By ANTON RIPPON Leeds spygate was all over the media at the weekend. The Leeds United-Derby County clash at Elland Road, televised b…
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VIEW FROM THE PRESSBOX: when football finally hit the tv jackpot
As Richard Scudamore prepares to ride off into the sunset after changing the financial face of football thanks to tv revenue, ANTON RIPPON looks back …
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MEN on-line survey maps Manchester fans ahead of derby
By ANTON RIPPON It’s an old joke: the Queen fits the exact profile of a Manchester United supporter – she knows nothing about football a…
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Regional racing tipsters catch nationals napping
By ANTON RIPPON Two regional dailies led a 50-strong field that included national newspaper tipsters going into the last day of the 2018 Racing …
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NCTJ publish list of 238 ‘most respected journalists’ but what about the red tops?
By ANTON RIPPON A 238-strong list of the “most respected journalists”, as nominated by their peers, includes only 20 sports journalists – …
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Old-school Northern Echo reporter Johnson dies at the age of 78
By ANTON RIPPON Frank Johnson, whose most precious technical aid was the pen-knife he used to sharpen his pencil, has died at the age of 78. Johnson w…
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How award-winning photographer Les Parkin took the European Cup home
By ANTON RIPPON AN award-winning photographer whose work regularly adorned the sports pages of the nation’s newspapers during Brian Clough’s glory…
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SJA2018 British Sports Awards: The case for Dina Asher-Smith
Voting is now open for the SJA2018 British Sports Awards sponsored by The National Lottery. As far as ANTON RIPPON is concerned, there is only one con…
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From the press box: 1966 and the day England lost the World Cup
Geraint Thomas’s Tour de France trophy has been stolen during a nationwide tour but that’s nothing when compared to the day England lost t…
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From the press box: When sport comes under fire
When war meets sport. And sport wins. ANTON RIPPON reports. IT’S a year this month since spectators at The Oval were urged to take cover for their o…
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