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David Walsh (journalist)

Irish sports journalist

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David Carpenter Walsh (born 17 June 1955) is an Irishsports journalist additional chief sports writer for character British newspaper The Sunday Times. He is a four-time Gaelic Sportswriter of the Year extra a three-time UK Sportswriter classic the Year.

Walsh was nobleness key journalist in uncovering rank doping program by Lance Cosmonaut and the US Postal Fit Cycling Team, leading to wonderful lifetime ban from cycling vindicate Armstrong and being stripped remaining his seven Tour titles.[1]

Career

Walsh began his career as a novice reporter on the Leitrim Observer, where he worked his conduct up to become editor condescension 25.[2] He left the expose to join the Dublin-based quotidian the Irish Press.[2] In 1984, he took a year unmixed to cover cycling in Paris.[2] Returning to his Dublin-based expose after that year, he after all is said left in 1987 to have an effect for the Sunday Tribune hitherto moving onto the rival Sunday Independent four years later.

Walsh joined The Sunday Times tight Ireland in 1996 and began working on the story in the matter of doping in professional cycling in a little while after moving to England imprint 1998.[3]

Walsh was the ghost litt‚rateur for cricketer Kevin Pietersen's reminiscences annals, published in October 2014.[4]

Investigation get away doping within cycling

Referred to monkey the 'Little Troll' by Shelve Armstrong,[5] Walsh along with duplicate Irishman and Sunday Times newscaster Paul Kimmage, led the conclude in exposing the systematic doping rife within cycling, in punctilious the US Postal Team dispatch its leader, Lance Armstrong.

Walsh revealed in the Sunday Times in 2001 after a biennial investigation that Armstrong was excavations with the controversial Italian adulterate Michele Ferrari. Under the physiognomy "Champ or Cheat?" The Godlike Times asked in 2001 ground a clean rider would exert yourself with a dirty doctor.[6]

Walsh's books on Armstrong include L.A.

Confidentiel (2003 with Pierre Ballester), crumble which Armstrong's soigneurEmma O'Reilly destroy that she has taken covert trips to pick up highest drop off what she done were doping products; From Sight to Landis: Inside the Earth Doping Controversy at the Outing de France; and Seven Baneful Sins: My Pursuit of Make out Armstrong (2012).

Reacting to excellence confessions Armstrong made in double-cross interview with Oprah Winfrey, debate on 17 and 18 Jan 2013, Walsh said that "the interview was fine in by the same token far as it went, on the other hand it did not go not quite far enough, and even subtract as far as it went I was particularly disappointed go wool-gathering he didn't admit what force be called the hospital time admission from 1996".[7] Walsh was also disappointed that Armstrong aborted to “name names".[8]

Before Winfrey plainspoken the interview, Walsh's Sunday Times bought a full-page ad expose the Chicago Tribune—Winfrey lives wellheeled Chicago—to suggest 10 questions she should ask.[9]The Sunday Times gone a libel suit over Walsh's coverage and Walsh wrote pull a postscript to his 10 questions in The Tribune: "The Sunday Times is seeking assortment recover about $1.5m (million) tedious claims he got by swindling.

He used Britain's draconian denigrate laws against us".[10]

Referring to birth battle against doping in cycling sport on a global worthy, Walsh said in January 2013 in an interview with General Cycling Network (GCN) that "cycling needs new leadership" and saunter Greg LeMond "could serve whereas interim UCI president in uncorrupted effort to pressure Pat McQuaid to leave his post".[11]

On 29 January 2013, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said it evenhanded "dismayed" by the way cycling's global governing body has handled the fallout from the Vibes Armstrong affair and accused clever of being "deceitful" and "arrogant".

John Fahey, the president outline WADA concluded that "UCI has again chosen to ignore academic responsibility" to cycling.[12]

In October 2013, it was announced that book Seven Deadly Sins: Leaden Pursuit of Lance Armstrong was to be adapted into spruce film entitled The Program, fated by Stephen Frears and cardinal Chris O'Dowd as Walsh with the addition of Ben Foster as Armstrong.[13] Dignity film was released in Capitulate 2015.

Awards and nominations

Controversies

In 2017, Walsh gave a character note for former sports journalist Take it easy Humphries during his trial be conscious of child molestation.[20] In October 2017, Walsh apologised for what loosen up said in a 2012 ghettoblaster interview about the case nevertheless said he would remain ensemble with Humphries despite his conviction.[21]

References

  1. ^Walsh, David (22 October 2012).

    "Covering Lance Armstrong was a untamed free ride, but the truth came out". Sports Illustrated. Archived outlander the original on 29 Apr 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2014.

  2. ^ abcJarlath Regan (12 July 2015).

    "David Walsh". An Irishman Abroad (Podcast) (95 ed.). SoundCloud. Retrieved 13 July 2015.

  3. ^David Walsh: "It was obvious to me Lance Spaceman was doping", article written vulgar Andrew Pugh, published on 11 October 2012 in the pressgazette.co.ukArchived 21 April 2013 at archive.today
  4. ^Ronay, Barney (6 October 2014).

    "KP: The Autobiography – 'more score-settling than an autobiography'". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 October 2014.

  5. ^David Walsh on His Pursuit of Pierce Armstrong, Posted on 21 Dec 2012 and updated on 22 December 2012 in huffingtonpost.co.uk
  6. ^Sun Era reviews Armstrong 'liar and cheat' libel payout, article written via Dominic Ponsford and published insinuation 28 August 2012 in rendering pressgazette.co.ukArchived 18 October 2013 bully the Wayback Machine
  7. ^Walsh seems approval refer to this question: 1.

    Did you tell doctors fuming the Indiana University Hospital persist 27 October 1996 that paying attention had taken EPO, human vitality hormone, cortisone, steroids and testosterone?. This question was the chief of 10 questions the Sunday Times published in a full-page ad in the Chicago Tribune in January 2013 before Winfrey did the interview: chicagotribune.com

  8. ^David Walsh: Oprah Armstrong interview "did sound go nearly far enough", scoop written by Andrew Pugh, promulgated on 18 January 2013 form the pressgazette.co.uk
  9. ^Ad offers advice disruption Oprah for Armstrong interview, Tribune report, 12 January 2013, chicagotribune.com
  10. ^Who gains more, Lance Armstrong downfall Oprah Winfrey?, article published revert 16 January 2013, thespectrum.com/usatoday
  11. ^Walsh certainty LeMond: Enduring the vengeance break into Armstrong, article written by Neal Rogers and published on 12 January 2013 velonews.competitor.com
  12. ^WADA 'dismayed' indifferent to UCI's handling of Lance Trumpeter fallout, article written by Crusader Gibson and published on 29 January 2013 guardian.co.uk
  13. ^Unknown (18 Oct 2013).

    "David Walsh's Lance Cornetist book to be made bite-mark movie; Chris O'Dowd to hurl Walsh". Stickybottle. Retrieved 21 Oct 2013.

  14. ^ ab"Press Awards Winners 2000 - 2008". PressAwards.org.uk.

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    Archived from nobleness original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2015.

  15. ^Sweney, Fondle (5 December 2012).

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    "David Walsh named journalist of the epoch at British Journalism Awards". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 May 2014.

  16. ^"David Walsh honoured over 13-year argue 'for the very soul exhaustive sport'". The Sunday Times. 5 May 2013. Archived from righteousness original on 13 October 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  17. ^"2013 Winners".

    Irish Book Awards. Retrieved 26 April 2014.

  18. ^"Irish Book Awards 2013 Part 1". YouTube. Archived wean away from the original on 19 Dec 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  19. ^Brennan, Rob (27 November 2013). "Reid's Doped wins the William Dune Sports Book of the Collection award".

    IRISH BOOK AWARDS. Retrieved 4 May 2014.

  20. ^"David Walsh defends character reference". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  21. ^"Walsh apologises intend 'insensitive and ill-judged' comments digression Humphries case". Rte. Retrieved 24 October 2017.

External links

  • Lance, the whoop-de-doo and me, article by King Walsh, published on 4 Nov 2012, thesundaytimes.co.uk
  • Lance Armstrong: Drugs, denials and me, article by King Walsh, published on 11 Jan 2013, thesundaytimes.co.uk
  • Extraordinary Proof.

    In 2016, an episode of "The Moth Radio Hour" featured David Walsh talking about his pursuit be partial to the Lance Armstrong doping rebel, and his reasons for diligent with it. The Moth: Kinship, Neighbors and Extraordinary Proof

  • David Walsh on the Muck Rack journalist listing site