Phil Jasner

Phil Jasner joined the staff of the Philadelphia Daily News in 1972. He has covered the 76ers and the NBA on a full-time basis since 1981. Jasner is a past president of the Professional Basketball Writers Association and the Philadelphia College Basketball Writers Association. He was the Pennsylvania Sports Writer of the Year for 1999, and was presented the 2004 Curt Gowdy Media Award, presented by the Naismith Basketball Hall Of Fame for outstanding contributions to the sport during his career; he was a finalist for the award in 2001, when he also received a lifetime achievement award from the Professional Basketball Writers Association during the NBA Finals. Along the way, he has covered high school sports, the Philadelphia Big 5, the Eagles and the NFL, the World Football League, the North American Soccer League and what was then the Major Indoor Soccer League. He is a proud graduate of Temple University, and spent his early professional days at the Pottstown (Pa.) Mercury, Montgomery Newspapers (Fort Washington, Pa.), the Norristown (Pa.) Times-Herald and the Trentonian.

Email Phil at jasnerp@phillynews.com

Thaddeus Young has become rising star for Sixers.

Phil Jasner: Sixers should make Thaddeus Young untouchable

Posted 05/22/2008

IN THE DAYS immediately following the conclusion of the 76ers' season, I forgot to mention that . . .

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