Enquirer sportswriter John Erardi won the Associated Press Sports Editors' top prize for 2002 feature writing in the 100,000-to-250,000 circulation category for a story about former St. Bernard basketball player Nick Mosley (Read the story).

It is Erardi's fourth national writing prize from APSE, not including his work on special sections.

The Enquirer also won national Top 20 recognition in the APSE's "best special section" category for last year's "Cinergy Field: Kiss It Goodbye" section. The section was written by Erardi, Mark Curnutte, Neil Schmidt and Larry Nager. The designers were Ron Huff and Jim Pleshinger, who was also the section's chief copy editor.