NORMAN GILLER is first in the queue of SJA members who want to be nominated to carry the Olympic torch in the relay around the country next year. But …
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Category: SJA 1948-2008
A selection of articles which reflect and celebrate 60 years of sports journalism in Britain
When Johnny Owen’s courage let him down
TALES FROM THE TOY DEPARTMENT: To conclude our series celebrating 60 years of sports journalism, we reprint HUGH McILVANNEY’s 1980 account of th…
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Sports journalism in 2008: cheaper, but not better?
TALES FROM THE TOY DEPARTMENT: In the penultimate “chapter” on the developments in sports journalism in the 60 years of the SJA, the Assoc…
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Monte Fresco’s photographic memories
TALES FROM THE TOY DEPARTMENT: MONTE FRESCO was awarded the MBE in 1995 in recognition of his long and distinguished career as one of Fleet StreetR…
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The sports editor behind 1948 medallists
As Tommy Godwin, the 1948 Olympic cyclist, prepares to attend the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards for the first time in his life tonight, he…
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The future of sport – coming to a PC near you
TALES FROM THE TOY DEPARTMENT: SJA members Kevin Mitchell and Brian Oliver were today named among the short-listed candidates for the Foreign Press As…
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From stone to on-screen layout: sport’s changing times
TALES FROM THE TOY DEPARTMENT: In our series charting 60 years of sports journalism, JOHN SAMUEL, pictured left, the former sports editor at the Daily…
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Demob happy with Hutton, Richards and Cotton
TALES FROM THE TOY DEPARTMENT: The Sports Journalists’ Association is joined in celebrating a landmark birthday this year by one of its distingu…
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When the waif of the Veldt had Fleet St on the run
TALES FROM THE TOY DEPARTMENT: It is one of the greatest sports news stories of the last 25 years. Conceived at the Daily Mail, it was an old-fashione…
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Bradman’s below average day at The Oval
TALES FROM THE TOY DEPARTMENT: In a year redolent with sporting anniversaries, PHILIP BARKER looks back to Don Bradman’s final Test match at The…
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