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A NY LEGEND LOST EX-KNICKS, NETS GREAT MICHAEL RAY RICHARDSON WAS A SHINING, TORTURED SOUL / VACCARO: Knicks, Nets great Richardson lived rich life in NBA many were afraid would end sooner 12 Nov 2025 - New York Post Mike Vaccaro - mvaccaro@nypost.com LET’S START with the words of a man named Earvin Johnson, known to the world as “Magic,” who, when he speaks about the position of point guard, talks with the authority of J. Robert Oppenheimer on the splitting of the atom. This was Magic, to me, in May 2020: “When I was playing, the one player I enjoyed watching more than anyone else was Sugar Ray Richardson. When I saw him, I saw a smaller version of me. I had four inches on him. But he did everything else just as well as I did.” Let that serve as the greatest possible epitaph for Michael Ray Richardson, who died Tuesday at 70 after a battle with prostate cancer, who was an All-Star for both the Knicks and the Nets and was ticketed for Springfield, Mass., and the Hall of Fame before his...

Michael Ray Richardson, ballon en main ici face à Didier Gadou lors de la finale de Pro A 1995, a été le héros du titre de champion de France d'Antibes . Michael Ray Richardson, quatre fois All-Star en NBA avant d’être banni, puis héros à 40 ans du titre de champion de France d’Antibes en 1995, est décédé à 70 ans. 12 Nov 2025 - L'Équipe ARNAUD LECOMTE Son bégaiement et son bagou permanent étaient aussi déroutants que ses dribbles et ses mains sans cesse en mouvement sur les terrains. Michael Ray Richardson , monument du basket US et français, s’est éteint hier à 70 ans aux États-Unis, des suites d’un cancer de la prostate qui le rongeait depuis des mois.Micheal Ray Richardson, ballon en main ici face à Didier Gadou lors de la finale de Pro A 1995, a été le héros du titre de champion de France d'Antibes. « Sugar » – un surnom qui suggère la grandeur d'autres Ray, les boxeurs Robinson et Leonard, et qui disait autant de sa gentillesse que de son goût pour les paradis ar...

https://www.virtuspedia.it/giocatori/micheal-ray-richardson/ Sugar parte in contropiede nato a: Lubbock (USA) il: 11/04/1955 - 11/11/2025 statura: 196 ruolo: playmaker/guardia numero di maglia: 20 Stagioni alla Virtus: 1988/89 - 1989/90 - 1990/91 - 1991/92 (in corsivo la stagione in cui ha disputato solo amichevoli) statistiche individuali del sito di Legabasket biografia su wikipedia palmarès individuale in Virtus: 2 Coppe Italia, 1 Coppa delle Coppe «SUGAR» RICHARDSON A BOLOGNA.  STORIA DI BASKET E COCAINA di Leonardo Iannacci - L'Unità - 23/08/1988 Adesso è quasi certo. Micheal Ray Richardson detto «Sugar» giocherà nella prossima stagione con la maglia della Knorr Bologna. La fortissima guardia statunitense, bandito dalla Nba due anni fa in seguito a un test che aveva dimostrato la sua dipendenza da sostanze stupefacenti, ha ottenuto dalla Lega professionistica la riqualificazione. Nonostante le numerose offerte subito giunte dagli States, Richardson ha deciso dì onorare il c...