PSWA Dinner

The Philadelphia Sports Writers Association's 105th annual Awards Dinner has sold out. Despite the economic crunch on the region, Philadelphia's sports fans once again have demonstrated the love and admiration they have for their professional and college athletes. The PSWA officers, board and members thank everyone who purchased a ticket for this year's event, and we look forward to seeing you at the banquet. We experienced an unprecedented sales volume the last few days leading up to the dinner, forcing us to halt sales and ... Read More

This year's PSWA dinner program features a cover graphic of Tug McGraw and Brad Lidge reacting after striking out the last batter to clinch a World Series championship for the Phillies. McGraw did it in 1980, and Lidge, this year's Outstanding Professional Athlete, duplicated the fete this fall. Time is running out, but tickets are still available for the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association's 105th annual Awards Dinner on Monday, Jan. 26. Doors open at 5 p.m., and the dinner, and annual highlight on the ... Read More

Joe Juliano of the Philadelphia Inquirer is a past-president of the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association, and for 29 years he has anchored the committee that selects the winner of our annual Most Courageous Athlete Award. Annually, the award is the finale of the PSWA banquet, and the identity of the winner is kept secret until the night of the dinner. We asked Joe to share some of his memories of this hallowed award. Following is the second of two posts that trace unforgettable award-winners, and ... Read More

Guests at the Philadelphia Sports Writers Associations' 105th annual Awards Dinner can get their photographs taken with the Phillies' long-sought World Series Championship Trophy. The Phillies have been sharing the trophy with fans all over the Delaware Valley on their Phillies Trophy Tour, and on Monday, Jan. 26, the tour makes a special visit to the Crowne Plaza hotel on Route 70 in Cherry Hill for the PSWA's traditional celebration of sports. This year's dinner will have a decidedly Phillies flavor: Manager Charlie Manuel ... Read More

Steve Sabol of NFL Films will be awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association at their annual Awards Dinner on Monday, Jan. 26. The dinner will be held at the Crowne Plaza hotel on Route 70 in Cherry Hill NJ. Tickets are available to the public for $75. Click here to order online. For a view inside the man who changed forever the way Americans watch their sports, read this first-person account, as publiched in Inc. magazine in February 2006. By Steve ... Read More

Joe Juliano of the Philadelphia Inquirer is a past-president of the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association, and for 29 years he has anchored the committee that selects the winner of our annual Most Courageous Athlete Award. Annually, the award is the finale of the PSWA banquet, and the identity of the winner is kept secret until the night of the dinner. We asked Joe to share some of his memories of this hallowed award. Following is the first of two posts that trace unforgettable award-winners, and ... Read More

The doors open for the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association's Awards Dinner at 5 p.m. on Jan. 26. Attendees who get their early - the dinner will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on Route 70 in Cherry Hill - will have a chance to admire an impressive collection of sports memorabilia and collectibles, including signed articles. Guests can even take home an item or two - they are available by silent auction. This unique auction includes two ways to "win" many of the items. ... Read More

Cuttino Mobley, whose NBA career was ended earlier this season, will be honored with the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association's Native Son Award at the Association's 105th annual Award Dinner. Mobley, a graduate of Cardinal Dougherty High School and the University of Rhode Island, was in his fourth season with the Los Angeles Clippers, when he was traded to the New York Knicks in November. But a standard physical performed by New York's team physicians, discovered that Mobley had a genetic heart disease, ... Read More

The dais for the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association's annual Awards Dinner is always an impressive collection of professional and collegiate athletes, and this year is no different. Various PSWA committees are still working to add even more stars to the head table, but our lineup already includes: Brad Lidge - Outstanding Professional Athlete award-winner / Cuttino Mobley - Native Son award-winner / Bernie Parent - Living Legend award-winner / Sheldon Brown - Good Guy award-winner / Charlie Manuel - accepting Team of the Year award for the Phillies ... Read More

Each year at its annual Award Dinner, the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association recognizes a local professional athlete with its Good Guy Award, and the 2009 winner is Eagles defensive back Sheldon Brown. A second-round draft choice from South Carolina in 2002, Brown has played in all 112 regular-season Eagles' games since his rookie 2002 season, and after most of those games has been readily available for interviews by reporters. His insights and sense of humor are appreciated by the large press ... Read More