Yellow Jersey dominates sports book list

03.02.10 | Katie Allen in The Bookseller

Random House imprint Yellow Jersey has dominated the shortlists for this year’s British Sports Book Awards, picking up eight nominations.

Indies including Aurum, Mainstream, Profile and Quercus also made it through to the second round, as well as specialist publishers such as Know the Score and Pitch Publishing.

Former Bookseller editor Nicholas Clee is also up for best new writer for Eclipse (Bantam Press).
For the first time the prize includes an award for best publicity campaign for a sports title in connection with the PPC.
The winners will be announced at the awards dinner on 11th March.

BEST AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Open: An Autobiography by Andre Agassi - HarperCollins
My Autobiography by Chris Hoy - HarperCollins
Just for Kicks by Kenny Logan - Headline
Time to Declare by Michael Vaughan - Hodder & Stoughton
Lucky Break by Paul Nichols - Orion
Close to the Wind by Ben Ainslie - Yellow Jersey
BEST BIOGRAPHY
Olympic Gangster by Matt Rendell - Mainstream
Born to Run by Chris McDougall - Profile Books
Last Champion: Life of Fred Perry by Jon Henderson - Yellow Jersey
Harold Larwood by Duncan Hamilton - Quercus
Jacob's Beach: The Mob, the Garden and the Golden Age of Boxing by Kevin Mitchell - Yellow Jersey
Fallen Angel: The Passion of Fausto Coppi by William Fotheringham - Yellow Jersey

BEST ILLUSTRATED TITLE
100 Magic Moments of the Turf by Graeme Roe - Green Umbrella
Bowled Over by Stuart Broad - Hodder & Stoughton
My Comeback by Lance Armstrong - Yellow Jersey
Reuters Sport in the 21st Century - Thames Hudson
Sea the Stars: The Story of a Perfect Racehorse by Sean Magee - Racing Post
Centre Court: The Jewel in Wimbledon's Crown by John Barrett and Ian Hewitt - Vision Sports

BEST NEW WRITER
Eclipse by Nicholas Clee - Bantam Press
Simple Goalkeeping Made Spectacular by Graham Joyce - Mainstream
Blood Over Water by David and James Livingston - Bloomsbury
I Am the Glory Hunter by Spencer Austin - Know the Score Books
The Man Who Cycled the World by Mark Beaumont - Transworld
A Great Face for Radio by John Anderson - Know the Score Books
When Freddie Became Jesus by Jarrod Kimber - Pitch Publishing

BEST FOOTBALL BOOK
Englischer Fussball by Rafael Honigstein - Yellow Jersey
Every Boy's Dream by Chris Green - A&C Black
Why England Lose by Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski - HaperCollins
Cantona by Philippe Auclair - Macmillan
Feet of the Chameleon by Ian Hawkey - Anova
Stokoe, Sunderland and 73 by Lance Hardy - Orion

BEST RUGBY BOOK
Nobody Beats Us by David Tossell - Mainstream
For the Glory by Mark Ryan - JR Books
Just for Kicks by Kenny Logan - Headline
The Red and the White by Huw Richards - Aurum
Lion Man by Ian McGeechan - Simon and Schuster
Confessions of a Rugby Mercenary by John Daniell - Ebury Press

BEST CRICKET BOOK
Golden Boy by Christian Ryan - Allen & Unwin
Imran Khan by Christopher Sandford - HarperCollins
Time to Declare by Michael Vaughan - Hodder & Stoughton
Harold Larwood by Duncan Hamilton - Quercus
Of Didcot and the Demon by Anthony Gibson - Fairfield

BEST PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN
The Man Who Cycled the World by Mark Beaumont - Transworld - campaign by Madeline Toy
Lion Man by Ian McGeechan - Simon & Schuster - campaign by Anna Robinson
Close to the Wind by Ben Ainslie - Yellow Jersey - campaign by Lisa Gooding
The Last Champion by Jon Henderson - Yellow Jersey - campaign by Sue Amaradivakara
Ashes to Ashes by Andrew Flintoff - Hodder & Stoughton - campaign by Louise Swannell
A Time to Declare by Michael Vaughan - Hodder & Stoughton - campaign by Louise Swannell