Vincent Hogan

{{short description|Irish sports journalist}}

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Vincent Hogan is an Irish sports journalist who writes for the Irish Independent.{{cite podcast |author-link=Jarlath Regan |author=Jarlath Regan |edition=187 |work=An Irishman Abroad |title=Vincent Hogan |publisher=SoundCloud |url=https://soundcloud.com/an-irishman-abroad/vincent-hogan-episode-187 |date=15 April 2017 |access-date=23 May 2017}} As a ghost writer of autobiographies, he has written with sports personalities such as international soccer player Paul McGrath (Back from the Brink, the 2006 (British Sports Autobiography of the Year) William Hill Irish Sports Book of the Year; Boylesport Irish Sports Book of the year{{cite web |url=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/sports-stars-longlisted-irish-award.html?quicktabs_1=0 |title=Sports stars longlisted for Irish award |work=The Bookseller |author=Staff writer |author-link=Staff writer |date=6 November 2008 |access-date=27 November 2012}}); rugby union and Gaelic football player Eddie O'Sullivan; and inter-county GAA players Nicky English, Henry Shefflin, and Colm "the Gooch" Cooper.{{Citation |last=McGrath |first=Paul |first2=Vincent |last2=Hogan |author-link2=Vincent Hogan |title=Back From the Brink |publisher=Arrow |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-09-949955-8}}{{Citation |last=O'Sullivan |first=Eddie |first2=Vincent |last2=Hogan |title=Never Die Wondering |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-84605-399-3}}{{Citation |last1=English |first1=Nicky |last2=Hogan |first2=Vincent |title=Beyond the Tunnel |publisher=MedMedia |year=1996 |isbn=0952303914}}{{cite web |date=12 January 2017 |first=Conor |url=https://www.balls.ie/football/graham-taylor-paul-mcgrath-aston-villa-356430-356430 |title="He Literally Rescued Me From A Bad, Bad Scene" - How Graham Taylor Saved Paul McGrath's Career |last=Neville |website=Balls.ie}} He is co-driver to amateur Irish rally driver and RTÉ Sport presenter Michael Lyster.{{cite web |url=http://www.irishhealth.com/article.html?id=520 |title=Lifestyles - Michael Lyster |year=2000 |publisher=Irish Health |access-date=23 May 2017}}

Some of his colour pieces have caused controversy. In the aftermath of their exclusion of teammate Kevin Cassidy from a team holiday, he described the Donegal senior football team under Jim McGuinness as "sheep".{{cite news |title=McGuinness a leader of sheep |url=http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/vincent-hogan/vincent-hogan-mcguinness-a-leader-of-sheep-2940524.html |work=Irish Independent |date=21 November 2011 |first=Vincent |last=Hogan |access-date=23 May 2017}}{{cite news |url=http://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/sport/local-sport/sheep-jibe-was-not-welcomed-1-3274387 |first1=Alan |last1=Foley |first2=Tom |last2=Comack |title=‘Sheep’ jibe was not welcomed |work=Donegal Democrat |date=24 November 2011 |access-date=23 May 2017}}