Daily News | Former Inquirer columnist Claire Smith accepts prestigious sports journalism award
LAS VEGAS — When Klein College of Media and Communications dean David Boardman was raising money to create the Claire Smith Center for Sports Media, he found himself seeking out donors who could “write big checks” so he could name the center for one of Temple journalism’s most notable alumni.
Smith, a former Inquirer columnist, is a trailblazer in sports journalism who now is educating the next generation of journalists at Temple. And on Tuesday, she was presented with the Associated Press Sports Editors’ Red Smith Award, which is Smith experienced hostility in MLB clubhouses, including being physically removed from the San Diego Padres’ clubhouse after a National League Championship Series loss to the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field in 1984.
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