The Red Smith Award, recipient by recipient

Field notes

The archive uses a decade-by-decade roll of honor, with each entry pairing a year and recipient with a compact occupational description. Its coverage begins with Walter “Red” Smith in 1981 and reaches Christine Brennan in 2020, while the site separately identifies Smith as the award’s namesake. The project says it was compiled from public sources and explicitly distinguishes itself from the Associated Press Sports Editors, which administers the award.