Congratulations to the eight newest members of the Texas Sports Hall of Fame!

Meet the Honorees 

The eight honorees are the first media representatives selected for induction into the state hall since 2004.

Denne Freeman

longtime Texas sports editor for the Associated Press and author.

Frank Glieber

Former sports director at KRLD-AM in Dallas, a Cowboys radio announcer and a golf and football announcer for CBS Sports.

Randy Galloway

former writer and columnist with The Dallas Morning News and Fort Worth Star-Telegram and radio talk show host for WBAP-AM and KESN-FM in Dallas-Fort Worth.

Bill Mercer

the former radio voice of the Cowboys, Dallas Texans, Rangers and Chicago White Sox and a longtime teacher at the University of North Texas. 

Eric NAdel

The Texas Rangers’ radio-by-play voice and a recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award from the Baseball Hall of Fame.

John McClain

the Houston Chronicle sports writer who has been a long time contributor to radio sports talk shows on KTRH (740 AM) and KILT (610 AM) and regularly appears on other stations throughout the country.

BRad Sham

The longtime radio play-by-play announcer for the Dallas Cowboys who recently had the press box at AT&T stadium renamed in his honor.

Charean Williams

A former writer with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and Bryan Eagle who now works for NBC Sports’ Pro Football Talk and, like McClain, a recipient of the Dick McCann Award from the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Photos from the media banquet