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Penn national gets license for wv sports betting with. The 2018 pen america literary awards winners pen america. The shortlist for the 31st william hill sports book of the year award the worlds richest and most prestigious prize for sports writing was announced on 22. The judges were bowled over by the quality of the writing and the way in which hamilton brings to life the characters that defined cricket between the two world wars. Winner of the william hill sports book of the year 2017 about the author andy mcgrath is the managing editor of rouleur magazine, having previously worked at cycling weekly and cycle sport, he has also written on cycling for the guardian and financial times. Surfing memoir barbarian days wins william hill sports.
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