Peter Kerasotis Wins Football Writers Top Prize
By Peter Kerasotis // April 14, 2012
2011 BEST WRITING CONTEST
FOOTBALL WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA TOP COLUMNIST:
Peter Kerasotis
EDITOR’S NOTE: SpaceCoastDaily.com Sports Columnist Peter Kerasotis was judged the best sports columnist in America for 2011 by the Football Writers of Association of America for his articles in Florida Today. He was also recognized with the second best game coverage.
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Comment by the judge, Mickey Spagnola: A very difficult category to judge this year, but this column makes a succinct and sustained argument that Florida coach Urban Meyer cared more about his 60th victory than the 30 players who had run-ins with the law. Nice job of combining fact, passion and emotion that in the end made you wish for even more.
2011 FOOTBALL WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
BEST WRITING CONTEST RANKINGS
COLUMNIST
• First Place: Peter Kerasotis, Florida Today
• Second Place: Pat Forde, espn.com
• Third Place: Bud Withers, Seattle Times
• Honorable Mention: Gene Wojciechowski, espn.com; Stewart Mandel, si.com
• First Place: Peter Kerasotis, Florida Today
• Second Place: Pat Forde, espn.com
• Third Place: Bud Withers, Seattle Times
• Honorable Mention: Gene Wojciechowski, espn.com; Stewart Mandel, si.com
ENTERPRISE
• First Place: Curtis Eichelberger, Bloomberg News
• Second Place: Pete Thamel, The New York Times
• Third Place: Al Lesar, South Bend Tribune
• Honorable Mention: Pedro Moura, espn.com; Michael Casagrande, The Decatur Daily/Anniston Star; Charles Robinson and Bryan Fischer, Yahoo! Sports
• First Place: Curtis Eichelberger, Bloomberg News
• Second Place: Pete Thamel, The New York Times
• Third Place: Al Lesar, South Bend Tribune
• Honorable Mention: Pedro Moura, espn.com; Michael Casagrande, The Decatur Daily/Anniston Star; Charles Robinson and Bryan Fischer, Yahoo! Sports
FEATURE
• First Place: Jon Solomon and Don Kausler Jr., The Birmingham News
• Second Place: David Hall, Freedom ENC Newspapers
• Third Place: Kevin Armstrong, New York Daily News
• Honorable Mention: Brian Hamilton, Chicago Tribune; Dave Matter, Columbia Daily Tribune
• First Place: Jon Solomon and Don Kausler Jr., The Birmingham News
• Second Place: David Hall, Freedom ENC Newspapers
• Third Place: Kevin Armstrong, New York Daily News
• Honorable Mention: Brian Hamilton, Chicago Tribune; Dave Matter, Columbia Daily Tribune
GAME COVERAGE
• First Place: Jon Solomon, The Birmingham News
• Second Place: Peter Kerasotis, Florida Today
• Third Place: Brett McMurphy, AOL FanHouse
• Honorable Mention: Kevin Armstrong, New York Daily News; Mark Anderson, Las Vegas Review-Journal; Parrish Alford, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
• First Place: Jon Solomon, The Birmingham News
• Second Place: Peter Kerasotis, Florida Today
• Third Place: Brett McMurphy, AOL FanHouse
• Honorable Mention: Kevin Armstrong, New York Daily News; Mark Anderson, Las Vegas Review-Journal; Parrish Alford, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
BEAT WRITER OF THE YEAR
• Doug Lesmerises, Cleveland Plain Dealer (Ohio State)
• Doug Lesmerises, Cleveland Plain Dealer (Ohio State)
Congratulations Peter! I will resist all snarkiness and simply say that it was a pleasure to have worked for so many years with one of the very best in the business. This is awesome news…