Sports Poets Society

AMAZON https://www.amazon.it/Hoops-Portraits-Ritratti-basket-americano-ebook/dp/B07JC4X181 PODBEAN https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-7umag-13ebd02 SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/episode/7kX36vTUV6pq8YCBGuqOpC di CHRISTIAN GIORDANO  © ©  Black Jesus Magazine -  © Rainbow Sports Books Chi ha avuto la fortuna di vederlo in azione difficilmente potrà dimenticarne il fiuto cestistico, il bagaglio di movimenti (su tutti il suo iconico spin move , l'avvitamento su stesso),  la capacità di scovare, per quanto marcato e raddoppiato se non addirittura triplicato, un tiro, o un passaggio illuminante, e sempre preciso al millimetro.  Ma a differenza di un Dr. J  o di un Michael Jordan, abituati a volare, Earl "the Pearl" Monroe era immarcabile nonostante le ginocchia scricchiolanti, che quasi gli impedivano di staccare da terra. E spesso con i suoi trucchi da "Black Magic" ingannava così bene l'avversario diretto da riuscire a tirare senza nemmeno lasciare ...

The chant that followed Earl Monroe through a lively college career is taken up by Baltimore basketball fans as the rookie shooter and showman quickly moves into a starring role with the Bullets By Frank Deford, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED The rookie, Earl the Pearl, stirred from his afternoon nap and squinted out the window of his room in the Lord Baltimore Hotel toward the Civic Center, where he would begin his professional basketball career with the Bullets in another three hours. It was an eerie, Cimmerian dark outside, for this was one of those Baltimore evenings when the weather, always mischievous, misplaces whole months. Oct. 30, 1967 THIS IS AN ARTICLE FROM THE OCT. 30, 1967 ISSUE ORIGINAL LAYOUT There are, normally, only two seasons in Baltimore, anyway—spring and fall being acknowledged by the populace only in deference to the calendar. Spring is celebrated on the few days the flowers in Sherwood Gardens are in full bloom. Fall is observed on the Sundays wh...

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/knicks/earl-monroe-nba-union-finally-helping-peers-article-1.2939217?cid=bitly BY  KEVIN ARMSTRONG NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Saturday, January 7, 2017 “Every time I move I can feel another surgery coming on,” says Earl Monroe, the former Knick known to most as “Pearl.” He warms a cup of herbal tea, replete with hibiscus, rosehips and wild cherry bark, in the microwave before removing it and taking a sip. He then leans back in his office chair, relaxing in Studio 902, the workspace he keeps for his company, Reverse Spin Entertainment, nine floors above West 39th St. by the Port Authority Bus Terminal. Operations are on his mind, namely the 47 surgeries he has undergone since stepping away from the NBA. He traces scars from his feet to his knees to his hips to the six fused vertebrae in his neck. “What I try to do now is know what I don’t want. One thing I don’t want is a lot of anesthesia in my system. Anesthesia is what ki...

https://www.drew.edu/news/2017/04/03/the-5-best-stories-from-earl-monroe-at-drew-university Basketball Hall of Famer reflects on his mom, the Knicks, Woody Allen. March 2017 – Basketball Hall of Famer Earl Monroe has a lot of stories to tell. That became apparent early on during his appearance at Drew University, where the former New York Times sports columnist Ira Berkow asked him about his days as a top college player at Winston-Salem State and as a flashy guard on the Baltimore Bullets and New York Knicks. Monroe, the guest of Drew Forum’s In the Game speaker series, smiled and laughed about lighter memories and spoke earnestly about past slights and the unwavering support of his “ma.” Here are his five best stories. A letter from Woody Allen Monroe was humbled by his first season on the Knicks. He went from being a star on the Baltimore Bullets to riding the bench for months in New York, with his scoring average sliding from 21 to 11 points per game. Afte...