British sports writer Hugh McIlvanney dies at age 84

LONDON (AP) — Hugh McIlvanney, widely regarded as one of Britain’s greatest and most authoritative sports writers, has died. He was 84.
The Football Writers’ Association, of which McIlvanney was a life member, said the Scottish journalist died on Thursday after a battle with cancer.
As a writer predominantly for British newspapers The Observer and then The Sunday Times, McIlvanney covered many of the biggest sporting events and forged close relationships with figures such as Mu