October 2020 – Sports Journalists' Association

October 21, 2020October 21, 2020

SJA British Sports Awards 2020: voting opens for sportsman, sportswoman and sports team of the year

Unprecedented is the adjective most used to describe our lives in 2020. Coronavirus has had such a massive impact on so many individuals and families …

October 20, 2020October 23, 2020

Cricket Writers’ Club awards for Crawley, Cook, Ecclestone and Bowser

England batsmen past and present, and a world number one spinner were among the winners of the 2020 Cricket Writers’ Club player awards. Zak Cra…

October 17, 2020October 23, 2020

No superlatives spared for Bobby Robson but ‘media mob’ take a battering

By PATRICK COLLINS, SJA President England lost a football match, and the usual suspects formed an orderly queue. Roy Keane – he of the tender heart …

October 15, 2020October 15, 2020

SJA plans industry-wide sports media survey and is looking for project partners

The Sports Journalists’ Association has put plans in place to hold a major UK industry-wide sports media survey – and we’re looking for pote…

October 15, 2020

Former Spurs official photographer Mick Eason dies at 77

Michael Eason, Tottenham’s official photographer in the 1980s, has died at the age of 77. Eason – nicknamed Micky Grecian because of…

October 14, 2020October 15, 2020

RIP John Wilford – the man who brought Clough and Revie together in TV special

John Wilford, who rose to become head of local programmes at Yorkshire Television and was first head of corporate affairs has died at the age of 80. F…

October 7, 2020

A video message from Sir Michael Parkinson and Jim Rosenthal…

A message from Sir Michael Parkinson and Jim Rosenthal Cast your vote Sir Michael and Jim join the big debate A look at some of the contenders…

October 6, 2020October 15, 2020

Sir Michael Parkinson and Jim Rosenthal join the SJA’s big debate

We’ve asked you to vote for your greatest British sportsman and woman during the life of the SJA and we know it’s provoking debate among m…

October 3, 2020October 23, 2020

talkSPORT launch apprenticeship scheme for new broadcasting talent

talkSPORT is launching a brand new apprenticeship scheme to find three young people to become valued members of the production team. Applications for …