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©Getty https://sport.sky.it/nba/2025/06/20/darko-milicic-40-anni-storia la storia 20 giu 2025 - 09:00 Simone Dagani - Sky Sport Insider Doveva esserlo almeno sulla carta, invece è diventato uno dei più grandi 'bust' della storia della NBA. Uscito dalla lega dopo sole n ove stagioni, è diventato prima un lottatore e poi un commerciante di frutta (con grande successo), tagliando del tutto i ponti con quel mondo del basket che gli aveva dato fama, denaro ma anche tanta infelicità. Nel giorno del suo compleanno, il racconto della sua storia Manhattan, New York, 26 giugno 2003. Al Madison Square Garden , uno degli impianti più famosi del mondo, ‘La Mecca’ del basket, è serata di draft NBA. Tra i migliori prospetti del mondo, in una classe considerata dagli esperti tra le più talentuose di sempre, uno si staglia su tutti gli altri: LeBron James, già prima scelta annunciata dei Cleveland Cavaliers. Dietro di lui, il caos. Chi scegliere tra Carmelo Anthony, ala di Syracuse e neocampi...

PHOTOS BY BRYAN TERRY/THE OKLAHOMANFans cheer during Loud City Live  at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City for Game 3 of the NBA Finals on June 11. Thunder watch parties are galvanizing the city during NBA Finals 20 Jun 2025 - The Oklahoman Colton Sulley The Oklahoman USA TODAY NETWORK Courtney Mankin and her team are accustomed to large crowds flocking to The Jones Assembly, but they didn't anticipate the deluge of OKC Thunder fans driving for their doors ahead of Game 1 of the NBA Finals. “That Thursday, Game 1, it was like the floodgates had opened,” Mankin — president and partner of local dining group, The Social Order — told The Oklahoman . “Everyone was super excited to be there. And we were like, ‘Oh, OK, this is the Finals. We need to step up our game.'” As the Thunder entered Game 6 Thursday on the brink of bringing the city its first NBA championship, a trend was taking shape in one of the NBA’s smallest markets. The nation’s 20th most populous city is eating, sleeping an...

Former Indy copywriter lays claim to iconic motto 20 Jun 2025 - The Indianapolis Star Sports In-depth Dana Hunsinger Benbow Indianapolis Star USA TODAY NETWORK INDIANAPOLIS – Coach Rick Carlisle was on the television screen with Indiana Pacers fans roaring in the background. The Pacers had just won the Eastern Conference Finals and Carrie Voorhis was watching the fanfare from her home in Studio City, California, when she heard Carlisle saying those 10 words, her words. To Voorhis, it seemed as if Carlisle was almost talking in slow motion. He said it to the TV camera with a rare Carlisle smile. In 49 states ... it’s just basketball. But this is Indiana. Voorhis started screaming. Then she started texting her family and friends. Voorhis says she wrote that motto more than 25 years ago when she was a young advertising copywriter in Indy working on a campaign to bring a WNBA team to the city. It is a phrase that’s been used on merchandise, shot glasses, towels, bumper stickers and decals....

Quatrième de l’étape au prix d’un effort démesuré, Kévin Vauquelin a ravi le maillot  jaune de leader à son compatriote Romain Grégoire, qui se retrouve 13e à 5’31’’. Romain Grégoire décroché, c’est le Normand qui a récupéré le maillot jaune, mais Joao Almeida s’est (encore) rapproché de la victoire finale. "De jour en jour, il m’impressionne, je  ne l’ai jamais vu à un tel niveau"    - EWEN COSTIOU, COÉQUIPIER       DE KÉVIN VAUQUELIN "Je n’avais pas imaginé être en position de jouer le général,  mais c’est sympa pour l’équipe"    - JULIAN ALAPHILIPPE 20 Jun 2025 - L'Équipe YOHANN HAUTBOIS SANTA MARIA IN CALANCA (SUI)- À ce moment de la course, pour les coureurs au mental et physique aussi solides qu’une fondue suisse, les cloches juste après la borne du dernier kilomètre sonnaient le glas de leurs espoirs d’en finir avec dignité, autrement que la bouche et le maillot ouverts. Elles les alertaient également qu’ils n’en avaient pas ...