| January 15, 2006
Lewis won the award for his trilogy on the sale of the MetroStars to Red Bull and the subsequent renaming of the club to Red Bulls New York. Details of the sale were broken by Lewis on Big Apple Soccer.com, in the first of the three articles. Lewis, also captured an award for best feature, for a piece written for FIFA Magazine. It was the second consecutive year that Lewis and Big Apple Soccer were honored by the NSCAA. Last year, Lewis’ column about the firing of Bob Bradley by the MetroStars captured the award for best column. This marked the sixth time in the 12-year history of the writing contest in which Lewis was honored by the NSCAA. Big Apple Soccer has won numerous awards since its launch in 2004, including: 2004- Press Club of Long Island best News Web site 2004- Press Club of Long Island best feature story (second place) 2005- National Soccer Coaches Association-Best Column 2005- Press Club of Long Island best News Web site (third place) 2005- Press Club of Long Island online reporting -- news category (third place) 2005- New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists contest-online and newsletter category (second place) 2006- National Soccer Coaches Association-Best Column best Deadline/Game Story. |
