By PATRICK COLLINS Sports writers of a certain vintage will recall a punishing stream of long nights and hilarious days in the company of the brillian…
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The Great Romantic: Cardus book a must for aspiring sports journalists
By ERIC BROWN He was born illegitimate in a Manchester slum and never knew his father. His mother and aunt worked in a family laundry business by day …
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SJA in call for more diversity at British Sports Journalism Awards
The SJA is today calling for more diversity at the British Sports Journalism Awards. More than 600 people gathered at the Westminster Bridge Park Plaz…
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Thanks for the laughter – RIP Hugh McIlvanney
PATRICK COLLINS, SJA president, pays a wonderful tribute to Hugh McIlvanney, who has died at the age of 84 One winter evening in the eig…
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VIDEO REPLAY: Hannah Cockroft SJA 2017 Sportswoman of the Year
How time flies. A year ago Hannah Cockroft made history by becoming the first para athlete to win THE big award of sportswoman of the year. Who …
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RIP James Lawton: gift for a soaring phrase, an eye for the glib and phoney
By PATRICK COLLINS, President of the SJA The taxi was ordered, the table was booked, and the Roman restaurant came with the highest recommendatio…
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In memory of ‘Mr Chips’ Vic Railton, 40 years on
By John Goodbody Former colleagues of Vic Railton, the inimitable football correspondent of the London Evening News, commemorated the 40th anniversary…
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Documentary tells story which was more than black and white
VIEW FROM THE PRESSBOX: Did we really accept this as "normal"? PATRICK COLLINS reviews a gently absorbing, and disturbing, BBC documentary…
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Ali: ‘The splendour of his charisma, his eternal appeal’
There has been an outpouring of grief and respect for Muhammad Ali, who died in Arizona on Friday aged 74. Many of the tributes and obituaries have be…
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Collins rates Leicester’s season with the best
Patrick Collins, the President of the SJA, says Leicester City and Claudio Ranieri "has reminded us that sport is about celebration rather than confli…
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