Pro Basketball Writers Association

The Pro Basketball Writers Association (PBWA) is a professional nonprofit organization for sportswriters writers and editors who write about professional basketball, including the National Basketball Association (NBA)for newspapers, magazines and websites.[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]

See also

Awards Held by PBWAA

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Pro Basketball Writers Association: PBWA Info". InsideHoops.com. February 21, 2008. Retrieved 2011-02-18.
  2. "Stephen Curry named winner of the 2015-16 Magic Johnson Award". usatoday.com. May 4, 2016. Retrieved May 4, 2016.

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