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# Best Sportswriting

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James McClean and football’s unhealthy obsession with depoliticising the poppy, and the week's best sportswriting
10 Nov 2019
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Alberto Salazar's ghostwriter speaks and more of the week's best sportswriting
27 Oct 2019
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The real Eddie Jones, Jonny Cooper's five-in-a-row relief and more of the week's best sportswriting
22 Sep 2019
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Direct provision, Derry, Ireland and more of the week's best sportswriting
15 Sep 2019
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Keith Treacy's incredible battle with alcohol and depression, and the week's best sportswriting
25 Aug 2019
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Manchester City 'a sportswashing instrument,' and more of the week's best sportswriting
11 Aug 2019
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How ESPN deal with Donald Trump and the rest of the week's best sportswriting
28 Jul 2019
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How Martin O'Neill's Nottingham Forest reign crumbled and more of this week's best sportswriting
30 Jun 2019
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Mike Tyson's weed resort and the rest of the week's best sportswriting
23 Jun 2019
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Henderson's emotional embrace, the loneliness of tennis's 'snitch', and more of the week's best sportswriting
9 Jun 2019
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The X Factor of Derry club football, Gary Neville's punditry shortfall and the week's best sportswriting
28 Apr 2019
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Tiger's tale of revenge, more John Delaney and the week's best sportswriting
21 Apr 2019
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Solskjaer's challenge, Ajax-Juve rivalry and the week's best sportswriting
14 Apr 2019
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Bale's 'forgettable unforgettable' career, the death of Ring, and the week's best sportswriting
3 Mar 2019
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I'm Kellie Harrington, Arsenal simply stopped making you feel and the week's best sportswriring
24 Feb 2019
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How St Enda’s put the Troubles behind them and the week's best sportswriting
10 Feb 2019
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The meaning of sport, Joe's long goodbye and the week's best sportswriting
3 Feb 2019
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Solveig and Hegerberg, the greatest game never played and the week's best sportswriting
9 Dec 2018
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Copa Libertadores mayhem, comparing Pat Spillane to Donald Trump and the week's best sportswriting
2 Dec 2018
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Googling Gaelic football, 'the best decision' of Kevin Cassidy's life and the week's best sportswriting
18 Nov 2018
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LeBron's media machine in Hollywood, Grobbelaar on war in Zimbabwe and the week's best sportswriting
7 Oct 2018
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Forgetting how to lose, hurling's happy existence in the quiet life and all the best week's sportswriting
26 Aug 2018
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Why Man United vetoed Jose Mourinho’s transfer wishlist and all the week's best sportswriting
12 Aug 2018
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Diego Maradona's blatant disregard for the rules and more of this week's best sportswriting
1 Jul 2018
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How Southgate erased lingering effects of the Golden Generation and more of the week's best sportswriting
17 Jun 2018
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76ers social media storm, white rage and the 'big nothing' of Liverpool's Champions League final defeat
3 Jun 2018
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The story of Arsenal's tragic lost star in the making and more of the week's best sportswriting
27 May 2018
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The famous soccer player hiding in plain sight in a bakery and more of the week's best sportswriting
6 May 2018
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Whatever happened to the Zaire player who kicked a ref up the backside and this week's best sportswriting
25 Mar 2018
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The Paris project before PSG, Team Sky's controversy and the week's best sportswriting
11 Mar 2018
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Appreciating the League of Ireland for its current glories and the rest of the week's best sportswriting
18 Feb 2018
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The galling case of New York versus the Collins family and the rest of the week's best sportswriting
21 Jan 2018
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The Patriots' civil war, Right-Wing Ronaldinho and the best of the week's sportswriting
7 Jan 2018
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'Sports can’t sink much lower than Mayweather-McGregor' and 25 more of the best articles from 2017
31 Dec 2017
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Stringer at 40, Phil Taylor's curtain call and the week's best sportswriting
17 Dec 2017
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From the FA Vase to the Bernabeu, coming out at 47 and the week's best sportswriting
3 Dec 2017
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Sumo scandals, finding peace in a Greek monastery and the rest of the week's best sportswriting
26 Nov 2017
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Overcoming addiction to reach the top again, Ireland's rebel without a pause and the week's best sportswriting
12 Nov 2017
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Oranje decline, Chalkie courage, ESPN's lack thereof and the rest of the week's best sportswriting
22 Oct 2017
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Remembering Jimmy Magee, online trolls and the week's best sportswriting
24 Sep 2017
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