PSWA Dinner

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

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

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

When you're perfect, you have to be the best. Brad Lidge was perfect in 2008, 41 saves in 41 opportunities during the regular season and then seven more in the post-season. And that's why Brad Lidge will be honored at the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association's 105th annual Award Dinner as the Outstanding Professional Athlete of 2008. Lidge's perfection from the bulllpen was a major reason the Phillies never lost a late-inning lead, and his ninth-inning save in Game 5 of the World Series has already ... Read More

Bernie Parent, Conn Smythe Award winner when the Flyers won Stanley Cups in 1974 and 1975 and a hockey Hall of Fame member since 1984, will be recognized with the Philadelphia Sports Living Legend Award at the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association's 105th annual Award Dinner on Monday, Jan. 26, 2009. Parent was an original Flyer, drafted from the Boston Bruins for the 1967-68 season, and played 13 seasons in the NHL, with the Flyers, Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs. In 618 ... Read More

Mike Washington, the record-setting wide receiver from West Chester University and leading candidate for the Harlon Hill Trophy as outstanding player in the NCAA Division II, will be honored as the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association's top amateur athlete for 2008. Washington, a graduate of Philadelphia's Frankford High School, holds the NCAA all-divisions record with a pass reception in 49 consecutive games. Just one of three collegiate receivers with at least 1,000 receiving yards in each of his four collegiate seasons (4,612 ... Read More