American former sports writer
Ross Newhan (born April 5, 1937) is an American former sports writer , best known as a columnist for the Long Beach Press-Telegram and baseball writer for the Los Angeles Times . He began his career in 1961 and retired in 2004.
Newhan garnered the 1997 Associated Press Sports Editors Award for his story on the sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers . In 1998, he was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame .[ 1] Newhan was the 2000 recipient of the J. G. Taylor Spink Award , given annually by the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA). He co-authored the book Coaching Baseball Successfully .[ 2]
His son, David Newhan , is a former Major League Baseball player and coach.
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Further reading
Ruttman, Larry (2013). "Ross Newhan and David Newhan: Hall of Fame Sports Scribe and Major League Baseball Player, Father and Son". American Jews and America's Game: Voices of a Growing Legacy in Baseball . Lincoln, Nebraska and London, England: University of Nebraska Press. pp. 177 –188. ISBN 978-0-8032-6475-5 .
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.
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