The William Hill Sports Book of the Year is an annual British sports literary award sponsored by bookmaker William Hill. The award is dedicated to rewarding excellence in sports writing and was first awarded in 1989. As of 2012, the prize for winning the award is £24,000.
Commenting on the prize's prestige, the 2005 winner Gary Imlach said "although it is a sports book prize, it has the prestige and the commercial clout to lift the winning book out of the sport section".
History
Paul Kimmage was the first author to win both the Irish (2011) and International awards (1990).
In 2010, Duncan Hamilton, a winner twice in the previous three years, was again included in the shortlist, although on this occasion, when the award was announced on November 30 in London, the prize was won by Brian Moore, the former England rugby union international, for his autobiography, Beware of the Dog.
In 2011, there was a "surprise inclusion" to the shortlist of Engage: The Fall and Rise of Matt Hampson, a biography of quadriplegic Matt Hampson, by 1990 winner Paul Kimmage, despite it not being included on the longlist. The shortlist also included a book on bullfighting, Into The Arena: The World of the Spanish Bullfight by Alexander Fiske-Harrison, despite journalists including Fiske-Harrison himself arguing that bullfighting was not a sport, leading to the employment of security for the first time at the ceremony at Waterstones of Piccadilly. In the end the prize went to A Life Too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke, about Robert Enke who committed suicide, by Ronald Reng.
Night Games by Anna Krien, a ‘balanced yet fearless’ investigation into the darkest recesses of sporting culture, has today (Thursday 27th November) been named the winner of the 26th William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award, the richest and most prestigious literary sports writing prize in the world.
Described by the judges as a ‘painstaking, intelligent, but above all, open-minded examination of an immensely complicated area’, Night Games follows the controversial rape trial of an Aussie Rules player, focusing on what Krien describes as the ‘grey area’ of sexual consent.
For more information on the William Hill Sports Book award, visit http://www.williamhillmedia.com/
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published: 28 Nov 2014
William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2015 Shortlist
The shortlist for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award – the richest and longest-running prize for sports writing – has been announced.
Acclaimed writer and journalist Donald McRae, who has twice won the prize for books with boxing at their heart, could claim a record-breaking third win for his biography of US boxer Emile Griffith, A Man’s World. He won previously in 1996 for Dark Trade: Lost in Boxing and in 2002 for In Black and White: The Untold Story of Joe Louis and Jesse Owens. If he wins he will become the first writer to have won three times, the only other double winner being Duncan Hamilton.
Among the books aiming to stop a McRae hat-trick are three books that focus on football. Michael Calvin’s Living on the Volcano looks at what it means to be a football manager, on...
published: 24 Nov 2015
William Hill Sports Book Of The Year 2014 Shortlist
The shortlist for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award – the richest and longest-running prize for sports writing – has been announced.
Celebrated sports figures feature highly on the diverse list and include Welsh rugby star Gareth Thomas – the first professional sportsman to come out whilst still playing – for his autobiography, Proud, and a biography of iconic figure skater John Curry, Alone, written by documentary maker Bill Jones. Both document personal struggles to keep their sexuality a secret whilst maintaining their public sporting personas.
Read more at http://bit.ly/whsboty14
published: 24 Oct 2014
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Night Games by Anna Krien, a ‘balanced yet fearless’ investigation into the darkest recesses of sporting culture, has today (Thursday 27th November) been named ...
Night Games by Anna Krien, a ‘balanced yet fearless’ investigation into the darkest recesses of sporting culture, has today (Thursday 27th November) been named the winner of the 26th William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award, the richest and most prestigious literary sports writing prize in the world.
Described by the judges as a ‘painstaking, intelligent, but above all, open-minded examination of an immensely complicated area’, Night Games follows the controversial rape trial of an Aussie Rules player, focusing on what Krien describes as the ‘grey area’ of sexual consent.
For more information on the William Hill Sports Book award, visit http://www.williamhillmedia.com/
"Plethora" by Anitek (www.soundcloud.com/anitek)
Night Games by Anna Krien, a ‘balanced yet fearless’ investigation into the darkest recesses of sporting culture, has today (Thursday 27th November) been named the winner of the 26th William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award, the richest and most prestigious literary sports writing prize in the world.
Described by the judges as a ‘painstaking, intelligent, but above all, open-minded examination of an immensely complicated area’, Night Games follows the controversial rape trial of an Aussie Rules player, focusing on what Krien describes as the ‘grey area’ of sexual consent.
For more information on the William Hill Sports Book award, visit http://www.williamhillmedia.com/
"Plethora" by Anitek (www.soundcloud.com/anitek)
The shortlist for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award – the richest and longest-running prize for sports writing – has been announced.
Acclaimed wri...
The shortlist for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award – the richest and longest-running prize for sports writing – has been announced.
Acclaimed writer and journalist Donald McRae, who has twice won the prize for books with boxing at their heart, could claim a record-breaking third win for his biography of US boxer Emile Griffith, A Man’s World. He won previously in 1996 for Dark Trade: Lost in Boxing and in 2002 for In Black and White: The Untold Story of Joe Louis and Jesse Owens. If he wins he will become the first writer to have won three times, the only other double winner being Duncan Hamilton.
Among the books aiming to stop a McRae hat-trick are three books that focus on football. Michael Calvin’s Living on the Volcano looks at what it means to be a football manager, one of sport’s most intensely scrutinised jobs. 56 is the story of the terrible fire at Bradford football club in 1985, which killed 56 people, among them author Martin Fletcher’s father, brother, uncle and grandfather. A child at the time, Fletcher has spent much of his adult life investigating the fire and his findings have changed what we know about the disaster. David Goldblatt’s The Game of Our Lives is an in depth look at the modern English football world, how it became the huge business it is and how it reflects our wider society.
Rounding off this year’s shortlist is Simon Lister’s Fire in Babylon, which explores how cricket, a sport traditionally associated with British Colonialism, became an icon of West Indian independence, and Speed Kings by Andy Bull, focusing on the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Olympics and the four unknown men who took up the new event of bobsledding and went on to win gold. Bull’s debut is the first book on bobsledding to ever feature on the William Hill Sports Book of the Year shortlist.
The six titles in the running to be crowned the winner of the £27,000 prize are as follows (alphabetically by author surname):
Speed Kings by Andy Bull (Bantam Press)
Living on the Volcano: The Secrets of Surviving as a Football Manager by Michael Calvin (Century)
Fifty-Six: The Story of the Bradford Fire by Martin Fletcher (Bloomsbury)
The Game of Our Lives: The Meaning and Making of English Football by David Goldblatt (Viking)
Fire in Babylon: How a West Indies Cricket Team Brought a People to its Feet by Simon Lister (Yellow Jersey)
A Man’s World: The Double Life of Emile Griffith by Donald McRae (Simon & Schuster)
Read more at https://lockerdome.com/willhillbet/william-hill-sports-book-of-the-year-2015-shortlist
The shortlist for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award – the richest and longest-running prize for sports writing – has been announced.
Acclaimed writer and journalist Donald McRae, who has twice won the prize for books with boxing at their heart, could claim a record-breaking third win for his biography of US boxer Emile Griffith, A Man’s World. He won previously in 1996 for Dark Trade: Lost in Boxing and in 2002 for In Black and White: The Untold Story of Joe Louis and Jesse Owens. If he wins he will become the first writer to have won three times, the only other double winner being Duncan Hamilton.
Among the books aiming to stop a McRae hat-trick are three books that focus on football. Michael Calvin’s Living on the Volcano looks at what it means to be a football manager, one of sport’s most intensely scrutinised jobs. 56 is the story of the terrible fire at Bradford football club in 1985, which killed 56 people, among them author Martin Fletcher’s father, brother, uncle and grandfather. A child at the time, Fletcher has spent much of his adult life investigating the fire and his findings have changed what we know about the disaster. David Goldblatt’s The Game of Our Lives is an in depth look at the modern English football world, how it became the huge business it is and how it reflects our wider society.
Rounding off this year’s shortlist is Simon Lister’s Fire in Babylon, which explores how cricket, a sport traditionally associated with British Colonialism, became an icon of West Indian independence, and Speed Kings by Andy Bull, focusing on the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Olympics and the four unknown men who took up the new event of bobsledding and went on to win gold. Bull’s debut is the first book on bobsledding to ever feature on the William Hill Sports Book of the Year shortlist.
The six titles in the running to be crowned the winner of the £27,000 prize are as follows (alphabetically by author surname):
Speed Kings by Andy Bull (Bantam Press)
Living on the Volcano: The Secrets of Surviving as a Football Manager by Michael Calvin (Century)
Fifty-Six: The Story of the Bradford Fire by Martin Fletcher (Bloomsbury)
The Game of Our Lives: The Meaning and Making of English Football by David Goldblatt (Viking)
Fire in Babylon: How a West Indies Cricket Team Brought a People to its Feet by Simon Lister (Yellow Jersey)
A Man’s World: The Double Life of Emile Griffith by Donald McRae (Simon & Schuster)
Read more at https://lockerdome.com/willhillbet/william-hill-sports-book-of-the-year-2015-shortlist
The shortlist for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award – the richest and longest-running prize for sports writing – has been announced.
Celebrated ...
The shortlist for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award – the richest and longest-running prize for sports writing – has been announced.
Celebrated sports figures feature highly on the diverse list and include Welsh rugby star Gareth Thomas – the first professional sportsman to come out whilst still playing – for his autobiography, Proud, and a biography of iconic figure skater John Curry, Alone, written by documentary maker Bill Jones. Both document personal struggles to keep their sexuality a secret whilst maintaining their public sporting personas.
Read more at http://bit.ly/whsboty14
The shortlist for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award – the richest and longest-running prize for sports writing – has been announced.
Celebrated sports figures feature highly on the diverse list and include Welsh rugby star Gareth Thomas – the first professional sportsman to come out whilst still playing – for his autobiography, Proud, and a biography of iconic figure skater John Curry, Alone, written by documentary maker Bill Jones. Both document personal struggles to keep their sexuality a secret whilst maintaining their public sporting personas.
Read more at http://bit.ly/whsboty14
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Night Games by Anna Krien, a ‘balanced yet fearless’ investigation into the darkest recesses of sporting culture, has today (Thursday 27th November) been named the winner of the 26th William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award, the richest and most prestigious literary sports writing prize in the world.
Described by the judges as a ‘painstaking, intelligent, but above all, open-minded examination of an immensely complicated area’, Night Games follows the controversial rape trial of an Aussie Rules player, focusing on what Krien describes as the ‘grey area’ of sexual consent.
For more information on the William Hill Sports Book award, visit http://www.williamhillmedia.com/
"Plethora" by Anitek (www.soundcloud.com/anitek)
The shortlist for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award – the richest and longest-running prize for sports writing – has been announced.
Acclaimed writer and journalist Donald McRae, who has twice won the prize for books with boxing at their heart, could claim a record-breaking third win for his biography of US boxer Emile Griffith, A Man’s World. He won previously in 1996 for Dark Trade: Lost in Boxing and in 2002 for In Black and White: The Untold Story of Joe Louis and Jesse Owens. If he wins he will become the first writer to have won three times, the only other double winner being Duncan Hamilton.
Among the books aiming to stop a McRae hat-trick are three books that focus on football. Michael Calvin’s Living on the Volcano looks at what it means to be a football manager, one of sport’s most intensely scrutinised jobs. 56 is the story of the terrible fire at Bradford football club in 1985, which killed 56 people, among them author Martin Fletcher’s father, brother, uncle and grandfather. A child at the time, Fletcher has spent much of his adult life investigating the fire and his findings have changed what we know about the disaster. David Goldblatt’s The Game of Our Lives is an in depth look at the modern English football world, how it became the huge business it is and how it reflects our wider society.
Rounding off this year’s shortlist is Simon Lister’s Fire in Babylon, which explores how cricket, a sport traditionally associated with British Colonialism, became an icon of West Indian independence, and Speed Kings by Andy Bull, focusing on the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Olympics and the four unknown men who took up the new event of bobsledding and went on to win gold. Bull’s debut is the first book on bobsledding to ever feature on the William Hill Sports Book of the Year shortlist.
The six titles in the running to be crowned the winner of the £27,000 prize are as follows (alphabetically by author surname):
Speed Kings by Andy Bull (Bantam Press)
Living on the Volcano: The Secrets of Surviving as a Football Manager by Michael Calvin (Century)
Fifty-Six: The Story of the Bradford Fire by Martin Fletcher (Bloomsbury)
The Game of Our Lives: The Meaning and Making of English Football by David Goldblatt (Viking)
Fire in Babylon: How a West Indies Cricket Team Brought a People to its Feet by Simon Lister (Yellow Jersey)
A Man’s World: The Double Life of Emile Griffith by Donald McRae (Simon & Schuster)
Read more at https://lockerdome.com/willhillbet/william-hill-sports-book-of-the-year-2015-shortlist
The shortlist for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award – the richest and longest-running prize for sports writing – has been announced.
Celebrated sports figures feature highly on the diverse list and include Welsh rugby star Gareth Thomas – the first professional sportsman to come out whilst still playing – for his autobiography, Proud, and a biography of iconic figure skater John Curry, Alone, written by documentary maker Bill Jones. Both document personal struggles to keep their sexuality a secret whilst maintaining their public sporting personas.
Read more at http://bit.ly/whsboty14
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