Join the ISSA

Join the Indiana Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association for $15.

With your dues, you will be supporting the only media organization based in Indiana that is dedicated to honoring those who have excelled in our craft.

You will also be joining a community of sportswriters that has been in existence for more than 60 years. We exist to honor Indiana sports journalists and those we work with, bring community to Indiana sports journalists and advocate for the needs of Indiana sports journalism.

To join, please email andrewsmith@crosscomsports.com.

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ISSA inducts new Hall of Fame class

The ISSA inducted its 2011 Hall of Fame class at a banquet April 16 at the Wyndham Hotel in Indianapolis.

This year's class includee five outstanding inductees:

Dick Denny, Indianapolis News
Bob Lovell, Network Indiana
Joe McConnell, WIBC/Indianapolis Colts/Indiana Pacers/Purdue University
Dean Pantazi, WPTA-Fort Wayne
Phil Richards, Indianapolis Star

Four award winners were also honored:

Myron Rainey, WBIW-Bedford (Marv Bates Indiana Sportscaster of the Year)
Bill Beck, Elkhart Truth (Corky Lamm Indiana Sportswriter of the Year).
Jason Wille, IHSAA (Bob Williams Helping Hand Award).
Ted Throckmorton, Jeffersonville , IN (Distinguished Service Award).

For information, please contact Andrew Smith.

Check out the history section

The history section is a toolbox for Indiana sports journalists. In it, there are brackets for every IHSAA football tournament game ever played, and every IHSAA boys basketball game from the regional forward. Also, there is a consolidation database listing the history of every school in the state. We plan to make it more interactive, so stay tuned. Go to the history section.