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James Joyce was a rugby fan? It's TheScore.ie's 50 favourite sports articles of 2014 (part 1)
10 of the best sports books to buy as last-minute Christmas gifts
Blind footballers, Montreal Screwjobs and the rest of the week's best sportswriting
Wrestlers you won't believe existed and the link between Springsteen and baseball; the week’s best sportswriting
Slow-mo replays, place-kicking and the World Cup; the week’s best sportswriting
Unmoving Messi, folding arms and star-attachment; the week’s best sportswriting
Place-kicking, Disneyland and statistics; the week’s best sportswriting
Diana Ross, NFL in LA and the All Blacks; the week’s best sportswriting
A portrait of Suarez, Roche's nemesis and the Williams sisters; the week’s best sportswriting
Cheating, Munster's coaching team and battling cancer; the week’s best sportswriting
Saipan revisited, Mayweather in jail and Cliftonville's fight for gay rights; the week’s best sportswriting
The ego of Zlatan, dogs at Old Trafford and losing streaks; the best sportswriting of the week
A deadly own goal, doping at the World Cup and choke tackles; the week's best sportswriting
Arsène Wenger, a godfather of sports analytics and BOD; this week's best sportswriting
James Joyce's love of rugby and the tale of the team who only lost once in the NFL; this week’s best sportswriting
Science at the Winter Olympics and homosexuality in sport: Some of the week’s best sportswriting
A young BOD and nightmare hotels in Sochi: Some of the week’s best sportswriting
27 sports books to spend your Christmas vouchers on
Usain Bolt, Cavan GAA and Wayne Rooney: some of the week’s best sportswriting
8 of our favourite articles written about Alex Ferguson this week
The Sunday Papers: Some of the week’s best sportswriting