On Second Thoughts: Leeds United's 1991-92 title
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
The lustre has been stripped from Howard Wilkinson's finest hour, but this was arguably the worthiest title victory for 30 years, writes Rob Smyth
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
The lustre has been stripped from Howard Wilkinson's finest hour, but this was arguably the worthiest title victory for 30 years, writes Rob Smyth
Newcastle United Mad (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
... Germany, France and even Spain, despite the habit of Barcelona and of appointing foreign coaches. Howard Wilkinson won the last English title before the Premiership formed, but no English-born manager has ever won the Premiership title.Keegan is looking for the same success as ourselves at St James' Park, and any honour would also be a boost for English-born managers.
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
The Ground WarriorsSupporters of McCain, Obama are gearing upBY HOWARD WILKINSON | | | | Ohio will be a battleground state in the presidential campaign this fall, and battles require armies.The armies of Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain have yet to arrive, but the field generals have been chosen, and both campaigns have set up the skeletal form of the forces that will...
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
McCain on way to raise fundsPricey event next week in Indian HillBY HOWARD WILKINSON | Republican presidential candidate John McCain will come to Cincinnati on June 26 for an event that will raise money for his campaign committee and the Ohio Republican Party's get-out-the-vote fund.Receptions and a dinner for McCain - his first visit to Cincinnati since clinching the GOP nomination -...
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
Harrison backs off political sign limitsIn court, city agrees not to enforce lawBY HOWARD WILKINSON | The city of Harrison is the latest Hamilton County community, while facing a federal lawsuit, to back off its law limiting when residents can display political yard signs and how big they can be.Monday afternoon, in U.S. District court in Cincinnati, lawyers from the western Hamilton...
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
Harrison backs down on signsBY HOWARD WILKINSON | The city of Harrison is the latest Hamilton County community, while facing a federal lawsuit, to back off its law limiting when citizens can display political yard signs and how big they can be.Monday afternoon, in U.S. District court in Cincinnati, lawyers from the western Hamilton County community agreed to a temporary restraining order...
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
Boehner undergoes tough testHouse GOP facing battering at pollsBY HOWARD WILKINSON Being John Boehner is no easy thing these days.You are the minority leader of the U.S. House, chief cat-herder for 199 representatives who have about 199 ideas of what it means to be a Republican member of Congress.You've seen your party lose three straight special elections for House vacancies in Illinois,...
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
Cincinnati to host round of cornhole tournamentBY HOWARD WILKINSON | This could have been big trouble for Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland when he runs for re-election in two years:Holding a statewide cornhole tournament without a single match played in Cincinnati, which, to many cornholers, is to cornhole what St. Andrews is to golf - the ancestral home.How many votes on Cincinnati's West Side...
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
Clinton's loyalists face realityFighting on, going over or eyeing McCainBY HOWARD WILKINSON AND PATRICK CROWLEY | , It seems every Hillary Clinton supporter in the region has his or her own way of dealing with the increasingly inevitable - their candidate's dogged pursuit of the Democratic presidential nomination may soon be over.Some, like Kathy Helmbock, soldiered on, knowing full well...