He's mentored hundreds of sports journalists, some of the best in the business.

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The two sports journalists honoured are Hugh McIlvanney, currently chief sports correspondent for the Sunday Times, and Daily Mail columnist Ian Wooldridge.

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Dozens of former cricketers, sports journalists and many Test Match Special colleagues attended a memorial service in his honour at Chelmsford Cathedral in May.

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The trust is governed by an eight-member board, although the selection of the trophy winner is by a large pool primarily of sports journalists.

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For Armstrong to speak first to Winfrey and not to a roomful of sports journalists who have followed his rise and fall smacks of a public relations exercise.

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Once at the motor sports complex, journalists took turns testing all-wheel-drive XJs and smaller XFs, which also get the system as an option for 2013, by flinging them through various obstacle courses, every one of which was covered in several inches of snow with thick ice underneath.

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At some venues, seats in the accredited "Olympic family" areas - reserved for groups including officials, sports federations, athletes, journalists and sponsors - have remained empty.

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Yahoo has staffed up its original news reporting, hiring journalists in areas such as sports and politics.

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The SocZ also identifies other areas to create a national soccer culture, including soccer-specialized journalists (who have both a technical and global sense of the game), sports medicine experts, top referees and coaches, and corporate sponsors (for higher player salaries).

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