PSWA Dinner

Brent Celek, a fifth-round draft pick by Andy Reid in 2007 who just keeps getting better, will be honored as the Outstanding Professional Athlete at the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association's 106th annual Awards Dinner. The PSWA banquet will be held at Cherry Hill's Crowne Plaza, on Route 70, Monday night, Feb. 1. In December, the fan favorite signed a six-year contract extension with the Eagles for a reported $33 million. The contract was confirmation of Celek's contributions to the Eagles. This season, he pulled in ... Read More

The Philadelphia Sports Writers Association hosts its 106th annual Awards Dinner on Monday night, Feb. 1. The event will be held at the Crowne Plaza hotel on Route 70 in Cherry Hill, just minutes from all Philadelphia bridges. Doors open at 5 p.m., and dinner starts at 6:30. Award winners include: Brent Celek (Eagles) - Outstanding Professional Athlete Andrew Bailey (Oakland Athletics) - Native Son Red Klotz (Washington Generals) - Living Legend Willie Green (76ers) - Good Guy Award Phillies and Charlie Manuel - Team of the Year 1960 Philadelphia ... Read More

Red Klotz was a talented point guard for the original Baltimore Bullets. But when the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association honors Klotz with their prestigious "Living Legend" award on Feb. 1, it won't be for his storied NBA career (he played in 11 games, scored 15 points). The Philly Sports Writers will host their 106th annual banquet on Monday, Feb. 1, at the Crowne Plaza in Cherry Hill. On the PSWA dais, Klotz will be joined by two previous winners of the organization's Living Legend Award: ... Read More

Dickie Noles, who played a key role in the Phillies' 1980 World Series championship, will be the recipient of the Humanitarian Award at the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association banquet on Feb. 1. The PSWA awards dinner, at the Crowne Plaza in Cherry Hill, is open to the public. Tickets are $75 apiece, and can be purchased by clicking here. Doors open at 5 p.m. and the dinner kicks off at 6:30. During and after his major league career, Noles fought a long battle ... Read More

Philadelphia 76ers guard Willie Green has been selected as the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association's 'Good Guy' award-winner for 2010. Green will accept the award at the Philly Sports Wrtiers' annual Awards Dinner on Monday night, Feb. 1. The banquet will be held at the Crowne Plaza on Route 70 in Cherry Hill, and it is open to the public. Tickets are $75 apiece, and can be purchased by clicking here. Green was a second-round pick in the 2003 NBA draft who was ... Read More

April 1, 2010 will mark the 25th anniversary of one of the great events in the history of the Philadelphia Big 5, when Villanova upset Georgetown 66 - 64 to win the NCAA championship. And when the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association gathers for its 106th annual Awards Dinner two months earlier, on Monday, February 1, 2010, Rollie Massimino and his players will be reunited to celebrate the anniversary. It seems like a different game when you remember that there was no three-point ... Read More

They were the team of the year for 2007 and 2008, and when the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association gathers for its 106th annual Awards Dinner, the National league champion Phillies will be recognized as Team of the Year for 2009. Tickets to the PSWA dinner on Feb. 1 are available to the public. Click here to order tickets. The season had a different look than in the two previous years when the Phillies chased down the Mets in September. In 2009, ... Read More

She was not a major recruit when she entered Drexel University as a freshman, but Gabriela Marginean has proven to be a major player in Philadelphia college basketball. The native of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, already the highest scorer in Drexel history, could become the highest scoring women's player in Philadelphia history by the end of this season. But even before that she'll be recognized as the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association's Outstanding Amateur Athlete for 2009. Currently at 2,010 points scored in three-plus seasons, ... Read More

Sarah Bowman has been competing, and winning at the Penn Relays since she was in high school in Warrenton, Va., and last year, as a college senior, she helped the Volunteers win three Championship of America relays, setting two all-time records in the process. Bowman anchored Tennessee to first place in the distance medley relay on Thursday of the Relays, holding off the second-place finisher by less than one second, but saved the best for later in the weekend. First, on Friday, ... Read More

Quarterback Ricky Dobbs, who led his Naval Academy team to a 17-3 victory over Army in the annual Army-Navy game at Lincoln Financial Field, will be honored at the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association's 106th annual Awards Dinner on Monday, Feb. 1, 2010. In what has become an Philly tradition, the PSWA honors the Most Valuable Players in Army-Navy games held in the City of Brotherly Love. In Navy's win, Dobbs set the NCAA Division I record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback. When he dove ... Read More