Sports Poets Society

Al Lido Woody Allen a Venezia nel 2023. Il regista ha recentemente pubblicato  il suo primo romanzo «Che succede a Baum» edito in Italia da La nave di Teseo.  «Tutte le storie sono inventate, ma la prospettiva e le idee riflettono le mie.  I sentimenti nei confronti dei personaggi sono miei», spiega l’autore I progetti cinematografici, il romanzo, l’America, la tv che lo ignora: parla Allen Lo spirito statunitense non sarà sconfitto dalle tendenze autoritarie, in futuro la gente sarà più saggia alle elezioni 27 Nov 2025 - Corriere della Sera di Maurizio Porro © RIPRODUZIONE RISERVATA Quest’anno il 1° dicembre è un giorno particolare per Woody Allen. Ne fa 90, di anni, noi ricordiamo la sua giovinezza dal divertente Radio Days . Si sa che il regista non considera molto il compleanno, ma la data è rotonda, forse ci sarà una festa a sorpresa: come passerà la giornata? «Spero solo che il giorno in cui compirò 90 anni potrò trascorrerlo in modo tranquillo e senza imprevisti e ...

(Image credit: Future) https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/on-the-road-with-philippa-york-and-david-walsh-the-escape-the-tour-the-cyclist-and-me-book-extract/ By Philippa York last updated November 27, 2025 York and Walsh discuss the Tour de France, gender in sport, doping, and much more in wide-ranging new book Published by Harper Collins, The Escape: The Tour, the Cyclist and Me by Pippa York and David Walsh is a new memoir from retired cyclist York and sportswriter Walsh, chronicling their time spent following the Tour de France , and reflecting on York's transition from Robert Millar to Philippa York . In November, the book won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award, a prestigious award celebrating excellence in sports writing. Plus, you can buy it at a discount for Black Friday – scroll down for the deal. The book is told in a mixture of formats, from diary entries written by Walsh during the three Tours he did with York, transcribed dialogue between the pair, and ...

EDDIE KEOGH/THE FA/ GETTY IMAGES Jude Bellingham before England’s World Cup  qualifier win against Albania this month The tropes and the unspoken language of anti-Black sentiment are everywhere.  It makes the dots easier to connect 27 Nov 2025 - The Guardian Jonathan Liew Sir Alex Ferguson was there. Bryan Robson was there. Eric Cantona was there. The manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was there, and yet even as these four club legends sold the dream of Manchester United to a 17-year-old from the Midlands, they could sense the elusiveness, the coldness. The nagging suspicion that, like so many defenders Jude Bellingham would later encounter, they too were grasping at pure air. “He had it planned out,” Solskjaer would later remember. “He knew what he wanted. X amount of minutes in the first team. The most mature 17-year-old I’ve ever met in my life.” Though five years have passed since Bellingham turned down United for Borussia Dortmund, for me this is still the story that explains h...

L’ANNÉE DE L’ENVOL Auteur d’une fin de saison exceptionnelle (19 victoires en 2025), Paul Magnier, par son style, sa fraîcheur et son potentiel sur les classiques, a tout pour plaire au public français dans les années à venir. "Paul est très rêveur, on est très prévenants,  il n’anticipe jamais les problèmes"    - SABINE ET LAURENT, PARENTS DE PAUL MAGNIER 27 Nov 2025 - L'Équipe TEXTE : YOHANN HAUTBOIS  PHOTOS : ALEXIS RÉAU VARCES-ALLIÈRES-ET-RISSET (ISÈRE) – Au pied du Vercors, la grande maison surplombant le fort de la Bastille et le massif de la Chartreuse, noyés ce jour-là par la pluie, bruisse des souvenirs et des rires de Paul Magnier , sous le regard, parfois déconcerté, de ses parents Sabine et Laurent , installés dans la région grenobloise depuis quinze ans après un passage aux ÉtatsUnis. Car c’est à Laredo au Texas qu’est né le coureur de Soudal Quick-Step, où il a vécu jusqu’à ses 4 ans, « sans aucun souvenir » , pas même la langue qu’il a dû réappren...