Sports Poets Society

4 Sep 2024 Ai Laghi di Covadonga vince Soler, con Zana 2°. Primoz vede la vetta, Wout in lacrime si ritira La Gazzetta dello Sport - Verona di Ciro Scognamiglio @CIROGAZZETTA Ben O’Connor aveva capito che la maglia rossa era rimasta sulle sue spalle. Ma allora perché, una volta tagliato il traguardo, è sceso fino alla zona dei bus, circa 15 chilometri più in basso, non fermandosi al podio per la premiazione? «Perché pensavo fosse lì dove stavo andando, e non a 500 metri dall’arrivo . Per fortuna mi hanno riportato con l’auto e non sono dovuto risalire in bicicletta...». Si vedeva poco ai Laghi di Covadonga, traguardo in salita iconico che la Vuelta ha proposto alla 16a tappa: la nebbia l’ha fatta da padrone oltre alla pioggia, ma la sostanza non è sfuggita al termine di un’altra giornata che di storie ne ha raccontate parecchie: a cominciare dall’operazione rimonta di Primoz Roglic che resta in corso, ma che non si è ancora compiuta del tutto. Distacchi  Lo sloveno ha ancora una vo...

4 Sep 2024 - L'Équipe MANUEL MARTINEZ En haut des lacs de Covadonga, l’Australien a sauvé sa tunique de leader pour cinq petites secondes.  À cinq jours de l’arrivée à Madrid, il n’a plus de marge de manoeuvre face à Primoz Roglic. "J’ai bien peur que vendredi,  ce soit plus difficile"    - BEN O’CONNOR LACS DE COVADONGA – À l’évidence, Ben O’Connor a du courage à revendre, mais cela risque de ne pas suffire. Hier, au terme de la grandiose étape menant vers les sommets des lacs de Covadonga, l’Australien s’est fait la peau pour pouvoir conserver son maillot rouge de leader un jour de plus. Mais il n’a pas été loin d’abdiquer. Nanti d’une grosse minute d’avance sur Primoz Roglic au matin de la 16e étape, le coureur des antipodes a vu cet écart fondre quelques heures plus tard.Ben O’Connor a sauvé d’extrême justesse son maillot rouge de leader. Longtemps placé durant l’étape sous la protection de ses coéquipiers Clément Berthet, Valentin Paret-Peintre et Bruno Armirail...

https://thegregger63.wordpress.com/2023/03/27/todays-pistons-got-you-down-they-aint-got-nothing-on-1979-80s-debacle/ Today’s Pistons got you down? They ain’t got nothing on 1979-80’s debacle Date: March 27, 2023 Author: thegregger63 2 Comments They played in a cavernous building with an inflatable roof that leaked. Half the time, the crowd could be seen bundled up in their seats, because the cavernous building could get awful drafty in Michigan winters. They gave away tickets for damn near for free—sometimes they were free, especially if you didn’t mind sitting in the high altitude sections. The halftime entertainment was the Classy Chassis, who were a gaggle of lovelies with pom-pons and skimpy outfits. Think Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders, retro fitted for Detroit. Or sometimes a fellow named Crazy George would perform. Crazy George did all sorts of tumbling and other physical gyrations on the hardwood, along with some balancing tricks with basketballs. If you cared to drive up to the Po...

(Top photo: Detroit Pistons file) https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/335963/2018/05/01/forty-years-after-being-hired-dick-vitale-recalls-tenure-as-pistons-head-coach/ Thomas Neumann - The Athletics May 1, 2018 LAKEWOOD RANCH, Fla. — It’s a Monday morning, and Dick Vitale is following up his daily workout with a stack of newspapers and his usual breakfast at Another Broken Egg Cafe : strawberries, apple slices, blueberries, bananas, decaf coffee and water with lemon. It’s no secret that Vitale is a regular customer, and fans come to eat here all the time just so they can shake his hand, take a picture and get an autograph. A husband and wife from Michigan come up to say hello. They met him here years ago and wondered if they might see him again. “Why don’t we go back to The Broken Egg where Dick Vermeil was?” the wife recalls suggesting to her husband. “Vitale,” the husband says, politely correcting her. “It’s OK,” Vitale says with a wide grin. “My wife has called me worse.” After the ens...

https://www.nba.com/pistons/news/vitale_071031.html Latest look back at 50 years of Pistons basketball brings us to... The Dickie V Era  by John Maxwell October 31, 20073:50 PM EDT Most basketball fans probably have vague recollections of Dick Vitale’s brief tenure as head coach of the Detroit Pistons, while most Pistons fans probably wish they could shove a Brillo pad in their ear to scrub away the memories of that forgettable 94-game stint. Fresh off of resurrecting the University of Detroit basketball program, and brandishing the same colorful personality that would later make him one of the most well-known television broadcasters in the wide world of sports, Vitale was charged with the task of getting the Pistons back on the postseason track in May of 1978. Detroit advanced to the playoffs four straight seasons from 1974 to 1977, including two appearances in the conference semifinals, but a fifth place finish to the 1977-78 campaign opened the door for local hero Vitale. Promis...