Associated Press Sports Editors national competition • * Fifth place, explanatory writing - Penn State football (2010) • * Fifth place, project reporting - Penn State football (2009) • * Third place, explanatory writing - Penn State football (2008) • * Top 10, column writing - Penn State football, pro baseball (2008) • * Fourth place, column writing - Penn State football, pro baseball (2007) • * Top 10, explanatory writing - Penn State football (2007) • * Six Top 10s for special sections (2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) • Football Writers Association of America national competition • * Honorable mention, enterprise - Penn State football (2009) • * Third place, game story - Penn State football (2008) • * Honorable mention, loose deadline - Penn State football (2008) • Also have won 14 Keystone Awards from the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association, three Golden Quill awards for Western PA journalists and two Associated Press Managing Editor Awards (one in Arkansas, one in PA).
Sports radio talk show host at Forever Broadcasting, Sportswriter at Altoona Mirror
Location:
Altoona, Pennsylvania Area
Industry:
Sports
Work:
Forever Broadcasting since Jan 2009
Sports radio talk show host
Altoona Mirror since Mar 1999
Sportswriter
Danville Register & Bee - Danville, Va. Dec 1997 - Mar 1999
Sportswriter
Hot Springs Sentinel-Record - Hot Springs, AR May 1996 - Oct 1997
Sportswriter
Education:
University of Arkansas at Little Rock 1992 - 1996
Bachelors, Journalism
Journalism
Honor & Awards:
Associated Press Sports Editors national competition
* Fifth place, explanatory writing - Penn State football (2010)
* Fifth place, project reporting - Penn State football (2009)
* Third place, explanatory writing - Penn State football (2008)
* Top 10, column writing - Penn State football, pro baseball (2008)
* Fourth place, column writing - Penn State football, pro baseball (2007)
* Top 10, explanatory writing - Penn State football (2007)
* Six Top 10s for special sections (2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
Football Writers Association of America national competition
* Honorable mention, enterprise - Penn State football (2009)
* Third place, game story - Penn State football (2008)
* Honorable mention, loose deadline - Penn State football (2008)
Also have won 14 Keystone Awards from the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association, three Golden Quill awards for Western PA journalists and two Associated Press Managing Editor Awards (one in Arkansas, one in PA).
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Penn State decides to keep Joe Paterno's statue while the rest of the world ...
"Should his statue be removed? In my opinion, yes," Bowden said in a radio interview with Cory Giger. "Now the reason is, Penn State's job now is to try to forget this thing. But every time somebody walks by and sees that statue, they're not going to remember the 80 good years, they're going to reme
Cory Giger (1988-1992), Holley Molock (1980-1984), Rip Young (1991-1995), Christopher Halpine (1989-1993), Becky Jackson (1969-1973)
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Cory Giger
Lived:
Altoona, Pennsylvania Bryant, Arkansas Little Rock, Arkansas Danville, Virginia
Work:
Altoona Mirror, Forever Broadcasting - Sportswriter, sports radio talk show host Hot Springs Sentinel-Record Danville Register & Bee
Education:
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Bryant High School
About:
I'm a sportswriter for the Altoona Mirror newspaper in Pennsylvania and also host a daily radio show, Sports Central with Cory Giger, on ESPN 1430 in Altoona and ESPN Radio 1450 in State College. ...
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