This week’s guest is Ewan MacKenna, a freelance journalist based in Portugal who was once an Irish sports Journalist of the Year.
We cover a lot of ground in an entertaining chat, including the startling tale which caused him to leave Brazil, one of his most infamous interview experiences, the effects of sportswashing and his own infamous use of Twitter.
Plus, there’s a fairly wild tale in there about Jimmy White drinking with his dead brother.
His picks are: Paul Howard’s piece with Nicolae Linca for the Sunday Tribune; Wright Thompson’s Shadow Boxing, for ESPN; Paul Kimmage’s famed interview with Greg LeMond; and “Trollerball” by Nicholas McGeehan.
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