Photo courtesy Chris Poss/The Next Jan. 31, 2025 – Stephanie White of the Indiana Fever has been named the 2024 winner of the PBWA’s Anne Donovan Award, which honors a WNBA coach or executive for their outstanding commitment to working with the media who cover the league. White went above and beyond in making herself […]
Photo courtesy Chris Poss/The Next Jan. 30, 2025 – Napheesa Collier of the Minnesota Lynx has won the PBWA’s Tamika Catchings Award, which honors the WNBA player who best combines excellence on the court with cooperation and dignity in dealing with the media and public. While leading the Lynx to the WNBA Finals in 2024 […]
Jan. 29, 2025 – Bryan Flannery, the manager of public relations for the New York Liberty, has been named the 2024 winner of the PBWA’s Val Ackerman Award, which honors a WNBA media-relations official who best exemplifies the standards of professionalism and excellence. Flannery’s tireless efforts in the largest media market in the country never […]
Nov. 14, 2024 — Stories by Louisa Thomas, Fred Katz, Stefan Bondy, Chris Tomasson and a piece co-authored by Jon Krawczynski and Shams Charania have been named first-place winners in the 2024 PBWA Blumenthal Memorial Writing Contest, which honors the best work by members of the Professional Basketball Writers Association between July 1, 2023 and […]
May 20, 2024 – C.J. McCollum of the New Orleans Pelicans has won the 2023-24 J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award, as administered and selected by the Professional Basketball Writers Association (PBWA). Named after the NBA’s second commissioner, the honor is presented annually by the PBWA to a player, coach or athletic trainer who shows outstanding […]
May 15, 2024 – Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors has won the 2023-24 Magic Johnson Award, which honors the NBA player who best combines excellence on the court with cooperation and grace in dealing with the media and fans, the Professional Basketball Writers Association announced today. Curry averaged 26.4 points, 4.5 rebounds and […]
May 14, 2024 — Steve Kerr of the Golden State Warriors has won the 2023-24 Rudy Tomjanovich Award, which honors an NBA coach for his cooperation with the media and fans, as well as his excellence on the court, the Professional Basketball Writers Association announced today. This season, Kerr guided the Warriors to a 46-36 […]
May 13, 2024 — The Minnesota Timberwolves’ basketball communications team has won the 2023-24 Brian McIntyre Media Relations Award, presented each season to the NBA media relations staff that best exemplifies standards of professionalism and excellence, the Professional Basketball Writers Association announced today. The Timberwolves staff is led by chief communications officer Patrick Rees, along with […]
March 18, 2024 — Marcus Thompson II, Mirin Fader, Julia Poe, Dan Woike and Gordie Jones have been named first-place winners in the 2023 PBWA Blumenthal Memorial Writing Contest, which honors the best work by members of the Professional Basketball Writers Association between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023. Thompson, who covers the NBA […]
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry has won the Professional Basketball Writers Association’s 2022-23 J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award, which is presented annually by the PBWA to a player, coach or athletic trainer who shows outstanding service and dedication to the community.