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# Sportswriting

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# Well read
The World Cup winner who now sells swimming pools — and more of the week's best sportswriting
Some of our favourite reads from the past seven days.
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Jul 15th 2018, 8:30 AM
# Enjoyable Reads
How Senegal stunned France at the 2002 World Cup and more of the week's best sportswriting
Settle yourself into some brilliant reads from this week.
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Jun 24th 2018, 8:30 AM
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How Southgate erased lingering effects of the Golden Generation and more of the week's best sportswriting
It’s Sunday morning and you know what that means… stick the kettle on and feast your eyes on some brilliant long reads.
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Jun 17th 2018, 8:30 AM
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The man who revolutionised goalkeeping, Dennis Rodman's genius and the week's best sportswriting
It’s Sunday morning and you know what that means… stick the kettle on and feast your eyes on some brilliant long reads.
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Jun 10th 2018, 8:45 AM
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76ers social media storm, white rage and the 'big nothing' of Liverpool's Champions League final defeat
Poor you! It’s the week’s best sportswriting.
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Jun 3rd 2018, 8:40 AM
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Another Ferguson, the turbulent life of Eamonn Magee and the rest of the week's best sportswriting
Stick the kettle on and treat yourself to a taste of what the internet had to offer this week.
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May 13th 2018, 9:00 AM
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Juventus fighting the forces of time and more of the week's best sportswriting
A selection of our favourite pieces from the past seven days.
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Apr 29th 2018, 8:30 AM
# read the game
The Irish teenager dreaming big at Inter Milan and the week's best sportswriting
A few teasers for some of our favourite sportswriting from the week that was.
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Apr 8th 2018, 8:30 AM
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The Italian George Best who was killed at 24 and more of the week's best sportswriting
Here’s what we enjoyed reading over the past seven days.
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Apr 1st 2018, 8:30 AM
# good reads
Whatever happened to the Zaire player who kicked a ref up the backside and this week's best sportswriting
Plus, Wright Thompson has written a typically excellent piece for ESPN on Geno Auriemma.
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Mar 25th 2018, 8:30 AM
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'The end is really the beginning' and more of the week's best sportswriting
It’s Sunday morning and you know what that means… stick the kettle on and feast your eyes on some brilliant long reads.
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Mar 18th 2018, 10:45 AM
# long reads
The Paris project before PSG, Team Sky's controversy and the week's best sportswriting
It’s Sunday morning and you know what that means… stick the kettle on and feast your eyes on some brilliant long reads.
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Mar 11th 2018, 8:30 AM
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'Last year I divorced my football team' - The week's best sportswriting
Stick the kettle on, there…
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Mar 4th 2018, 8:30 AM
# Well read
The new face of Six Nations TV coverage and more of the week's best sportswriting
Some of our favourite reads from the past seven days.
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Feb 4th 2018, 8:30 AM
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'The pictures are better on radio' and more of the Week's Best Sportswriting
Plus the powerful testimony of Larry Nassar’s victims and an astonishing piece from Korea.
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Jan 28th 2018, 8:30 AM
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Robbie Fowler and Rafael van der Vaart in Monaghan and more of the week's best sportswriting
Get stuck into some of our favourite pieces from the last seven days.
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Jan 14th 2018, 8:30 AM
# Sportswriting
Colin Kaepernick has a job - The best American sportswriting of 2017
From Kap’s continued absence from the NFL to the search for the next LeBron.
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Dec 27th 2017, 8:30 AM
# read the game
Stringer at 40, Phil Taylor's curtain call and the week's best sportswriting
It’s Sunday morning and you know what that means….. stick the kettle on and feast your eyes on some brilliant long reads.
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Dec 17th 2017, 11:48 AM
# good reads
Sumo scandals, finding peace in a Greek monastery and the rest 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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Nov 26th 2017, 8:44 AM
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NFL civil war, entering free Derry and the rest of the week's best sportswriting
Get the kettle on reflect on a huge week of sport.
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Nov 19th 2017, 9:41 AM
# the42book
The42's first book Behind The Lines is full of great Irish sports stories... and out now
If you like sportswriting, you’ll love this.
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Nov 15th 2017, 8:25 PM
# read the game
Overcoming addiction to reach the top again, Ireland's rebel without a pause and the week's best sportswriting
It’s Sunday morning and you know what that means….. stick the kettle on and feast your eyes on some brilliant long reads.
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Nov 12th 2017, 8:30 AM
# Sunday Reads
The day a non-league defender marked Aubameyang and the week's best sportswriting
Stick the kettle on.
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Nov 5th 2017, 10:00 AM
Oranje decline, Chalkie courage, ESPN's lack thereof and the rest of the week's best sportswriting
Five of our favourite pieces of sportswriting from the week that was.
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Oct 22nd 2017, 8:30 AM
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A good word for Premiership Rugby, Cleveland worship Jobu and more of the week's best sportswriting
Plus, a word on Trump v sports and the man who lifts the roof off the San Paolo.
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Oct 1st 2017, 8:30 AM
# long reads
Remembering Jimmy Magee, online trolls and the week's best sportswriting
Plus, we have Ronan O’Gara writing a tribute piece in memory of Ex-Munster and Leinster Rugby media official Pat Geraghty.
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Sep 24th 2017, 8:30 AM
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The tragic legacy of Darren Sutherland, doping for a documentary and the week's best sportswriting
Plus we have Jemele Hill on the controversy surrounding ESPN after comments she made about President Trump.
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Sep 17th 2017, 8:30 AM
# essential reading
Controversial portrait of McGregor's Dublin, booing Gatlin and the week's best sportswriting
Plus, an interview with Irish international Lindsay Peat and a piece on the legacy of the 2007 New England Patriots.
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Aug 13th 2017, 8:30 AM
# long reads
How to write GAA articles like Jim McGuinness and the week's best sportswriting
Also, an Olympian’s struggles with retirement and has football in London lost its soul?
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Aug 6th 2017, 8:30 AM
# Well read
Roberto Baggio's career, the dangers of being a jockey and the week's best sportswriting
Plus, the greatness of Roger Federer.
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Jul 23rd 2017, 8:30 AM
# Cream of the Crop
The right-wing revolt against 'liberal' ESPN and the rest of the week's best sportswriting
Boil the kettle. It’s time for your weekly dose of the good stuff.
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Jul 16th 2017, 8:30 AM
# Sunday Reads
Boycotting Aston Villa after 30 years following the signing of John Terry and the week's best sportswriting
Browse this week’s offerings over a morning coffee.
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Jul 9th 2017, 8:30 AM
# Sunday Reads
The wonderful life of an umpire, a triumph over adversity and the week's best sportswriting
There’s also a candid interview with a former Tottenham and Liverpool defender.
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Jul 2nd 2017, 8:30 AM
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Harry Arter's 'waves' and more of the week's best sportswriting
You’ll need to sit down for this.
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Jun 18th 2017, 8:45 AM
# long reads
Ronnie O'Sullivan and politics, Tupac and high school football - it's the week's best sportswriting
Plus, the story of the most successful underage team in Irish football’s history.
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May 28th 2017, 8:30 AM
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The glory days of the Cork-Tipp rivalry and more of the week's best sportswriting
A selection of our favourite reads from the past seven days to help you ease your way into Sunday.
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May 21st 2017, 8:30 AM
# long reads
The careless reporting on Aaron Hernandez, the Steph-KD dynamic and the week's best sportswriting
Plus, Dele Alli, Twitter loneliness and the cautionary tale of Renato Sanches.
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May 7th 2017, 8:30 AM
# Well read
What happens when soccer bans heading and more of the week's best sportswriting
Take your pick from this lot but make sure that kettle is boiled first.
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Apr 30th 2017, 8:30 AM
# read the game
Coleman's rise to the top, Jim McClean's forgotten glory years at Dundee and the week's best sportswriting
Plus, the last days of Aaron Hernandez’s life before his death this week.
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Apr 23rd 2017, 8:30 AM
# long reads
A football interview with a difference, the rise of Tiger and the week's best sportswriting
Wrestlemania, doping in football and the loss of the Oakland Raiders’ ‘Black Hole’ were also the subject of excellent journalism.
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Apr 2nd 2017, 8:30 AM
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