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Sitdown Sunday: Exploring the best and worst episodes of The Crown
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5 Jun 2022
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29 May 2022
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The Belfast football club where Bobby Sands played and the week's best sportswriting
27 Feb 2022
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Sitdown Sunday: Inside the restoration of Notre Dame cathedral
20 Feb 2022
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Sitdown Sunday: A first-hand insight into the Capitol riots one year on
9 Jan 2022
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Living with an addiction to Football Manager and the rest of the week's best sportswriting
14 Nov 2021
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Coaching abuse scandal in NWSL, racism in football and the best of this week's sportswriting
3 Oct 2021
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Roy Keane at 50, the harsh life of an Olympian and the rest of the week's best sportswriting
15 Aug 2021
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Sitting in biblical rain for a Connacht semi-final and more of the week's best sportswriting
11 Jul 2021
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Dementia fears in rugby, Mayo's everlasting spirit and more of the week's best sportswriting
20 Dec 2020
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A terrifying crowd crush at an Old Firm derby and more of the week's best sportswriting
6 Dec 2020
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Your evening longread: The man the US deported - who then helped China into space
4 Nov 2020
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An Irish Olympian's battle with Parkinson's, mental health advice, and the week's best sportswriting
11 Oct 2020
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Sitdown Sunday: 'Michaela? I just want you to know I’m really proud of you'
12 Jul 2020
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The real Eddie Jones, Jonny Cooper's five-in-a-row relief and more of the week's best sportswriting
22 Sep 2019
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An emotional plea to help 2010 All-Ireland winner through illness and the week's best sportswriting
10 Mar 2019
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I'm Kellie Harrington, Arsenal simply stopped making you feel and the week's best sportswriring
24 Feb 2019
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Copa Libertadores mayhem, comparing Pat Spillane to Donald Trump and the week's best sportswriting
2 Dec 2018
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5 long read podcasts that will make next week's commute much more bearable
18 Oct 2018
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Sitdown Sunday: 'The extraordinary story of how I found my parents'
23 Sep 2018
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Forgetting how to lose, hurling's happy existence in the quiet life and all the best week's sportswriting
26 Aug 2018
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How Senegal stunned France at the 2002 World Cup and more of the week's best sportswriting
24 Jun 2018
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Kilkenny v Tipperary 1968, Arsenal's miracle worker Wenger and the week's best sportswriting
22 Apr 2018
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The Paris project before PSG, Team Sky's controversy and the week's best sportswriting
11 Mar 2018
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'Last year I divorced my football team' - The week's best sportswriting
4 Mar 2018
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McIlroy and Harrington sit down with Kimmage and the week's best sportswriting
25 Feb 2018
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11 Feb 2018
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The Patriots' civil war, Right-Wing Ronaldinho and the best of the week's sportswriting
7 Jan 2018
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Stringer at 40, Phil Taylor's curtain call and the week's best sportswriting
17 Dec 2017
9.2k
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The crazy world of Man City during Sven's time in charge and the week's best sportswriting
10 Dec 2017
9.0k
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From the FA Vase to the Bernabeu, coming out at 47 and the week's best sportswriting
3 Dec 2017
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An Italian footballer's stalker hell, the misery of Browns fans and the week's best sportswriting
29 Oct 2017
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Oranje decline, Chalkie courage, ESPN's lack thereof and the rest of the week's best sportswriting
22 Oct 2017
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Isaiah Thomas out to prove the Celtics wrong and the rest of the week's best sportswriting
15 Oct 2017
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Testimonial dinners, great teams to miss the World Cup and the week's best sportswriting
8 Oct 2017
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Remembering Jimmy Magee, online trolls and the week's best sportswriting
24 Sep 2017
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The tragic legacy of Darren Sutherland, doping for a documentary and the week's best sportswriting
17 Sep 2017
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Isaiah Thomas's emotional goodbye, Sharapova's strange welcome and more in this week's sportswriting
10 Sep 2017
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