William Hill Sports book of the Year nominations (1 Viewer)

[rettucs]

In case anyone is interested

• Thierry Henry: Lonely at the Top - A Biography by Philippe Auclair (Macmillan)
• Stillness and Speed: My Story by Dennis Bergkamp (Simon & Schuster)
• The Boys In The Boat: An Epic True-Life Journey to the Heart of Hitler's Berlin by Daniel James Brown (Macmillan)
• You Don't Know Me, But… A Footballer's Life by Clarke Carlisle (Simon & Schuster)
• Running My Life: The Autobiography by Seb Coe (Hodder & Stoughton)
• The Outsider: My Autobiography by Jimmy Connors (Bantam Press)
• The Sports Gene: What Makes The Perfect Athlete by David Epstein (Yellow Jersey Press)
• Dreams Do Come True: The Autobiography by Katherine Grainger (Andre Deutsch)
• Immortal: The Approved Biography of George Best by Duncan Hamilton (Century)
• Bookie Gambler Fixer Spy: A Journey to the Heart of Cricket's Underworld by Ed Hawkins (Bloomsbury)
• I Am Zlatan Ibrahimovi%u0107 by Zlatan Ibrahimovi%u0107, David Lagercrantz and Ruth Urbom (Penguin)
• Fear And Loathing in La Liga: Barcelona Vs Real Madridby Sid Lowe (Yellow Jersey Press)
• Doped: The Real Life Story of the 1960s Racehorse Doping Gang by Jamie Reid (Racing Post)
• Henry Cecil: Trainer of Genius by Brough Scott (Racing Post)
• The Metaphysics of Ping-Pong by Guido Mina di Sospiro (Yellow Jersey Press)
• Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong by David Walsh (Simon & Schuster)
• Domestique: The True Life Ups and Downs of a Tour Pro by Charly Wegelius and Tom Southam (Ebury Press)

 

[CinnamonBoy]

I Am Zlatan Ibrahimovic by Zlatan Ibrahimovic, David Lagercrantz and Ruth Urbom (Penguin)

I've only read one chapter of it that someone posted on some message board but this is hands down the winner for me.

 

[rettucs]

I've only read the David Walsh one but I hate him at the moment so have nothing good to say (moreso about him than the book)

I want to read Wegelius' book and will, eventually.

 

[Hector Grey]

Fcukin George Best...does the world need another book about George. It's not as if there's been any updates in the last 10 years.

 

[Cormcolash]

Yeah, but this one is approved. His ghost said it was the official one.

 

[rettucs]

I also want to read Wegelius' book and will, eventually.

I read it. Its great.

 

[Jerry Twig]

I've only read the David Walsh one but I hate him at the moment so have nothing good to say (moreso about him than the book)

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What's your beef with Walsh?

The Hawkins book on corruption in cricket is supposed to be decent.

 

[rettucs]

What's your beef with Walsh?

The Hawkins book on corruption in cricket is supposed to be decent.

he wrote some untrue shit about me and others and when we confronted him about it on twitter he acted the prick.

his latest one is defending a particular cyclist, claiming to be impartial, but it emerging that hes writing this cyclist's biography.

Walsh made his name in the cycling world, went on to be, deservedly, a sports journalist of reknown, but has lost the plot in a big way in the last year. In the cycling world, apart from among some british folks, he is considered to have zero credibility anymore. Which is a terrible shame.

 

[Jerry Twig]

Are you Stephen Roche in disguise or something?

 

[rettucs]

hah, nope.

if you've time have a browse of this;

Is Walsh on the Sky bandwagon? - CyclingNews Forum

will give you an idea of the opinions of Walsh in cycling circles.

 

[Jerry Twig]

Great Scott man, that thread is 310 pages long!

 

[Hector Grey]

Excellent great scottism.