FULLERTON, Calif. – The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced last weekend that longtime NBA reporter and Cal State Fullerton alumnus, Marc Stein, is the 2019 Curt Gowdy Media Award recipient.
The Curt Gowdy Media Award is named in honor of the late Curt Gowdy, a legendary sports broadcaster and former Hall of Fame Board member and President. This prestigious award is presented annually to members of the electronic and print media whose longtime efforts have made a significant contribution to the game of basketball.
For more than 30 years, Marc Stein has covered the National Basketball Association for a variety of media organizations. As a college student at Cal State Fullerton, Stein's first NBA assignment was covering the Los Angeles Summer League at Loyola Marymount for the Orange County Register, specifically focusing on rookies David Robinson and Vlade Divac in 1989. Upon graduation two years later, he covered Magic Johnson's famed retirement press conference at The Forum.
As a full-time beat writer with the Los Angeles Daily News, Stein covered the Los Angeles Clippers and Lakers for two seasons each, traveling with the Lakers for Magic Johnson's comeback in 1995-1996 and the first season of the Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal era in 1996-1997. In 1997, Stein transitioned to the Dallas Morning News, covering the Mavericks featuring NBA newcomer Dirk Nowitzki and eventually becoming a national NBA columnist.
In 2002, Stein joined ESPN serving as a weekly NBA correspondent. In his 15 seasons covering the NBA for ESPN, Stein took on many roles including reporter, insider and columnist on the cable network's numerous platforms including ESPN.com, SportsCenter, ESPN Radio, NBA television specials and ESPN The Mag. Stein is now a reporter for The New York Times and has amassed a faithful Twitter following of over 1.2 million basketball fans.
Stein will be acknowledged for his contributions to basketball media during the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement events September 5-7 in Springfield, Massachusetts – the birthplace of basketball.
Congrats @TheSteinLine! A @csufalumni and one of our biggest supporters! #TusksUp https://t.co/S5se4S93Iz
— Titans Men's Basketball (@FullertonMBB) 15 de febrero de 2019
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