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

Fifty years ago, the Philadelphia Eagles won the NFL championship with a 17-13 victory over the Green Bay Packers. It was December 26, 1960, in a game that Eagles fans of that era will never forget, that two-way star Chuck Bednarik, quarterback Norm Van Brocklin and company handed Vince Lombardi his first and only playoff loss as a coach. That game made the '60 Eagles immortal legends in the Delaware Valley, and the story of Bednarik's crushing hit on Frank Gifford that sealed the ... 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

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

Dear Sports Fan - The officers, board and membership of the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association are hard at work selecting award-winners and honored guests, and sketching plans for our 106th annual sports awards dinner on Monday evening, Feb. 1, 2010. Each year, the PSWA event provides Philly-area sports fans with a memorable celebration of our most distinguished athletes and teams. As always, the public is invited to the banquet, which will be held at the Crowne Plaza on Route 70 in Cherry Hill. Doors open ... Read More