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The U.S. Basketball Writers Association, founded in 1956 at the urging of then-NCAA Executive Director Walter Byers. The primary goal of the USBWA has remained constant since its inception: to serve the interests of journalists who cover college basketball.

Founded in 1973, the Professional Basketball Writers Association is a nonprofit membership organization comprised of people who regularly cover the NBA and WNBA for newspapers, magazines and websites.

The PBWA champions the rights of writers so they may provide complete, accurate and compelling coverage of professional basketball for the widest possible audience.

• Founded in 1962, the NCBWA is dedicated to the advancement of college baseball.

• Membership is open to writers, broadcasters and publicists of the sport.

• Members receive a membership card, directory and official votes in the Dick Howser Trophy (Player of the Year) and NCBWA All-America voting.

• The NCBWA also sponsors preseason All-American awards.

Founded in 1908, the Baseball Writers’ Association of America was established to assist journalists covering Major League Baseball for daily newspapers. Its purpose is to ensure proper working conditions in press boxes and clubhouses, and to ensure its members have access to players and others in the game so members’ reporting can be accurate, fair and complete.

Founded in 1941, the Football Writers Association of America consists of the men and women across North America who cover college football for a living.

 The Professional Football Writers of America (PFWA) is the official voice of pro football writers, promoting and fighting for access to NFL personnel to best serve the public. The PFWA is made up of accredited writers who cover the NFL and the 32 teams daily.

Established: Jan. 18, 1967

Mission Statement: The Professional Hockey Writers Association is dedicated to preserving the rights and improving the access for members of the North American-based media who cover hockey. The PHWA is comprised of approximately 300 dues-paying members in NHL markets who write about the sport for newspapers, magazines and online media. PHWA members vote on the following seven end-of-season NHL Awards: Hart Trophy, Calder Trophy, Selke Trophy, Lady Byng Trophy, Norris Trophy, Masterton Trophy and Conn Smythe Trophy, in addition to NHL All-Star and All-Rookie teams.

The National Sports Media Association, Inc. (NSMA) is an organization of nearly 1,000 members that honors excellence in our industry, while passing along our knowledge and history through the generations.

The object, goal and purpose of the Boxing Writers Association of America is to foster the highest professional and ethical standards in boxing journalism, both print and electronic, and to promote better working conditions for those who cover and report on the sport.

The BWAA is a professional writers’ organization, not a club for bloggers or fans. It is comprised of professional journalists whose work appears for respected news outlets on a regular basis. The BWAA is now open to video journalists who cover the sport regularly for credentialed news outlets.   

The BWAA is a natural outgrowth of an organization born in February 1926 in a midtown Manhattan hotel and christened the Boxing Writers Association of Greater New York. The group was formed to improve conditions at boxing shows for New York writers and their visiting colleagues and, in a general sense, to enhance the sport as a whole.