THE SATURDAY PANEL - Best Sports Books of the Year with Malachy Clerkin
OTB Daily · OTB Sports
December 17, 202250m 51s
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Show Notes
OTB's John Duggan was joined by sportswriter Malachy Clerkin of the Irish Times to discuss the best sports books of the year.
The lads chat about what makes a good sports book, which sports lend themselves to the best storytelling and which ones you need to drop into the Christmas stocking in 2022.
Some of the books discussed include:
- The Rodfather: Inside the Beautiful (Ugly, Ridiculous, Hilarious) Game by Roddy Collins and Paul Howard
- Two Brothers: The Life and Times of Bobby and Jackie Charlton by Jonathan Wilson
- Limerick: A Biography in Nine Lives by Arthur O'Dea
- The Gemma O'Connor Story: Why Not A Warrior? by Gemma O'Connor and Sinead Farrell
- Ian McKinley: Second Sight: Rugby and Redemption by Ian McKinley and Gerry Thornley