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	The '''William Hill Sports Book of the Year''' is an annual ~~book~~ award ~~given~~ by ~~the British~~ bookmakers ]. It is dedicated to rewarding excellence in sports writing and was first awarded in ].		The '''William Hill Sports Book of the Year''' is an annual British ] sponsored by bookmakers ]. It claims to be "the world's richest sports book prize" at £22,000 (as of 2010). The award is dedicated to rewarding excellence in sports writing and was first awarded in ].

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	\| Endless Winter: The Inside Story of the Rugby Revolution		\| Endless Winter: The Inside Story of the Rugby Revolution
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The William Hill Sports Book of the Year is an annual British literary award sponsored by bookmakers William Hill. It claims to be "the world's richest sports book prize" at £22,000 (as of 2010). The award is dedicated to rewarding excellence in sports writing and was first awarded in 1989.

Previous winners

Year	Title	Author(s)	Featured Sport
2010	Beware of the Dog	Brian Moore	Rugby
2009	Harold Larwood (Biography)	Duncan Hamilton	Cricket
2008	Coming Back to Me	Marcus Trescothick	Cricket
2007	Provided You Don't Kiss Me	Duncan Hamilton	Football
2006	Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson	Geoffrey Ward	Boxing
2005	My Father & Other Working Class Football Heroes	Gary Imlach	Football
2004	Basil D'Oliveira	Peter Oborne	Cricket
2003	Broken Dreams: Vanity, Greed and the Souring of British Football	Tom Bower	Football
2002	In Black and White: The Untold Story of Joe Louis and Jesse Owens	Donald McRae	Athletics, Boxing
2001	Seabiscuit: The True Story of Three Men and a Racehorse	Laura Hillenbrand	Horse racing
2000	It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life	Lance Armstrong, Sally Jenkins	Cycling
1999	A Social History of English Cricket	Derek Birley	Cricket
1998	Angry White Pyjamas: An Oxford Poet Trains with the Tokyo Riot Police	Robert Twigger	Aikido
1997	A Lot of Hard Yakka	Simon Hughes	Cricket
1996	Dark Trade: Lost in Boxing	Donald McRae	Boxing
1995	A Good Walk Spoiled: Days and Nights on the PGA Tour	John Feinstein	Golf
1994	Football Against the Enemy	Simon Kuper	Football
1993	Endless Winter: The Inside Story of the Rugby Revolution	Stephen Jones	Rugby
1992	Fever Pitch	Nick Hornby	Football
1991	Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times	Thomas Hauser	Boxing
1990	Rough Ride	Paul Kimmage	Cycling
1989	True Blue: The Oxford Boat Race Mutiny	Dan Topolski & Patrick Robinson	Rowing

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