Sports Poets Society

Dopo 15 anni in tv tornò e vinse pure il titolo di allenatore dell’anno NBA 4 Jan 2011 - La Gazzetta dello Sport (m.o.) Il caso di Dan Peterson è più unico che raro. Trovare un allenatore che ritorna a sedersi in panchina dopo quasi 24 anni , è praticamente impossibile. Nella NBA c’è però qualcuno che ci è andato vicino. Nel 2002 Hubie Brown a 69 anni non riuscì a dire di no alla chiamata di Jerry West e prese le redini dei Memphis Grizzlies, 15 anni dopo aver lasciato i New York Knicks e, proprio come Peterson, intrapreso una brillante carriera di commentatore televisivo (che prosegue tutt’oggi).  Brown, che aveva vinto il titolo ABA nel ’75 con i Kentucky Colonels , dopo una stagione mediocre (28 vinte e 46 perse, avendo rimpiazzato in corsa Sidney Lowe che era partito con uno 0-8) , guidò i Grizzlies a 50 successi nel 2003-04, portando la franchigia per la prima volta ai playoff e guadagnandosi il premio di Allenatore dell’anno.  Un altro Brown, Larry, è stato invece il ...

A famous miss by the only Scot to win the Ballon d’Or against the Auld Enemy at Wembley spurred the fiercely patriotic Law on to score in a historic victory against the World Cup champions The finest Scottish one player of the and the world greatest ever has seen 18 Jan 2025 - Daily Record By DAVID McCARTHY SIR ALEX TRIBUTE FERGUSON TO LAW THERE’S a famous photo of Denis Law stretching every sinew in his left leg to volley goalwards on the day Scotland dethroned the world champions in their own Wembley back yard. Martin Peters looks on helplessly, reduced to hoping that just for once The Lawman would miss the target. And he did. Law’s shot rippled the side netting with Gordon Banks posted missing and the goal gaping. It was a collector’s item; the one that got away. The Scot pounded the turf in frustration, but not in despair. Law knew another chance would come and a lack of self belief was never an accusation that could be hurled at the Aberdonian. When it did, he struck with the veno...

22 Oct 2024 - The Guardian Ewan Murray What would the young Ferguson have made of it all? Wayne Rooney had stolen the show in a 2-0 Manchester United win. The visit of the Premier League champions to Aberdeen in the summer of 2008 provided the kind of carnival occasion always guaranteed after Alex Ferguson’s defining move from Pittodrie to Old Trafford . This particular friendly was to mark the 25th anniversary of Ferguson leading Aberdeen to Cup Winners’ Cup glory. Friendly it was … until post-match media duties. Frank Gilfeather, a household name in the north east, asked Ferguson about the potential impact of Carlos Queiroz’s recently announced exit from United to take over as the Portugal head coach. Ferguson, hitherto unaware Gilfeather was in the room, shot a glance so vengeful it made the four horsemen of the apocalypse look like cartoon characters . After a pause of three seconds Ferguson answered the question in perfectly articulate terms. As the press conference concluded a...