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STORIA APODITTICA DELLA COPPA DEL MONDO

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https://www.sport-e-cultura.com/2026/06/11/storia-apodittica-della-coppa-del-mondo/ Simone Basso SPORT E CULTURA - 11 giugno 2026 Ogni quattro anni, da novantasei, il “gioco più bello del mondo” fa la festa a una nazione. Essendo, l’evento, un po’ invadente e invasivo (nelle tasche del terzo pianeta del sistema solare), nel 2026 scorazzerà impunito in tre Paesi. Questo è un bignamino apocalittico e apodittico della Coppa del mondo di calcio. Il carrozzone pop che più assomiglia a un gigantesco funerale vichingo per famiglie. Lasciate ogni speranza voi che tifate: Caronte era un trequartista sublime. *** In principio furono i francesi. Se lo sport moderno lo inventano i britannici, la Francia codifica i moloch. Stabilisce le regole, l’iconografia, la cultura. In ordine cronologico e d’importanza storica: le Olimpiadi ( Pierre de Coubertin ), il Tour ( Henri Desgrange ), il Mondiale ( Jules Rimet ). L’avvocato Jean-Baptiste Séraphin Rimet , presidente FIFA quasi per inerzia, era un umani...
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How LeBron James Redefined the Modern Athlete

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Mark Clennon for TIME https://time.com/collection/time100-sports/2026/lebron-james/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_content=090626&fbclid=IwY2xjawSWYz9leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFvcGtNYThYM2JIYUZMT0ZJc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHoFMm92aGmy1KSeHgrYWV2AqaTEfXsyL9YWbgT0e8YuFkDmLwjecQCq6site_aem_YWdncwBX8IWgPDprVFzlQElrnfWi&brid=YWdncwGAGOOvWlkhtSlgdJcgktcM TIME Jun 09, 2026 by  Sean Gregory/El Segundo, Calif. Senior Correspondent Mark Clennon for TIME A purple smock adorned with smiley faces cloaks LeBron James ’ body around 7:30 a.m. one mid-April morning, as he’s groomed for a magazine cover shoot at the Los Angeles Lakers practice facility in El Segundo, Calif. Typically, this would be awful timing for a reflective talk with one of the world’s most famous people. James hasn’t been sleeping well. His speech is groggy. A first-round playoff series with the Houston Rockets opens in three days. He has practice soon. But throu...
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Finales NBA : Wembanyama répond présent, les arbitres un peu moins… Tops et flops du Game 3

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10 Jun 2026 - Le Figaro Sport Par Christophe Remise DÉ­CRYP­TAGE - Les bons et les mauvais points après le match 3 des Finales NBA, remporté la nuit dernière par San Antonio à New York (111-115).Wendell Cruz / REUTERSVictor Wembanyama prend le meilleur sur le pivot des New York Knicks, Karl-Anthony Towns. TOPS Wembanyama répond présent Il était attendu au tournant, il a répondu présent. Sur le banc des accusés après le match 2 et sa perte de balle dans la dernière minute, Victor Wembanyama a livré un match de patron la nuit dernière, au Madison Square Garden (victoire 115- 111), afin de maintenir les Spurs en vie. 32 points, 8 rebonds, 6 passes décisives, 3 contres et 2 interceptions pour l’Alien de 22 ans, deuxième plus jeune joueur de l’histoire des Finales à plus de 30 points, 5 rebonds et 5 passes après Magic Johnson. Contrairement aux deux premiers matchs de la série, il a remporté son duel face à Karl-Anthony Towns (11 pts, 4/10), et a su imposer sa volonté à l’intérieur. « C’est...
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Finales NBA : avec un grand Wembanyama, les Spurs se relancent à New York

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10 Jun 2026 - Le Figaro Sport Par Christophe Remise Dos au mur, les Spurs ont enlevé le match 3 des NBA Finals la nuit dernière, au Madison Square Garden, sous les yeux de Donald Trump. Les Knicks mènent 2-1 dans la série.DUSTIN SATLOFF / Getty Images via AFPVictor Wembanyama a sorti son meilleur match depuis le début des Finales. San Antonio reste en vie. Après deux défaites au Texas, et en sachant qu’être mené 0-3 est synonyme de défaite dans 100% des cas à ce stade de la compétition, Victor Wembanyama et les Spurs n’avaient pas d’autre choix que de l’emporter à New York la nuit dernière, lors du troisième match des Finales NBA. Et c’est ce qu’ils ont fait (victoire 115-111, les stats ici ). En quête d’un premier sacre depuis 1973, les Knicks mènent 2-1 dans la série avant le Game 4, dans la nuit de mercredi à jeudi (2h30), toujours au Madison Square Garden. Ils voient néanmoins s’achever leur série de 13 succès, la deuxième plus longue de l’histoire des play-offs après celle des War...
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STEPHEN ROCHE - The "Driver" Within

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Photo: Cycling Legends Collection https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1598663752263547&set=a.417935973669670 The new wave of English-speaking pros entering the European peloton in the early 1980s caused ripples. They were winning, but they were different. To the eyes of the Peugeot team manager, Maurice De Muer , the young Stephen Roche didn’t even look like a pro bike racer. They met at the 1981 Peugeot training camp in the South of France. Roche travelled with Robert Millar , who’d been with Peugeot the previous year . When they arrived D e Muer asked Millar if his driver was staying for dinner. The ‘driver’ was Stephen Roche. Millar explained the mix-up and De Muer looked Roche up and down, and told him; “You might have been able to win amateur races carrying that much weight, but you won’t as a pro.” Roche’s baby face had misled De Muer, which he quickly proved by winning the Tour of Corsica and Paris-Nice . That was incredible. Peugeot was stuffed with established talent, b...
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Young and Loving the Knicks

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A Generation Joins the Party  And Shakes The Suffering By ELLEN YAN and JONAH E. BROMWICH The New York Times - Mercoledì 10 giugno 2026 Pagina B11 New Yorkers under 30 have a notion of the suffering that older fans had endured, but are much more focused on celebrating a charge toward an N.B.A. championship. The line outside Pig Beach, a sprawling barbecue joint in Queens, is full of young people dressed in blue and orange and white. The oldest of the young are 30. They were toddlers during the last Knicks ascension. They flow into the bar toward a large screen in the backyard where Game 1 of the N.B.A. finals is showing. Unlike their elders, they are confident that the Knicks are going to win. Older generations have spent the last few weeks recalling past Knicks glory and the more recent pileup of failures. The 30-and-unders know that song. “It’s 30 years of suffering,” Mark Santiago, 29, from the Bronx, said. “All we know is pain.” But that is not entirely true. It has not been t...
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A Night With the Knicks: Rancor, Jubilation and a Tough Loss

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‘It’s the Knicks versus the refs.  It’s not even the Knicks versus the Spurs.’     - JUAN HERRERA, 20, who watched       at a bar in Pennsylvania Station. The New York Times Mercoledì 10 Giugno 2026 Pagina 30 As the Knicks have romped through the N.B.A. playoffs this spring, their embattled fans, desperate for their beloved team’s first title in more than 50 years, wondered what — if anything — could spoil the good vibes. For many New Yorkers, the arrival of President Trump, who attended Game 3 of the finals against the San Antonio Spurs, seemed like an answer. Heightened security at the arena meant that some fans waited more than an hour to enter. Entire blocks nearby were closed to pedestrians. The popular watch party outside the Garden was canceled because of safety concerns. The fans in deep-blue New York City responded with rancor. Trump smiled and saluted in the face of deafening boos when he briefly appeared on the arena’s video board durin...
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