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Saturday 19 September 2020
Plus, Jonathan Wilson on his parents, loss, memory and Lance Gibbs.
Plus, Anthony Daly revists the Offaly trilogy of ’98, the ‘sit-in’ and what haunts him most from a painful year.
Plus, the New Yorker’s Louisa Thomas on the ham-handed, money-driven mangling of Sports Illustrated and Deadspin.
Plus, a profile of USA Women’s star Rose Lavelle.
Also featuring a fascinating piece on the unique craft of the hurley maker.
Plus, a piece on Megan Rapinoe’s greatest heartbreak – and hope.
Two Irish authors feature on her desert island list.
Remembering Niccolo Galli and more great reads from this week.
Featuring Wright Thompson, Marina Hyde, Paul Kimmage, Rory Smith and many more of the finest journalists out there.
The book overcame stiff competition from five other nominees.
The choices, which have been whittled down from a longlist of 16, also include Centaur, the memoir of jockey Declan Murphy.
Judy Murray’s book on life with her son Andy and a biography on the late Muhammad Ali are among the contenders.
Plus, an interview with Irish international Lindsay Peat and a piece on the legacy of the 2007 New England Patriots.
Plus Sue Ronan banned from street football and ‘Dear Football Gods, we need to talk’.
Plus, Paul Kimmage takes a unique look at some of the most celebrated figures in the world of Irish MMA.
Paul O’Connell, Joey Barton and John Kavanagh are among the big names to feature in our list.
Plus, how Kurt Angle won an Olympic gold medal ‘with a broken freakin’ neck’.
Plus, why the 1916 Philadelphia A’s might have been the worst team ever.
Also, Steven Gerrard on England and detailed look at the harrowing process of sex-testing female athletes.
Also, a tribute to the late Kimbo Slice and partying with Ronaldo in Bolivia at Copa America ’97.
Also, how Match of the Day has become relevant again and why Claudio Ranieri has been underestimated all these years.
Also, ‘The Education of Alex Rodriguez,’ Kerry GAA’s lost years and parallells between Roy Keane and Bobby Moore.
Also, the unlikely link between Andy Lee and Anton Chekhov.
Also, why Fifa needs more women and the man whose football dreams were ended by concussion.
Plus, an insightful look at Romanian rugby and why bridge is not a sport.
Also, seriously injured jockey Robbie McNamara opens up about his ‘dark days’.
Grab a cuppa and settle in to catch up on some superb articles.
Also, men fighting bears, men fighting men, and NASCAR fighting the Confederate flag.
This week also features a 1980s arcade game and a look at basketball’s mysterious triangle offence.
Also featuring ‘The Unbearable Lightness of [Billy] Beane’ and a heartfelt tribute to Tony McCoy.
There are also superb pieces on a homeless former college footballer and how the All Blacks coach their players.
Also featuring Barcelona’s identity crisis under Luis Enrique and the baddest motherf***er on the planet.
Also featuring the weird world of footballing memorabilia.
Put the kettle on and relax with these fine articles.
Also, the divisive Joey Barton talks Immanuel Kant while a NBA curiosity is remembered.
Why would you go outside when there is so much good stuff you haven’t read yet.
Plus, a look inside the world of dodgy internet Premier League streams.
Also, how Ferguson’s high school American football team are coping amidst the chaos.
Also, Grantland discuss THAT game in Space Jam and Adam Hurrey looks ahead to the new PL season.
Also, a revealing Brendan Rodgers interview and a spectacular look at boxing in Cuba.
MORE THAN THREE-quarters of people would support the government looking into the prospect of a four-day work week, according to a new survey.
This means doing the same job for the same salary, but over four days rather than five.
There have been calls for this idea to be explored already and the Four Day Week Ireland campaign today released details on its public attitude survey conducted last month.
Two out of three respondents said a four-day work week is “realistic and achievable” in the medium term.
67% of employers said they support the idea and 46% said it would be “feasible” to trial in their workplace.
“The four-day week, with no loss of pay, offers the potential of a genuinely better future for workers and employers alike,” said Joe O’Connor, director of campaigning with Fórsa trade union.
What may once have seemed like a radical concept is now, for many, a reasonable and rational ambition. The Covid-19 pandemic has further disrupted societal and workplace norms, while illustrating the potential for very different models of work.
So today we’re asking: Would you support a four-day work week?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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