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# Best Sportswriting

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A tribute to Seán Boylan, what if Cantona never left Leeds and the week’s best sportswriting
12 Jul 2015
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Brazil's demise, Sampras' reflection and all the week’s best sportswriting
5 Jul 2015
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Mo's missed drug tests, Kimbo v Shamrock and all the week's best sportswriting
28 Jun 2015
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You snooze, you win, Shaq looks back and the week's best sportswriting
26 Apr 2015
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What it's like to run a marathon in North Korea and the week's best sportswriting
19 Apr 2015
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Why Keane is greater than Giggs and notes on Wrestlemania; the week’s best sportswriting
5 Apr 2015
8.6k
'Farcical' LOI, Di Maria an uninterested bystander and the week's best sportswriting
15 Mar 2015
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Marty Jannetty, longball football and mathematical modelling - It's the week's best sportswriting
1 Mar 2015
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A-Rod, the Don and the week's best sportswriting
22 Feb 2015
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Warren Gatland recalls his school days and David Meyler opens up: It’s the week’s best sportswriting
1 Feb 2015
4.6k
Chasing the dream and the inevitable end: It's the week's best sportswriting
11 Jan 2015
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Ken Early on Steven Gerrard and the rest of the week’s best sportswriting
4 Jan 2015
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The other Irish cricketer who captained England and the rest of the week’s best sportswriting
28 Dec 2014
2.1k
Remembering Páidí Ó Sé and David Gillick on mental strength; the week’s best sportswriting
21 Dec 2014
4.5k
Wrestlers you won't believe existed and the link between Springsteen and baseball; the week’s best sportswriting
9 Nov 2014
4.3k
The relationship between rugby + NFL and the FAI's ticketing fiasco; it’s the week’s best sportswriting
2 Nov 2014
5.1k
A tribute to Serena and the sad ballad of Ken Caminiti; it's the week's best sportswriting
19 Oct 2014
3.4k
Cruyff on football's lost values and Roger Goodell's parental paradox; it's the week's best sportswriting
14 Sep 2014
4.8k
The GAA's role in the NFL's future and the craziest stunt in wresting; it's the week's best sportswriting
7 Sep 2014
4.6k
The value of Di Maria and behind the scenes of MNF; it's the week's best sportswriting
31 Aug 2014
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George Best's time in Cork and the Louis Van Gaal dossier; the week's best sportswriting
24 Aug 2014
4.8k
Robin Williams' relationship with golf and Oisín McConville on goalkeeping; the week’s best sportswriting
17 Aug 2014
5.4k
The decline of Ireland's elite footballers and why Remember the Titans is a lie; the week’s best sportswriting
3 Aug 2014
8.4k
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Saipan revisited, Mayweather in jail and Cliftonville's fight for gay rights; the week’s best sportswriting
4 May 2014
5.4k
Flat tyres and a managerial career flat-lining: It's the week's best sportswriting
27 Apr 2014
2.6k
James Joyce's love of rugby and the tale of the team who only lost once in the NFL; this week’s best sportswriting
9 Mar 2014
3.5k
Science at the Winter Olympics and homosexuality in sport: Some of the week’s best sportswriting
16 Feb 2014
2.4k
A young BOD and nightmare hotels in Sochi: Some of the week’s best sportswriting
9 Feb 2014
6.9k
Escape to Victory, the 'most entertaining fight of the year' and battling the All Blacks: some of the week’s best sportswriting
29 Dec 2013
2.3k
TheScore.ie's 50 favourite sports articles of 2013 (part 2)
25 Dec 2013
6.1k
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Usain Bolt, Cavan GAA and Wayne Rooney: some of the week’s best sportswriting
4 Aug 2013
2.4k
Surface tension, mythical Flandrians and bogger pride: The week's best sportswriting
7 Jul 2013
2.0k
Spain’s thrashing of Tahiti and Roger Federer: the week’s best sportswriting
30 Jun 2013
2.6k
8 of our favourite articles written about Alex Ferguson this week
11 May 2013
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The Sunday Papers: Some of the week’s best sportswriting
24 Feb 2013
1.4k
The Sunday Papers: some of the week’s best sportswriting
16 Sep 2012
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The Sunday Papers: some of the week's best sportswriting
17 Jun 2012
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The Sunday Papers: our 7 favourite pieces of sportswriting from this week
1 Apr 2012
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Back pages: here’s some of our favourite sportswriting from 2011, part II
26 Dec 2011
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Back pages: some of our favourite sportswriting from 2011, part I
25 Dec 2011
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