THE SATURDAY PANEL - Best Sports Books of the Year with Malachy Clerkin

Published: Dec. 17, 2022, 2 p.m.

b"OTB's John Duggan was joined by sportswriter Malachy Clerkin of the Irish Times to discuss the best sports books of the year.\\n\\nThe 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.\\n\\nSome of the books discussed include:\\n- The Rodfather: Inside the Beautiful (Ugly, Ridiculous, Hilarious) Game by Roddy Collins and Paul Howard\\n- Two Brothers: The Life and Times of Bobby and Jackie Charlton by Jonathan Wilson\\n- Limerick: A Biography in Nine Lives by Arthur O'Dea\\n- The Gemma O'Connor Story: Why Not A Warrior? by Gemma O'Connor and Sinead Farrell\\n- Ian McKinley: Second Sight: Rugby and Redemption by Ian McKinley and Gerry Thornley"