This week’s guest is Chief Sports Writer with the Irish Times, Keith Duggan. This became a kind of masterclass in writing, with Keith picking pieces covering three main genres of sportswriting - features, columns and live, on-the-whistle reporting - and talked us through how he approaches each. There’s the usual mix of stories in there too, along with a bit of a chat on The Last Dance and Michael Jordan as, hey, I couldn’t resist.
Keith’s picks were: Feature writing: “Team Spirit: Memories of being a Freshman Cheerleader by Donna Tartt; “Ireland’s Calling: A Journey into the Heart of a Rugby Powerhouse” by Donald McRae; “A Comedy of Errors: Ireland’s Ill-Fated South American Tour by Emmet Malone; “Hillsborough Disaster: Deadly Mistakes and Lies that lasted a decade” by David Conn; Column writing: “Last bell sounds for lion-hearted Finnegan” by George Kimball; Live writing: “An Anfield miracle transcribed from the pages of pure fantasy” by Jonathan Liew.
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