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https://open.spotify.com/episode/3aw4q38B44E0GYGMg4Qd3Y?si=ZgajC3zMTeWYmadcjyL2sw "Il più grande giocatore non indotto nella Hall of Fame". E se le parole del suo agente e amico John Zelbst saranno pure di parte, allora bastino quelle di illustri ex che da guardie dovevano marcarlo. Ed esserne marcati. Per Isiah Thomas, è stato l'avversario che gli "ha creato più problemi. Era più alto, più veloce, segnava da tre e dalla media, e il suo gioco in post era da élite. Offensivamente, aveva tutto". Metteteci anche che è stato pure tre volte primo in NBA per recuperi (più di Magic e Jordan) e capirete perché ai tempi, parola di Quinn Buckner, il top "nel ruolo erano Magic e, subito dopo, Sugar ". Ancora oggi, nella Bologna bianconera (come pure a Livorno - due volte - e a Forlì): basta la parola. Sugar . In campo e fuori, una delle superstar più immarcabili - e spettacolari - avvistate in Europa. Texano di Lubbock classe 1955, Michael Ray Richardson è cresc...

https://slamonline.com/nba/original-old-school-sweet-and-sour/#post/0 July 30, 2010 -  SLAM Staff We know you’ll be happy with this week’s Original Old School .  Originally printed in SLAM 35, Scoop hit this Micheal Ray Richardson story out of the park arena.—Ed. by Scoop Jackson Politics. Either you play them or you get played. Springfield, Massachusetts. An obscure place in the middle of nowhere, away from everything. This is the resting place for the game, politics too. Bronze faces stare at you as you walk through the corridors. The Basketball Hall of Fame. It’s cold, its history. Baylor. Pettit. Chamberlain. West. The usual and necessary suspects. All played the game, all deserve to be enshrined. Then there are those who never made it here. The ones who could only master either the game of basketball or the politics of the game of basketball. Never both. Those that if you ask the right people–in the right town, at the right time–will tell you about somebody who is missing...

Michael Ray Richardson, nicknamed "Sugar," was a four-time All-Star during his eight-year NBA career with the Knicks, Warriors and Nets.  He was banned from the NBA in 1986 for violating the league's drug policy for a third time.  Focus on Sport/Getty Image s https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/46928693/former-nba-star-micheal-ray-richardson-dies-age-70 Marc J. Spears Nov 11, 2025, 10:25 AM ET Four-time NBA All-Star Michael Ray Richardson , who was banned from the league for drug use, died Tuesday in Lawton, Oklahoma, at the age of 70 shortly after getting diagnosed with prostate cancer, his attorney and friend John Zelbst told Andscape. "The basketball world and anyone Michael came in contact with lost a great sportsman," Zelbst said. "He lived life to the fullest. He overcame the most incredible odds to accomplish what he did in life. He serves as an example on how to redeem yourself and make something of yourself. I think he is the greatest NBA player th...

The New York Times Tue 11 Nov 2025 An N.B.A. Hall of Famer Lenny Wilkens was cited as one of the league’s 50 greatest players and one of its top 10 coaches. He was 88. Lenny Wilkens, the All-Star N.B.A. point guard of the 1960s and ’70s who became the league’s second-ranking coach in total victories, forging a Hall of Fame career through five decades in pro basketball, has died. He was 88. Adam Silver, commissioner of the N.B.A., confirmed the death in a statement. It did not specify when or where Wilkens died, nor did it cite a cause. Growing up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, Wilkens began playing basketball in Catholic playground leagues, and then played for Boys High School in his senior year. He became an All-American at Providence College and was selected by the St. Louis Hawks in the first round of the 1960 N.B.A. draft. One of the league’s leading playmakers of his time and a strong defensive presence with a nifty left-handed jump shot, he played for 15 seasons, ...

Au sortir d’une saison exceptionnelle pour un néo-pro, Paul Seixas, 19 ans, concentre des attentes énormes. Et tout le monde se pose la question : fera-t-il le Tour dès l’an prochain ? Et si oui, est-ce bien raisonnable ? « Avant de penser à le voir sur le tour,  je rappelle qu’aucun français n’a gagné  une grosse course d’une semaine depuis 2007 »     - Thomas Voeckler, sélectionneur de l’équipe de France « On s’adaptera selon ses contraintes au fil de la saison.  Car chaque mois qui passe, c’est un nouveau Paul »    - Jean-Baptiste Quiclet, directeur de la performance « Le niveau, ce n’est pas un problème pour Paul !  Et la pression, je n’ai pas l’impression qu’il la ressente »    - Valentin Paret-Peintre 7 Nov 2025 - Vélo Magazine Par Julien Chesnais. Il a conclu l’année comme on quitte la cour de l’école, canette d’oasis à la main, casquette blanche sur le crâne, le regard coquin comme un début de vacances, bien méritées dans so...

N’golo Kanté lors de son dernier match avec les Bleus,  contre Israël en Ligue des nations, au Stade de France, le 14 novembre 2024. Convoqué pour le dernier rendez-vous de 2025, le milieu de terrain, absent depuis un an, voit sa belle histoire avec les Bleus se poursuivre. « C’est toujours un plaisir pour lui de venir.  Peu de personnes le suivent, mais nous, oui.  Ce n’est pas parce que je ne le prenais pas qu’il était sorti de ma tête »     - Didier Deschamps, Sélectionneur de l’équipe de France 11 Nov 2025 - Le Figaro Baptiste Desprez Ne comptez pas sur lui pour débarquer à Clairefontaine vêtu du dernier habit à la mode ou d’un accessoire qui fera parler sur les réseaux sociaux. N’golo Kanté , 34 ans, n’est pas friand de cet exercice et laisse volontiers cela aux plus jeunes. Faire parler de lui en dehors du terrain, ce n’est pas le genre de la maison. Lundi après-midi, le champion du monde 2018 a monté les marches d’un château qu’il connaît par coeur a...