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Comment on Tight competition and tough calls for 2012 SJA Awards by Tell me why … my Wembley trips with Wrexham bode badly for Bundesliga’s finest « Sporting Intelligence

Tue, 07 May 2013 13:41:17 +0000

[...] as Sports Journalist of the Year in the prestigious Press Awards, and highly commended in the SJA Sports News Reporter of 2012 category, is The Independent’s Northern Football Correspondent (see archive of his work [...]

Comment on Shooting the messengers won’t alter Millwall by Randall Northam

Randall Northam — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:24:20 +0000

My last memory of covering Millwall was standing with other reporters interviewing a senior policeman after a match. A car drove past, the driver wound down the window and asked: “You Press?”

On hearing we were, he replied:” Slags” and drove off.

I remember in that moment how the late Dai Davies, then on Hayters, was covering Millwall v Burnley at the old Den. He was telephoning a report with a Burnley angle when a Millwall supporter leant over and stubbed his cigaratte on Dai’s cheek.

Comment on Crawley’s Barker making headlines for wrong reasons by neilwilson

neilwilson — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:23:16 +0000

Reminds me of the occasion when The Guardian’s Frank Keating was hauled before the All England Club power that be to be informed he was banned for the rest of the Wimbledon championships for something he had written. “Can you make it for life, please,” he replied.

Comment on A history of match reports from a gas-lit era by » Goal-Post: Victorian FootballGoal-Post

» Goal-Post: Victorian FootballGoal-Post — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:27:03 +0000

[...] written by its first paid observers. It is a brilliant idea, thoughtfully executed.’ – Sports Journalists’ Association ‘There has been a recent growth of interest in Victorian football, possibly because, as the [...]

Comment on Tight competition and tough calls for 2012 SJA Awards by Tell me why … all this Premier League money has made so many fans so miserable « Sporting Intelligence

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:00:17 +0000

Comment on #SJA2012 awards in pictures: some highlights by Photographer Andrew Boyers – Action Images – winner SJA Sports Picture of the Year | Photo Archive News

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 07:19:06 +0000

[...] “Sports Picture of the Year” category at the 2012 Sports Journalists’ Association (SJA) British Sports Journalism Awards this week. The winning image, above, is a shot of South Korea’s Woojin Hwang being dismounted [...]

Comment on Tight competition and tough calls for 2012 SJA Awards by Tell me why … society demands black and white when real life is 50 shades of grey « Sporting Intelligence

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:26:37 +0000

[...] as Sports Journalist of the Year in the prestigious Press Awards, and is shortlisted as the SJA Sports News Reporter of 2012, is The Independent’s Northern Football Correspondent (see archive of his work here). [...]

Comment on Sports journalism – women’s final frontier? by Ideas for women's sports broadcasting | Women's Views on News

Ideas for women's sports broadcasting | Women's Views on News — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:09:50 +0000

[...] a 2006 interview with the Sports Journalists’ Assocation, Shelley Alexander was optimistic about women’s opportunities in the sports [...]

Comment on Tight competition and tough calls for 2012 SJA Awards by Sporting chance for cartoonists | Procartoonists.org

Sporting chance for cartoonists | Procartoonists.org — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:58:10 +0000

[...] The Procartoonists.org members Huw Aaron and Nick Newman are among the nominees in the sports cartoonist category at the 2012 Sports Journalism Awards. [...]

Comment on Tight competition and tough calls for 2012 SJA Awards by jon.massey

jon.massey — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 13:43:02 +0000

Go on Laurie Whitwell !!!