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Feder: Ring Lardner Awards to honor Dan Roan, Toni Ginnetti and Cooper Rollow

Dan Roan, longtime sports anchor at Nexstar Media WGN-Channel 9, has been named broadcast recipient of the 2020 Ring Lardner Award for Excellence in Sports Journalism, Robert Feder writes.

Honored with a Ring Lardner Award in the print category will be Toni Ginnetti, retired sportswriter for the Sun-Times, and honored in the posthumous category will be Cooper Rollow, the late sports editor and sportswriter for the Chicago Tribune.

Named for Lardner, a world famous sportswriter, humorist and satirist, the prestigious awards will be presented April 23 at Union League Club of Chicago, 65 West Jackson Boulevard.

Get the full report, and more Chicago media news, at robertfeder.com.

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