Ross Newhan (born April 5, 1937) is an American former
sports writer, best known as a
columnist
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for the ''
Long Beach Press-Telegram
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'' and baseball writer for the ''
Los Angeles Times
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''. He began his career in 1961 and retired in 2004.
Newhan garnered the 1997
Associated Press
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Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association, and produces news reports that are dist ...
Sports Editors Award for his story on the sale of the
Los Angeles Dodgers
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. In 1998, he was inducted into the
Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
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. Newhan was the 2000 recipient of the
J. G. Taylor Spink Award, given annually by the
Baseball Writers' Association of America
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(BBWAA). He co-authored the book ''Coaching Baseball Successfully''.
His son,
David Newhan, is a former
Major League Baseball
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player and coach.
References
Further reading
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** This chapter in Ruttman's history, based on a January 9, 2009, interview with Ross Newhan and a February 29, 2008, interview with
David Newhan conducted for the book, discusses the Newhans' American, Jewish, baseball, and life experiences from youth to the present.
External links
2000 J.G. Taylor Spink Award Winner Ross Newhan National Baseball Hall of Fame
Living people
1930s births
Jewish American journalists
BBWAA Career Excellence Award recipients
Year of birth missing (living people)
Jewish American sportswriters
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