Dan McDonald receives prestigious service award
NATCHITOCHES – Incomparable New Orleans Saints play-by-play announcer and award-winning New Orleans television figure Jim Henderson joins Dan McDonald, whose multi-faceted career has won him national acclaim as a writer and sports publicist, as 2017 recipients of the Distinguished Service Award in Sports Journalism from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association.
The honor, to be made official June 24 in Natchitoches, means Henderson and McDonald will join the elite 11-person Class of 2017 being inducted in the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. Henderson and McDonald were selected from a 19-person pool of outstanding nominees for the state’s top sports journalism honor.
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CONGRATS TO MR DAN MCDONALD .
GREAT SPORTSWRITER AND GREAT GUY !!!
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NATCHITOCHES – Incomparable New Orleans Saints play-by-play announcer and award-winning New Orleans television figure Jim Henderson joins Dan McDonald, whose multi-faceted career has won him national acclaim as a writer and sports publicist, as 2017 recipients of the Distinguished Service Award in Sports Journalism from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association.
The honor, to be made official June 24 in Natchitoches, means Henderson and McDonald will join the elite 11-person Class of 2017 being inducted in the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. Henderson and McDonald were selected from a 19-person pool of outstanding nominees for the state's top sports journalism honor.
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CONGRATS TO MR DAN MCDONALD .
GREAT SPORTSWRITER AND GREAT GUY !!!
Couldn't have picked a better guy! Congrats Dan!
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An honor most deserved, way to geaux Dan
Beaux Cajuns
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Very cool. Congrats to Dan.
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Congrats!
I'd also like to thank him in advance for using "Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns" on all upcoming baseball and softball games that are telivised :)
Dan McDonald On Entering Louisiana Sports Hall Of Fame [AUDIO]
Dan McDonald is a sports legend in Acadiana. If you don't know about his career, you need to.
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Congrats!
I'd also like to thank him in advance for using "Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns" on all upcoming baseball and softball games that are televised :)
Dan did in his radio interview the other afternoon. Lots of UL when he spoke.
Congrats Dan!
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Congrats!
I'd also like to thank him in advance for using "Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns" on all upcoming baseball and softball games that are telivised :)
The ONLY thing preventing him from using Louisiana is the Morning Advocate.
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Radio interview with a Lafayette station?
Was last week on ESPN1420 with Scott or Ryan.
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The ONLY thing preventing him from using Louisiana is the Morning Advocate.
My first Dan McD story involves a fax when I was doing the QB club MC gig---I was meeting with him at the SID office and he was sending a fax---I didn't believe what it could do so he sent it and they returned a message---SHOCKED --still kinda didn't think it could do this!!! lol
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The ONLY thing preventing him from using Louisiana is the Morning Advocate.
sorry, if I am out of loop on this, but could you elaborate on this point? thanks, Im sure im not the only one who would like to find out more....
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The ONLY thing preventing him from using Louisiana is the Morning Advocate.
And others....like the Alexandria Town Talk.
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And others....like the Alexandria Town Talk.
I don't understand, how could a paper prevent someone from saying something during a broadcast?
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I don't understand, how could a paper prevent someone from saying something during a broadcast?
I'm not referring to broadcasts but to published articles. Articles published in one paper are often edited when those same articles are published in another newspaper, and I have no doubt that broadcasters are given "guidance" on what they may or may not say. Whether they abide by the guidance they are given is a different story.
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And others....like the Alexandria Town Talk.
I honestly can't recall Dan ever calling us Louisiana in a broadcast on in print. I'm sure he has, but all I ever remember is Louisiana Lafayette. Seems either the Sun Belt or a network or a newspaper prohibited using Louisiana to refer to us and, of course, he had to abide by their guidelines.
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Believe me, if Dan could've used Louisiana in those broadcasts or in print, he would have. Nobody, and I mean nobody, ever worked harder on behalf of this university when he was here. Take it from the guy who was sports editor for two years at the Vermilion. He was forever patient with a know-it-all, 19-year-old, would-be journalist who generally caused more headaches than he was worth.
Congratulations Dan! If you're reading this, I didn't know how good I had it back then!
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Wow, so easy to get a red dot these days...
