A Yorkshire MP whose biography claims that he supports both Manchester United and Bradford City was today confirmed as the successor to Richard Caborn…
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Month: June 2007
Northern Echo’s Amos wins plaudits
The Northern Echo‘s sportswriter Mike Amos was last night acclaimed at the Regional Press Awards, organised by Press Gazette, with Steve Riding,…
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Sports quotes of the week: 29Jun2007
The past week in quotes, on sport and journalism, including Thierry Henry, Andy Murray and the biographers of Hillary Clinton and Wayne Rooney, plus t…
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Caborn stands down but Jowell holds Olympic torch
Richard Caborn today stood down as sports minister after six years in the post, as part of new Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s cabinet reshuffle. …
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A sports journalists’ guide to Osaka
Later this summer, the athletics World Championships will be staged in Osaka, Japan. Here, in an article reproduced from the BAWA’s newsletter, …
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The Ten Commandments for the freelance life
Rob Steen finds that determination can count for much when trying to start a career in sports journalism…
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Parkinson declares the end of a TV era
Michael Parkinson, the president of the Sports Journalists’ Association, has announced that the next series of his eponymous chat show will be h…
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Happy 20th birthday, Trans World Sport
By Philip Barker Its makers claim it is the longest currently running television sports programme: Trans World Sport celebrated its 20th anniversary w…
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The essential rules of sports journalism?
Michael Rosenberg, a sports writer with the Detroit Free Press, has compiled the nine rules of journalism. You’ll need to read the original arti…
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Sports quotes of the week: 22Jun2007
Smoking, drugs and sex – some of this week’s best sports and journalism quotes, from Angel Cabrera, David Beckham, Dame Helen Mirren and L…
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