Pro Basketball Writers Association

The Pro Basketball Writers Association (PBWA) is a professional organization for sportswriters who write about professional basketball, including the National Basketball Association (NBA).[1]

History

The idea of a professional organization like the PBWA began to be discussed in the early 1970s.[1] One of the rationales was to improve working conditions.[1] For NBA beat writers, the league did not have a specific policy regarding access to locker rooms, team practices, players, coaches, general managers, and other executives.[1]

On January 18, 1972, interested sportswriters gathered formally for the first time, to begin organizing what was to become the Pro Basketball Writers Association of America (PBWAA).[1] The meeting occurred at the Century Plaza Hotel, in Los Angeles, California, during the NBA All-Star Game weekend.[1] The PBWAA organized formally one year later, on January 23, 1973, at a meeting in the O'Hare Hyatt Regency Hotel, in Chicago, Illinois.[1]

Presidents

See footnote[1]
  • 1972-74 – Joe Gilmartin, Phoenix Gazette
  • 1974-76 – Don Fair, Seattle Post Intelligencer
  • 1976-77 – George Cunningham, Atlanta Constitution
  • 1977-80 – Steve Hersey, Washington Star
  • 1980-82 – George White, Houston Chronicle
  • 1982-83 – Bob Ryan, Boston Globe
  • 1983-85 – Fran Blinebury, Houston Chronicle
  • 1985-87 – Phil Jasner, Philadelphia Daily News
  • 1987-88 – Don Greenberg, Orange County Register
  • 1988-90 – Jan Hubbard, Dallas Morning News
  • 1990-92 – Shaun Powell, Miami Herald
  • 1992-94 – Fred Kerber, New York Post
  • 1994-96 – Mike Kahn, Tacoma News-Tribune
  • 1996-97 – Mike Monroe, Denver Post
  • 1997-99 – Dave D'Alessandro, Newark Star Ledger
  • 1999-05 – Sam Smith, Chicago Tribune
  • 2005-07 – Steve Aschburner, Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • 2008 – Rick Bonnell, Charlotte Observer

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "Pro Basketball Writers Association: PBWA Info". InsideHoops.com. February 21, 2008. Retrieved 2011-02-18.

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