Clay Travis To Be Honored With Bruno Award

Barrett Sports Media has announced that this year’s recipient of The Tony Bruno Award FOX Sports Radio morning host and Outkick The Coverage creator Clay Travis.

“The Tony Bruno Award” would be introduced at the 2019 BSM Summit at The Grammy Museum in Los Angeles on February 21-22, 2019.

According to BSM President Jason Barrett, Travis has provided a jolt to FOX Sports Radio’s morning timeslot and his show has grown to 300 affiliates due in part to his take no prisoners approach. Barrett adds Travis has shown an ability to create a stir on social media by taking on controversial subjects and high profile brands and personalities, in addition to authoring the book ‘Republicans Buy Sneakers Too‘. Showing a propensity to expand his brand, Clay also joined the cast of FOX Sports 1’s sports betting show ‘Lock It In‘, and his Outkick The Show podcast remains one of the top performers on the iTunes charts.

“When you think of national personalities who are cutting thru by delivering a unique, unfiltered, and unafraid presentation, few fit the description better than Clay Travis,” said Barrett. “Considering how Tony Bruno distinguished himself from others during his career by embracing similar traits, it’s a pleasure to pass the baton to Clay who not only epitomizes the award, but is leading the charge to keep national sports radio interesting and entertaining.”

In just 25 days, the BSM Summit takes place in Los Angeles at the Grammy Museum. We'll be joined by @ColinCowherd @marcelluswiley @WhitlockJason @jimrome @wyche89 @ramonashelburne @TonyBrunoShow @dmorey @EBischoff & many more. Hope to see you there!https://t.co/NvuNGX5fVv pic.twitter.com/ilcpYyWXXh

— Jason Barrett (@sportsradiopd) January 27, 2019

Upon learning he had been selected to receive the award, Travis offered his appreciation: “I’m honored to win this award because since I started writing online in 2004 I’ve tried to embrace four key tenets in my work: be smart, be original, be funny, and be authentic. When you combine all four of those attributes I think you point towards one overarching theme — being fearless.”

Bruno was ecstatic as well when told who had been chosen as the first recipient of the award: “Clay Travis is one of the few national voices who is unafraid to shoot straight from the hip with facts and opinions many dislike – especially in this charged world where even sports are intertwined with politics. In a climate where talent is overly controlled by management, Clay’s freedom, smarts and rise in our medium is testament to what I feel is 'doing it right'.”