The Lost Sportswriter: A Life up close with Irish sporting greatness

NOTES FROM A CHANGING GAME - ONE OF IRELAND’S GREATEST SPORTSWRITERS REFLECTS ON A LIFE LIVED THROUGH SPORTThere was a time when it wasn’t unusual for a journalist to walk into a dressing room moments after the final whistle, the joy of victory or sting of defeat hanging in the air.A time when journalists could ring up a player days before the big match … and get an answer.This was the world that existed when Vincent Hogan entered the press box. In The Lost Sportswriter, Vincent Hogan recounts and reflects upon a 43-year career at the heart of Irish sport.From the never-ending presence of newspaper deadlines to the golden era of open dressing rooms, Hogan charts and laments how sportswriting transformed - from intimate, personality driven storytelling to today’s sterile, PR-managed exchanges.Funny, engaging and unflinchingly self-reflective, The Lost Sportswriter notes a changing game for heroes, matches and the words that outlast them.