PSWA Dinner

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

Dear Sports Fan - The Philadelphia Sports Writers Association invites you to join us in a salute to the World Champion Philadelphia Phillies and much, much more when we host our 105th annual awards dinner on Jan. 26. This storied banquet, the oldest sports dinner of its kind in the country, never fails to provide local sports fans with plenty of entertaining moments. The dinner this year, at the Crowne Plaza on Route 70 in Cherry Hill, will be an especially up-beat affair as ... 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

Dear Sports Fan - It's hard to believe, but we're already half way through December and before you know it, January will be here. As you know, the 105th edition of the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association's annual Awards Dinner will be held on Monday, January 26. Once again, the dinner will be held at the Crowne Plaza on Route 70 in Cherry Hill. The doors will open at 5 p.m., and dinner starts at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are moving fast, due to the outstanding ... Read More

After winning the World Series Trophy in dramatic fashion over the Tampa Bay Rays, the Philadelphia Phillies, the PSWA's Team of the Year, has graciously decided to share the trophy experience with their fans. The Phillies will bring the trophy with them to the Crowne Plaza hotel on Route 70 in Cherry Hill on Monday, January 26, for the 105th annual Awards Dinner hosted by the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association. Fans will have a chance to see the revered hardware, long-sought by the Phillies ... 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

Many remember the scene during the Penn State - Ohio State football game in 2000, when Penn State freshman defensive back Adam Taliaferro lay on the field without moving after making a tackle. Taken off the field in an ambulance, his parents were told that Adam would never walk again. But three months later, he walked out of the Magee Rehabilitation Hospital in Philadelphia. Adam returned to Penn State to complete work toward his undergraduate degree, earned a law degree from ... Read More

The Phillies party will continue when the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association meets for its 105th annual Award Dinner on Monday, January 26, 2009. The World Series champions will be recognized as the Team of the Year for 2008, an easy choice to make, but one which was earned by one of the most exciting postseason performances ever by any Philadelphia team. And one which was savored by all local fans who waited -- what was it? -- 25 years for another ... Read More

Dear Sports Fan - Mark this date: January 26, 2009. That is the date for the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association's annual Awards Dinner, our 105th banquet! What a time it has been the last few weeks, with the Phillies rolling through the playoffs to a World Series championship, the Eagles showing signs of being the best team in the NFL's strongest division, and the Flyers and 76ers getting their seasons underway. With that kind of momentum, the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association is projecting this ... Read More