At the PFWA Annual Meeting in Miami on January 31 during Super Bowl LIV week, the PFWA membership ratified a new set of bylaws for the organization. PFWA President Bob Glauber explained that the new bylaws took into account the current structure of the PFWA with local chapters in each NFL city, as well as […]
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PFWA Statement on Cam Newton comment
A statement from the Pro Football Writers of America (Oct. 4, 2017): The Pro Football Writers of America strongly condemn Cam Newton’s demeaning comment toward a female media member Wednesday afternoon. When Charlotte Observer Panthers beat writer Jourdan Rodrigue asked Newton during his weekly news conference how he felt about receiver Devin Funchess embracing the […]

PFWA announces 2016 Dick Connor Writing Awards
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 […]

PFWA announces 2015 Dick Connor Writing Awards
Joe Person, Jonathan Jones and Michael Gordon of the Charlotte Observer, Greg Bishop of Sports Illustrated, Scott Pitoniak of the Rochester Business Journal, Tyler Dunne of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Brian T. Smith of the Houston Chronicle and Brian Allee-Walsh of SportsNOLA.com all won first place in their respective categories in the Professional Football Writers […]