PSWA Dinner

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

Andrew Bailey, the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association's 2010 Native Son award-winner, was named the American League Rookie of the Year after his incredible season with the Oakland Athletics. Bailey edged out shortstop Elvis Andrus of the Texas Rangers. Click here to read MLB.com's report on the Rookie of the Year voting and about the South Jersey resident's incredible season with the A's. To see Sam Carchidi's story about Bailey from the Philadelphia Inquirer, click here. Tickets to the PSWA's 106th annual Awards Dinner are $75, ... Read More

On Monday night, April 1, 1985, the script was written for legendary coach John Thompson and his Georgetown Hoyas to coast comfortably to an NCAA basketball championship. Only problem - Villanova never got a copy of the script. Instead, it was a young Rollie Massimino coaching an upset-minded eighth-seed Villanova squad to the victory by a score of 66-64. The Philadelphia Sports Writers Association will honor the Wildcats, 25 years after they shocked the world, at the PSWA's 106th annual Awards Dinner on Monday, February ... Read More

Andrew Bailey, a hard-throwing right-hander out of Paul VI High School in South Jersey and now the closer for the Oakland Athletics, will receive the Philadelphia Sports Writers Associations' "Native Son" award at the organization's annual sports awards banquet on Monday night, Feb. 1, 2010. Bailey, a 25-year-old who was a star for Wagner University before being drafted by the A's, cracked the Major League roster and immediately made his mark. He earned a spot on the American League All-Star team, and by the ... Read More

by Bernard Fernandez / Philadelphia Daily News / There was a time, not so very long ago, when Nicole Hester took some things for granted. Like being able to walk up a flight of stairs without becoming exhausted. Like the hair on her head. Like basketball, the sport she has loved to play since she was a child. And, maybe most of all, life itself. When you are a young, vibrant woman with so much to look forward to, being told you have cancer can be a ... 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

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

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