Mike Tyson, Gareth Thomas and Nicole Cooke in running for 2014 William Hill Sports Book of the Year - 30th September 2014

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2014 William Hill Sports Book of the Year longlist announced
Mike Tyson's autobiography is on the list
Autobiographies by Nicole Cooke and Gareth Thomas also listed
Book about Arsenal player Paul Vessen included on the list
Biography of Bobby Moore has been longlisted

Mike Tyson, Gareth Thomas and Nicole Cooke are among those in the running for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2014.

All three were included on the 15-book longlist which was revealed on Tuesday morning.

Tyson has been longlisted for his no-holds-barred autobiography Undisputed Truth, while Cooke, the first British cyclist to have been ranked world No 1, is included for her autobiography The Breakaway.

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Boxer Mike Tyson is included on the William Hill Sports Book of the Year longlist for his autobiography

Thomas, the former captain of Wales and the British Lions who came out as gay in 2009, was longlisted for his autobiography Proud.

Football dominated with a total of eight titles on the longlist, including the biographies of Bobby Moore and Duncan Ferguson.

Graham Sharpe, co-founder of the award, said: 'There is something for everyone on this year’s longlist; from the inspirational, surprising and sometimes troubling stories behind some of our best-known sporting stars, to masterful social history and the more unusual subjects of ultra-running and golf-caddying.

'This diverse range of topics is testament to the fact that sports-writing is in rude health. I am also very pleased to see that three of the 15 longlisted titles are written by women – a first for a William Hill longlist – though I’d like to see an even greater share of voice for female writers in the future.'
The shortlist will be announced on October 24, with the winner later revealed on November 27.

2014 WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR LONGLIST

The Breakaway: My Story by Nicole Cooke (Simon & Schuster)

Bobby Moore: The Man in Full by Matt Dickinson (Yellow Jersey Press)

An American Caddie in St. Andrews: Growing Up, Girls, and Looping on the Old Course by Oliver Horovitz (Elliott & Thompson)

Played in London: Charting the Heritage of a City at Play by Simon Inglis (English Heritage)

Alone: The Triumph and Tragedy of John Curry by Bill Jones (Bloomsbury)

Run or Die by Kilian Jornet (Viking)

Night Games: Sex, Power and Sport by Anna Krien (Yellow Jersey Press)

In Search of Duncan Ferguson: The Life and Crimes of a Footballing Enigma by Alan Pattullo (Mainstream Publishing)

The Incredible Adventures of the Unstoppable Keeper by Lutz Pfannenstiel (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd)

The Three Degrees: The Men Who Changed British Football Forever by Paul Rees (Constable)

Floodlights and Touchlines: A History of Spectator Sport by Rob Steen (Bloomsbury)

Stuck in a Moment: The Ballad of Paul Vaessen by Stewart Taylor (GCR Books Ltd)

Proud: My Autobiography by Gareth Thomas (Ebury Press)

Undisputed Truth: My Autobiography by Mike Tyson, with Larry Sloman (HarperSport)

Love Game: A History of Tennis, from Victorian Pastime to Global Phenomenon by Elizabeth Wilson (Serpent’s Tail)

(Daily Mail)