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# Sportswriting

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# Forza Italia
Episode 14 of the Behind The Lines podcast - featuring Paddy Agnew - is out now
Gavin Cooney is joined by the Italy-based author and journalist to discuss covering ‘Chippy’ Brady, the Vatican, the Troubles and much more in The42′s sportwriting podcast.
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Jan 14th 2020, 1:23 PM
# good reads
O'Gara and the Blue Panther, a Paralympian's struggle with euthanasia and more of the week's best sportswriting
Sit back with five of the best reads we’ve enjoyed over the last week.
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Dec 15th 2019, 8:30 AM
# Recommended reads
How everything fell apart at Manchester United and more of the week's best sportswriting
Stick the kettle on, put your feet up and enjoy some of our favourite pieces from the past seven days.
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Dec 8th 2019, 7:30 AM
# read the game
How Moyross made Keith Earls, a beautiful tribute to a late colleague and the week's best sportswriting
A selection of our favourite sporting pieces from the past seven days.
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Dec 1st 2019, 8:30 AM
# Recommended Reading
Sadio Mane's legendary generosity and more of the week's best sportswriting
Here’s a selection of some of our favourites pieces that were published over the past seven days.
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Nov 17th 2019, 8:30 AM
# good reads
Wayne in the USA, smoking for sport and the rest of the week's best sportswriting
Lazy Sundays were made for reading about Wayne Rooney’s sneaking into casinos.
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Nov 3rd 2019, 8:30 AM
# good reads
A remarkable Brian Clough tale, DeAndre Hopkins and more of the week's best sportswriting
Stick on the kettle and settle into some of our favourite reads from this week.
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Oct 20th 2019, 8:30 AM
# Recommended reads
The man overseeing Manchester United's decline and more of the week's best sportswriting
A selection of our favourite sporting pieces from the past seven days.
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Oct 13th 2019, 8:30 AM
# Well read
The real Eddie Jones, Jonny Cooper's five-in-a-row relief and more of the week's best sportswriting
Stick on the kettle and settle into some of our favourite reads from this week.
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Sep 22nd 2019, 8:30 AM
# essential reading
A detailed blueprint to fix Manchester United and more of the week's best sportswriting
Plus, a profile of USA Women’s star Rose Lavelle.
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Sep 8th 2019, 12:15 PM
# good reads
Jack O'Shea, Gunnersaurus, the Ashes and more of the week's best sportswriting
Stick on the kettle and settle into some of our favourite reads from this week.
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Sep 1st 2019, 8:30 AM
# good reads
Keith Treacy's incredible battle with alcohol and depression, and the week's best sportswriting
Stick on the kettle and settle into some of our favourite reads from this week.
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Aug 25th 2019, 8:30 AM
# good reads
A touching tribute to late Limerick boxer Kevin Sheehy and the week's best sportswriting
Plus, a heartwarming World Cup story and a family affair with the Hendersons.
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Jul 14th 2019, 8:30 AM
# recommended
ROG gets out of Dodge and more of our favourite sportswriting from the past week
After you’ve walked the dog and devoured a rasher sandwich, put your feet up and get stuck into this lot.
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Jul 7th 2019, 8:30 AM
# essential reading
How Martin O'Neill's Nottingham Forest reign crumbled and more of this week's best sportswriting
Plus, a piece on Megan Rapinoe’s greatest heartbreak – and hope.
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Jun 30th 2019, 8:30 AM
# good reads
Remembering Dublin legend Anton O'Toole, the curious case of Ben Te'o and the week's best sportswriting
Stick the kettle on and get stuck into this lot.
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May 19th 2019, 10:30 AM
# good reads
Ruby's retirement, Liverpool's Premier League bid and the week's best sportswriting
Stick the kettle on and get stuck into this lot.
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May 5th 2019, 8:30 AM
# good reads
Tiger's tale of revenge, more John Delaney and the week's best sportswriting
Chill, and take a read over these.
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Apr 21st 2019, 8:30 AM
# good reads
Solskjaer's challenge, Ajax-Juve rivalry and the week's best sportswriting
Stick the kettle on and enjoy this lot.
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Apr 14th 2019, 8:30 AM
# top notch
The week's best sportswriting, featuring the former Wasps player who defeated paralysis
Enjoy some of our favourite sporting reads from the past seven days.
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Apr 7th 2019, 8:30 AM
# top notch
Ex-Ireland international's support for cancer patients and more of the week's best sportswriting
Enjoy some of our favourite sporting reads from the past seven days.
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Mar 31st 2019, 8:30 AM
# good reads
'The furore over Tayla Harris photo' and more of the week's best sportswriting
Plus, a piece looking at the first-ever women’s match to main-event wrestling’s biggest night, which includes Ireland’s Becky Lynch.
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Mar 24th 2019, 8:30 AM
# Read all about it
'Raheem Sterling has had enough' and more of the week's best sportswriting
Start your St Patrick’s Day by tucking into some of our favourite sporting reads from the past seven days.
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Mar 17th 2019, 8:30 AM
# good reads
An emotional plea to help 2010 All-Ireland winner through illness and the week's best sportswriting
Stick the kettle on and get stuck into some of our favourite pieces of sportswriting from this week.
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Mar 10th 2019, 8:30 AM
# Winner alright
The unlikely link between M*A*S*H* and a sportswriting masterpiece
WC Heinz’s work is treated with a reverence normally reserved for Hemingway.
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Mar 3rd 2019, 10:35 AM
# read the game
I'm Kellie Harrington, Arsenal simply stopped making you feel and the week's best sportswriring
Plus, an interesting League of Ireland piece and ‘I had lost my identity, who am I without sport?’
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Feb 24th 2019, 8:30 AM
# good reads
A 'genial genius' in the GAA and more of the week's best sportswriting
Switch the kettle on, put your feet up and enjoy some of our favourite pieces from the past seven days.
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Feb 17th 2019, 8:30 AM
# Well read
How St Enda’s put the Troubles behind them and the week's best sportswriting
Here’s the best of what the sporting world had to offer.
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Feb 10th 2019, 9:32 AM
# good reads
The Rumble in the Jungle, Stephen Kenny's rise and the week's best sportswriting
Stick the kettle on and get stuck into this lot.
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Jan 27th 2019, 8:30 AM
Team Sky's legacy, alcohol sponsorship in sport and the week's best sportswriting
Sit back and enjoy some of the best of the week’s long-form writing.
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Dec 16th 2018, 10:30 AM
# good reads
Irish football's new lows, remembering Weeshie and the week's best sportswriting
Stick on the kettle and enjoy the best of the week’s sportswriting.
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Nov 25th 2018, 8:30 AM
# Well read
A get-rich-quick scheme that almost killed Borussia Dortmund and more of the week's best sportswriting
Get the kettle on, it’s that time of the week.
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Nov 4th 2018, 8:30 AM
# Well read
LeBron's media machine in Hollywood, Grobbelaar on war in Zimbabwe and the week's best sportswriting
Stick the kettle on and enjoy the best of the week’s sportswriting.
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Oct 7th 2018, 2:47 PM
# good reads
The euphoria of a Tiger Woods win and the best of this week's sportswriting
Pop the kettle on, and settle in for this week’s best reads.
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Sep 30th 2018, 10:16 AM
# Well read
The self-destruction of a £2 million teenager and more of the week's best sportswriting
Here are some of our favourite reads from the past seven days.
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Sep 23rd 2018, 8:30 AM
# read the game
A search for one's family, the Oh-So-Close Men and the week's best sportswriting
Stick on the kettle and settle into some of our favourite sports articles from this week.
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Sep 9th 2018, 8:30 AM
# read the game
Limerick's 'biggest let-down', a powerful story of struggle and survival and more of the week's best sportswriting
It’s Sunday morning so stick the kettle on and have a read of our selection of the week’s best sportswriting.
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Aug 19th 2018, 8:30 AM
# good reads
Seagulls swiping Séamus Harnedy's house keys and more of the week's best sportswriting
Settle yourself into some of our favourite pieces of sportswriting from this week.
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Aug 5th 2018, 8:39 AM
# Well read
The battle for supremacy between Match and Shoot and more of the week's best sportswriting
Some of our favourite pieces from the past seven days.
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Jul 29th 2018, 8:30 AM
# Well read
The Kiss, Croatia and Clones: Get into the week's best sportswriting
Stay in and treat yourself to some of the best things on the internet this week.
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Jul 22nd 2018, 9:26 AM
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