2002

Lifetime Achievement

Harry Gordon

Best Reporting of an Issue in Australian Sport

Kate McClymont & Anne Davies — Bulldogs Salary Cap Scandal (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Best Sports journalism from rural or regional media

Brett Kohlhagen — Country Football's Future (The Border Mail)

Community Sport Media Award

David Pearson & Brian Webb – (TOPSPORT 104.1 FM Darwin)

Youth Sport Media Award

Amanda Smith — Bend It Like Beckam: Girls & Sport & Transgression (ABC Radio National The Sports Factor)

Best journalism on Australian Sports Commission-related programs

Robert Drane — Black Man's Burden (Inside Sport)

Best Sports Photojournalism

Bruce Long —Grabba (The Courier-Mail)