ESPN’s Liz Merrill has been named a 2020 Dan Jenkins Medal for Excellence in Sportswriting award recipient by the Moody College of Communication Center for Sports Communication & Media at the University of Texas.
She was nominated for her August 2019 ESPN.com piece “Whatever Happened to Villanova Basketball Star Shelly Pennefather? ‘So I Made This Deal with God.’” The story also was made into an ESPN “SC Featured” segment for SportsCenter.
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Will lack of fans matter in the betting lines or habits this NFL season? @DougESPN takes a look.https://t.co/p9TygzioRB
— David Bearman (@DavidBearman) September 9, 2020
Excellent piece by @JReidESPN https://t.co/rfPq2BRbaA
— Evan Wang (@ewang715) September 10, 2020
"Enough with being told you need to be educated before you address something the entire world can see with its own eyes."
ESPN knocked the Deshaun Watson Cover Story out of the park.https://t.co/lhEI80dg3h
— A Jeb: Prideful Rotten Dollhart (@namelessWrench) September 10, 2020
Via ESPN – #ESPN #NFL #FantasyFootball "$600 million offseason? 'Nothing is impossible' for Chiefs GM Brett Veach" https://t.co/E1FUNHT8rq
— Nick Schreck (@nickschreck) September 10, 2020
Thank you @AngieOverkill for sharing.https://t.co/6qEPsbdyNw
— Andrew Feldman (@AFeldmanESPN) September 10, 2020
????With the NFL back, and talk about the anthem and protests everywhere again: a special #ESPNDaily, all about the history and future of The Star-Spangled Banner in sports. Feat. @JonBatiste & @damionthomas & @LloydPierceLP & Whitney & Marvin & Jose. ????????????: https://t.co/dq6ad8GxqA
— Pablo Torre ???? (@PabloTorre) September 10, 2020
BC finished practice this morning as @CoachJeffHafley showed ESPN’s excellent feature on Welles Crowther #NeverForget #ForWelles pic.twitter.com/A6Cl6z5xUk
— Jason Baum (@JasonBaumPR) September 11, 2020
– Andy Hall