Oct. 19, 2026 – Jason Quick, Baxter Holmes, Stefan Bondy and Bill Oram have been named first-place winners in the 2026 PBWA Blumenthal Memorial Writing Contest, which honors the best work by members of the Professional Basketball Writers Association between July 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026. Quick, a senior writer at The Athletic, took […]
April 16, 2026 – Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs has won the 2025-26 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. Wembanyama averaged 25 points, 11.5 rebounds, 3.1 […]
April 15, 2026 — J.B. Bickerstaff of the Detroit Pistons has won the 2025-26 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, Bickerstaff guided the Pistons to a 60-22 record, […]
From left: Corey Moore, Cletus Lewis, Kevin Grigg, Michael Horan, Savannah Strawter. (Photo courtesy Detroit Pistons) April 14, 2026 — The Detroit Pistons’ basketball communications team has won the 2025-26 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 […]
April 13, 2026 – Victor Wembanyama and Stephen Curry headline the 2025-26 NBA All-Interview team, which honors the players who are consistently thoughtful, insightful and engaging with the media, the Professional Basketball Writers Association announced today. Wembanyama (San Antonio Spurs) and Curry (Golden State Warriors) were the top finishers in a vote of PBWA members […]
March 12, 2026 – Paige Bueckers of the Dallas Wings 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. Bueckers’ commitment to working with the media was on display throughout 2025. A week after […]
March 11, 2026 – Sandy Brondello of the Toronto Tempo has been named the 2025 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. Brondello, who coached the New York Liberty last season, went above and beyond […]
March 10, 2026 – Bryan Flannery, the senior manager of public relations for the New York Liberty, has been named the 2025 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, who also won the Ackerman Award last year, built on […]
Nov. 18, 2025 — Stories by Chris Mannix, Michael Pina, Marcus Thompson II, James Edwards and a piece co-authored by Baxter Holmes and Tim MacMahon have been named first-place winners in the 2025 PBWA Blumenthal Memorial Writing Contest, which honors the best work by members of the Professional Basketball Writers Association between July 1, 2024 […]
May 14, 2025 – Kevin Durant of the Phoenix Suns has won the 2024-25 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. Durant averaged 26.6 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.2 […]