Gregg Doyel on why he wrote on Tim Saylor, who scored 90 points in 1971
IndyStar columnist Gregg Doyel went looking for the last Indiana basketball player to score 90 points. He found out there’s a lot more to the story.
IndyStar’s Gregg Doyel was named the top columnist in the nation in the second-largest classification of the 2024 APSE contest. It’s the fifth time Doyel has earned the classification’s top honor in his 11 years in Indianapolis, also winning in 2014, ’17, ’19 and ’22.
It was one of 11 top 10 honors IndyStar received. Nate Atkins finished third in breaking news and long feature, sixth in beat writing and ninth in explanatory. Dana Hunsinger Benbow was second in long feature and fifth in explanatory; and Grace Smith was third in feature photo. IndyStar also finished seventh in its project around Indianapolis hosting the NBA All-Star game thanks to the work of Dustin Dopirak, Doyel, Atkins and Hunsinger Benbow and eighth in event coverage for the Indianapolis 500 for stories from Nathan Brown, Doyel, Atkins and Hunsinger Benbow.
IndyStar also earned APSE’s triple crown for finishing in the top 10 in event coverage, project and print portfolio. Only the Washington Post has won more APSE awards than IndyStar’s 88 since 2016.
