John George Taylor Spink (November 6, 1888 – December 7, 1962) was the publisher of The Sporting News from 1914 until his death in 1962.

In 1962, the Baseball Writers' Association of America established an annual J. G. Taylor Spink Award and named him the first recipient; Spink's name was removed from the award in February 2021 due to his history of supporting segregated baseball.

[2] In an interview with Sports Illustrated, Gerald Holland described Spink's mother as "a great character in her own right".

"[8] On the issue of racial integration in baseball, Spink wrote an editorial titled "No Good From Raising Race Issue", published in August 1942, which read in part: "There is no law against Negroes playing with white teams, or whites with colored clubs, but neither has invited the other for the obvious reason they prefer to draw their talent from their own ranks, and because the leaders of both groups know their crowd psychology and do not care to run the risk of damaging their own game.

[11] Spink died on December 7, 1962, at his home in Clayton, Missouri,[12] and is buried in a mausoleum at Bellefontaine Cemetery.

[1] In February 2021, the BBWAA voted to remove his name from the award,[a] "due to Spink’s troubled history in supporting segregated baseball.