NORMAN GILLER's latest book is packaged up and off to the printers, and he pauses to remember an old friend and a dark period from history…
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Tag: boxing
PA’s former boxing writer Bill Martin has died
Bill Martin, one-time the chief sports correspondent for the Press Association who specialised in boxing and tennis, has died…
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Telegraph sports writer Terry Godwin has died
Terry Godwin wrote on rugby and boxing for the Telegraph, Express and People. His funeral will be held in Amersham on Dec 12…
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Member offer: free pass to Sports Science Summit
The SJA has been given three free delegates' passes - each worth more than £600 - to attend the international conference at the O2 from January 13 to…
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Patrick Collins: a sports writer of authority and style
NORMAN GILLER believes that when the Mail on Sunday’s Patrick Collins retires, we will be witnessing the career end of one of the finest of all spor…
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‘Best of his generation’ Patrick Collins to retire
"The Mail on Sunday has indulged and supported my scribblings throughout the past 32 years, and I am leaving with the warmest of memories"…
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#SJA2014: Voting opens for British Sports Awards
Hosted by Sir Michael Parkinson, with Jim Rosenthal and Sybil Ruscoe presenting the show, the 65th SJA British Sports Awards are taking place in Londo…
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Floodlights illuminate history of spectator sport
The latest book from Rob Steen has the look of a heavyweight, but SARAH JUGGINS say that it comes with a deft touch…
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Breaking headlines when gender’s on the agenda
NORMAN GILLER was less than impressed with some coverage of the news of an old friend's sex change, while he thinks the Sportsman and Sportswoman of t…
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Fun and Games, from gate-crashers to brothels
Star of stage and screen (alright, he was on last night's The One Show), SJA committee member PHILIP BARKER charts the role of sports journalists in t…
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