Greg Bishop of Sports Illustrated, Scott Pitoniak of the Rochester Business Journal, Ian O’Connor of ESPN.com, Seth Wickersham and Don Van Natta of ESPN the Magazine and Brian Allee-Walsh of SportsNOLA.com all won first place in their respective categories in the Professional Football Writers of America’s 2016 Dick Connor Writing Awards. The Connor Awards encompass […]
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Dave Goldberg Pro Football HOF McCann Award video
The 2015 PFWA Dick McCann Award winner, the late Dave Goldberg, received his award posthumously at the start of the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Enshrinement Ceremony on Aug. 8, 2015 in Canton, Ohio. The Hall of Fame produced a video on Goldberg’s career as part of the ceremony. (more…)
Former AP writer Dave Goldberg selected as PFWA 2015 Dick McCann Award winner
The late Dave Goldberg, who spent 41 years at The Associated Press including 25 as the AP’s lead NFL writer from 1984-2009, has been selected as the 2015 Dick McCann Award winner by the Professional Football Writers of America (PFWA). Goldberg, the 47th McCann Award winner, is the second member of the AP to receive […]
PFWA announces 2014 Dick Connor Writing Awards
Michael Schottey of Bleacher Report, Michael Lev of the Orange County Register, Scott Pitoniak of the Rochester Business Journal, Ralph Vacchiano of the New York Daily News, Seth Wickersham of ESPN the Magazine and Kyle J. Rodriguez of ColtsAuthority.com and Bleacher Report all won first place in their respective categories in the Professional Football Writers […]
Passing of PFWA member Lynn DeBruin
Hello Members, I’d like to share some sad news with the membership about the passing of Lynn DeBruin, former NFL beat writer at the Mesa Tribune (Arizona Cardinals) and Rocky Mountain News. Lynn died Saturday morning, Sept. 7, 2013, at age 51 after a 12-year battle with breast cancer. She had her sister, Linda, and […]
PFWA announces 2013 Dick Connor Writing Awards
Jason Cole, formerly of Yahoo! Sports, won two first-place awards, while Jason Wilde of ESPNWisconsin.com, David Moore of the Dallas Morning News, Seth Wickersham of ESPN the Magazine and Nate Dunlevy of ColtsAuthority.com also won first place in their respective categories in the Professional Football Writers of America’s 2013 Dick Connor Writing Awards. The Connor Awards […]