National broadcaster Bob Costas is the winner of the Ford Frick Award while long-time writer for the Akron Beacon Journal Sheldon Ocker wins the J.G. Taylor Spink Award. They will both be honored at the Hall of Fame induction ceremony next July.

 

On ,December 12 2017 — National broadcaster Bob Costas is the winner of the Ford Frick Award while long-time writer for the Akron Beacon Journal Sheldon Ocker wins the J.G. Taylor Spink Award. They will both be honored at the Hall of Fame induction ceremony next July.

 


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