelton, St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times
• Mike Bianchi Columns – Mike Bianchi, Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel
• Sports Column by Geoff Calkins – Geoff Calkins, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn.

SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY
Autozone Liberty Bowl – Nikki Boertman, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn.
Roderick Smith – Nikki Boertman, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn.
UF v. South Carolina -- Erik Lunsford, The Palm Beach (Fla.) Post

TELEVISION
SPORTS REPORTING
• Miracle League Baseball – Melinda Roeder, Paul Mojonnier, WTVQ-36, Lexington, Ky.

RADIO
SPORTS REPORTING
• Disabled Surfers – Rose Hoban, North Carolina Public Radio – WUNC, Chapel Hill, N.C.
• Racing to the Future – Clayton Henkel, Bruce Ferrell, David Horn, Matt Willoughby, North Carolina News Network
• The Jarrod Touffer Tribute – Chris Lawrence, WCHS Metro News, Charleston, W.Va.

ONLINE
NICHE JOURNALISM
Epic – Randy Johnson, Mark Caskie, Pace Communications
GoVolsXtra – Online and Sports Departments, Knoxville (Tenn.) News Sentinel
Tampa's Local Music Scene – Ryan Bauer, Tim Price, TBO.com, Tampa, Fla.

The complete list can be viewed here
http://www.spj.org/news.asp?REF=669

 

[slappy4428]

This has to be a southern regional list... where is Rob Parker on this list?

 

[geoffcalkins]

Dear Jay,

The problem isn't that I keep winning stuff, the problem is that you keep pointing it out.
Besides, it's the same five columns entered in every contest.
I do like being nominated along Shelton and Bianchi, though. That's some damn fine company.

 

[JayFarrar]

Green Eyeshades are for Region something of the SPJ. The states are: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia.

 

[txsportsscribe]

>>> I can say that with a great degree of confidence that all journalism awards are a joke.<<< - from deep in the heart thread.

so you're saying journalism awards are a joke on one thread and congratulating your buddy on another. what gives with the split personality?

of course, the burning question to all of this is "who is nikki and does she pull of the "dress like a *****" look well? maybe a photo would help us all offer well-researched input.