PHILIP BARKER gets his hands on that true first sign of spring, the year’s new edition of Wisden
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Sugong: The Life Of A Shaolin Grandmaster is a rip-roaring adventure yarn that kept this reader up until the small hours, such is Nick Hurst’s easy style and his ability to tell such a remarkable story
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The Hillsborough disaster has been making headlines again this week. As we approach the tragedy’s 23rd anniversary, ANTON RIPPON reviews the autobiography of a newspaperman who found himself in charge of the newsroom that day
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ANTON RIPPON saddles up again for more period tales that could be scenes from Downton Abbey or Upstairs Downstairs. Except this really happened
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A Man in a Hurry “tells the enthralling story of Edward Payson Weston, who, for a period in the 19th century, was one of the most famous people in the English-speaking world”
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John Carlos, whose gloved left fist left far more of an imprint on society than the ones swung rather more violently by Mike Tyson, will make a rare and welcome visit to England in May – thanks to an SJA member
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8 Feb
2012
2012
How to bring the Olympic Games to book
While the world’s Olympic and Paralympic competitors are in heavy training for the London Games, so, too, should be the sports journalists who will be covering the event. Here, a panel of SJA contributors, including ANTON RIPPON, SYBIL RUSCOE and STEVEN DOWNES offer some recommended reading
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STEVEN DOWNES reviews one of those rarities in sports publishing: a humorous book which is genuinely funny
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Watford-born-and-bred Michael Calvin spent a season as a fly on the Millwall. The resulting self-published book has now been picked up by a publisher and appeared with an updated edition
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RANDALL NORTHAM, the SJA’s Treasurer, also runs a small sports books publishing business. He’s considering battling his way through the jungle of distributors and books shops
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