By ANTON RIPPON TERRY O’CONNOR, an early member of what became the Sports Journalists’ Association, and its chairman in 1961, has died at th…
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Award-winner Blackbrow told ‘you’ll make a good dustman’
Award-winning former Daily Mail photographer Ted Blackbrow has died after a short illness, aged 78. One of the finest sports and news photographers of…
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Mail man James, who forecast England 1966 win, dies at 87
Brian James, an outstanding sports and feature writer from the early 1960s through to the turn of the century, has died of heart failure at the age of…
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Peter Lea, former Daily Mail sports editor, has died
Peter Lea, sports editor of the Daily Mail from 1987-1990, died on Friday at age 81. He had been ill since breaking a leg in a fall at home in Decembe…
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Empathy, excellence and realism: SJA awards night
The day after the night before and all our 2016 SJA British Sports Journalism Award winners have had time to let their success sink in. Committee memb…
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Top prizes for Hayward and the Daily Mail
PETER JACKSON, chairman of the writing judges, reports on a gala occasion to celebrate the Oscars of British sports journalism on a night when all the…
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Mail man Webster’s legacy to legend ‘Wor Jackie’
Bryan Webster, the former Daily Mail assistant editor and northern sports editor, died on Sunday, aged 84. Bryan’s death came only days after hi…
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Mail on Sunday sports editor Alison Kervin receives OBE
'Although the award's presented to me, it's very much a tribute to a wonderful team at Sportsmail and everything we've done'…
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Red Nev and his barely read newspapers
VIEW FROM THE SOFA: Former Manchester United and England defender Gary Neville created a stir last month with some of his comments in his new role as …
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Ron Beagley: a legend of his own lunchtimes
Beagley served on what was then the Sports Writers' Association's committee from the 1960s into the 1980s, when for a long period he was the official …
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