RECORD SEVEN VOTED INTO NSMA HALL OF FAME AUERBACH, EMRICK WIN NATIONAL AWARDS 108 WIN STATE SPORTSCASTER, SPORTSWRITER HONORS

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (January 11, 2021) – A record seven men have been voted into the National Sports Media Association Hall of Fame. They are sportscasters Bill King, Jim Nantz, and Dick Stockton, and sportswriters Larry Merchant, William Nack, William C. Rhoden, and Rick Telander.

In addition, NSMA members voted Mike “Doc” Emrick as the 2020 national sportscaster of the year, and Nicole Auerbach as the 2020 national sportswriter of the year.

Like Nantz, Stockton is one of sportscasting’s most versatile play-by-play announcers, with vast experience calling the NFL, Major League Baseball, and the NBA. Currently in his 27th year at FOX Sports, following 17 years at CBS, Stockton also has worked 19 years for Turner Sports. He began his career with local television sports jobs in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Boston.