Sports Books 2024: A sporting life isn't measured in money

Richard Fitzpatrick picks 10 must-reads from his 2024 sporting bookshelves

THEM'S THE BREAKS: Ireland's Conor Niland rueful after losing to Adrian Mannarino at Wimbledon in 2011. Photo: BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images

The Racket: On Tour with Tennis’s Golden Generation – and the other 99% by Conor Niland (Sandycove) 

Conor Niland – ably abetted by Gavin Cooney on ghost-writing duty – became only the third Irish person after Paul Kimmage (1990) and the Belfast-born boxing journalist Paul D. Gibson (2018) to win the prestigious William Hill Sports Book of the Year award, which he picked up last month for his brilliant memoir about a journeyman career as a tennis professional.