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'If you said to me, 'Is there more doping in football than we think?' I would say yes'
David Walsh is our guest on this week’s edition of Behind the Lines.
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Aug 4th 2020, 4:26 PM
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'He just can't help himself. If he could, he would have got right back into favour'
David Walsh, chief sportswriter with the Sunday Times, is our guest on this week’s Behind the Lines.
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Jul 28th 2020, 2:58 PM
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'How in God’s name did they get married?' - The cheating athlete and the anti-doping zealot who blew the whistle on Russia
David Walsh talks to The42 about his new book, The Russian Affair.
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Jul 25th 2020, 7:00 AM
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'I just sat at the back thinking, 'These lads' lives have changed beyond all comprehension'
Kieran McCarthy is this week’s guest on Behind the Lines.
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Jul 21st 2020, 12:17 PM
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Making us dream while telling Pavarotti to 'Shut the f**k up' - Celebrating Jack Charlton's remarkable life
George Hamilton and Phillip Quinn joined us for a special edition of Behind the Lines.
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Jul 14th 2020, 5:43 PM
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'He didn’t become a fully formed human being until his heavyweight title was stripped away'
Legendary American sportswriter Robert Lipsyte discusses Muhammad Ali on this week’s edition of Behind the Lines.
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Jun 23rd 2020, 12:00 PM
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'Corporations now want to be on the right side of history. The NFL should not be allowed to participate in that'
Author and ESPN senior writer Howard Bryant is this week’s guest on Behind the Lines, and tells us why the NFL’s recent apology is unacceptable.
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Jun 9th 2020, 3:24 PM
# Genius Week
'He was almost poetic' - Gary Lineker tells us about Hugh McIlvanney's genius
The Match of the Day presenter celebrates one of sportswriting’s masters in a special edition of the Behind the Lines podcast.
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Jun 2nd 2020, 11:34 AM
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'It's important to recognise that men's sport has had investment and privilege that most of women's sport never had'
Anna Kessel is this week’s guest on Behind the Lines.
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May 26th 2020, 8:00 AM
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'Maybe I suppressed a laugh that it took 30 years for Jordan to say, 'Ok, I was a jerk, but who cares?'
Sam Smith, author of the controversial Jordan Rules, is our guest on this week’s Behind the Lines.
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May 19th 2020, 7:00 AM
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'Football matters so deeply in Mayo that it kind of defies belief that they haven't won more'
‘House of Pain’ author Keith Duggan is this week’s guest on Behind the Lines.
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May 12th 2020, 7:15 AM
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'I told him, 'I'm writing about you on Sunday, and I think you should read it'
Liam Hayes is this week’s guest on Behind the Lines, and spoke of writing about himself, Sean Boylan, and his Meath team-mates in his playing days.
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May 5th 2020, 8:00 AM
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'I ate paper and drank ink to prove how attached we were to print'
Danny Kelly is this week’s guest on Behind the Lines.
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Apr 21st 2020, 7:00 AM
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'Seaman comes through the mixed zone crying...and one of the journalists starts booing him'
Miguel Delaney is this week’s guest on Behind the Lines.
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Apr 14th 2020, 12:49 PM
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'I remember saying, 'Oh my God...even on a sinking ship he is doing things like that'
Kerry great Dara Ó Cinnéide is this week’s guest on Behind the Lines.
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Apr 7th 2020, 12:00 PM
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'I watched Roy Keane stare down a cloud and make the wind go away'
Jonathan Wilson tells the tale as our latest guest on Behind the Lines.
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Mar 31st 2020, 8:00 AM
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'There was huge snobbery then to the GAA, even in the broader culture'
Kieran Cunningham is this week’s guest on Behind the Lines.
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Mar 24th 2020, 10:00 AM
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'I’m sitting in Bosman’s house on the morning they’ve found in his favour...it makes my career'
Graham Hunter is this week’s guest on Behind the Lines.
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Mar 19th 2020, 12:35 PM
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'You don't have to be an asshole to be ambitious' - How to land your dream job...via the NBA draft
Jeff Pearlman was this week’s guest on Behind the Lines.
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Mar 10th 2020, 10:44 AM
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'Your future depends on the decisions you make every day' - How The Ringer became a $200 million success
Bryan Curtis, the site’s Editor-at-Large, is this week’s guest on Behind The Lines.
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Feb 25th 2020, 9:00 AM
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An alternative Christmas reading list, as picked by guests of our sportswriting podcast
Stick the kettle on and enjoy a few classic pieces.
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Dec 25th 2019, 9:00 AM
# dark trade
Episode 9 of the Behind The Lines podcast - featuring Donald McRae - is out now
The award-winning author is this week’s guest.
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Nov 5th 2019, 12:34 PM
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Episode 7 of Behind The Lines - with Jonathan Liew - is out now
The Independent’s superb Chief Sports Writer is our guest this week.
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Oct 8th 2019, 7:00 AM
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Episode 6 of the Behind the Lines podcast - featuring Tommy Conlon - is available now
The author and Sunday Independent columnist is this week’s guest.
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Sep 24th 2019, 6:00 AM
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Episode 5 of the Behind The Lines podcast - featuring Glenn Stout - is available now
The series editor of the iconic Best American Sportswriting anthology joins us on the latest edition of the show.
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Sep 10th 2019, 7:00 AM
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Listen: Episode 2 of Behind The Lines with Rory Smith of The New York Times
Rory shared some great insights and stories from his career – beginning with his days as a showbiz writer in London.
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Jul 30th 2019, 10:45 AM
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