Dave Hannigan is this week’s guest, who you may know best from his weekly column on American sport in the Irish Times. Dave is also the author of a series of books, including the acclaimed book on Irish soccer The Garrison Game, and Drama in the Bahamas, the story of Muhammad Ali’s final fight.
Listen for the story of how Dave grew up playing football against Roy Keane but only felt his fury once he was working as a journalist, of being befriended by Ossie Ardiles in Zagreb, and an electrifying experience with a one-time piano prodigy who ended up running from the mob as one of Muhammad Ali’s promoters.
Dave’s picks were: WP Kinsella’s novel, Shoeless Joe, which later became the script for Field of Dreams; Frank Deford’s legendary Sports Illustrated story, The Boxer and the Blonde; And a five-part Sports Illustrated series by Steve Rushin called How We Got Here, tracing how sport changed in the 20th century.
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