Thursday, February 2, 2012

Philadelphia Sports Writers Association Dinner

On Monday, January 30, the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association held their 108th Annual Awards Dinner.

I'm a member of the PSWA.

The dinner is a good time for sports fans with sports celebs like Hunter Pence, Charlie Manuel and Claude Giroux among those in attendence.

Last year, I gave Shane Victorino our Humanitarian Award. This year, I held the time keeper's bell while Jacqui Frazier Lyde, daughter of "Smokin" Joe Frazier rang it, giving her father a traditional boxer's salute of a ten count on the bell.  It's always done when a boxer passes away.

Jacqui decided to ramble on about herself, Title 9 and half a dozen other things before getting to the bell ringing...and then rang it too many times. But, the actual ringing once we got to it was poignant.

You can see highlights from the dinner here:

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