Sports Poets Society

SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/episode/0HMdPmsNNadbQYoj0LCKFB Tre giorni di lutto nazionale nel Paese. E addirittura sette a Santos, la città in cui ha giocato per 14 anni, dal 1957 al 1974. Così, nel modo più sentito e dovuto, il Brasile - "O país do futebol" si congeda da Pelé che del futebol è stato - e in eterno sarà - "O rei". Pelé detestava le veglie, e aveva paura soltanto della morte. I migliaia in coda non potranno sostare vicino alla bara e neanche fotografarla. Allo stadio del "suo" Santos, ufficialmente l'"Urbano Caldeira", ma per tutti "Vila Belmiro", che ne ha ospitato il feretro scoperto (e che per rispetto mostriamo solo a distanza), col suo mito esiste - e resiste - quello del suo armadietto, rimasto chiuso dal suo addio al club. Neanche Clodoaldo, suo compagno per nove anni nel "Peixe alvinegro" e cinque col verdeoro della Seleção , ha mai saputo cosa contenesse: "Ogni volta che qualcuno glielo chi...

https://sport660.wordpress.com/tag/giro-di-lombardia-1973/ di Nicola Pucci 2 gennaio 2023   Conviene raccontare qualcosa del recente passato, prima di dar dettaglio del Giro di Lombardia del 1974 . Innanzi tutto, che il “Cannibale” Eddy Merckx, fresco di titolo mondiale (il terzo della serie) colto a Montreal, cerca il riscatto dopo che l’anno precedente, primo sul traguardo di Como davanti a Felice Gimondi , è stato squalificato per la positività alla norefedrina , causata dall’utilizzo di Mucantyl , un farmaco prescrittogli dal medico della Molteni . Poi, che se il bergamasco beneficiò della vittoria, anche un certo Roger de Vlaeminck , beffato in volata, a sua volta ha qualche buon motivo per cercare la sua rivincita sulle strade della “Classica delle foglie morte” che chiude la stagione del grande ciclismo. I tre campionissimi sono pronti a dare battaglia, ed è bene aggiungere che De Vlaeminck, che tra qualche capoverso troverà soddisfazione, è un fenomeno in divenire, visto c...

June 5, 2022 Only a few of the lucky players get to be a part of the national sports team and represent their countries internationally. American basketball player Tayshaun Prince is one of those lucky few who shined during commercial as well as national basketball. Not only does he have an excellent NBA career, but he also has won Olympic gold ! Tayshaun was born in California to a religious and sporty family which helped him shape as a disciplined basketball player. Following a lustrous collegiate career, he was drafted by Detroit Pistons in 2002. He played in the NBA professionally for many years for teams like Detroit Pistons, Memphis Grizzlies, Boston Celtics, and Minnesota Timberwolves. Tayshaun Prince spent most of his career playing for Detroit Pistons After retirement in 2016, Prince is still active in the field of basketball. 42 years old Prince is working at the executive level at the Memphis grizzlies club. In this article, we will revisit his journey from a humble backgrou...

https://www.mitchalbom.com/the-joe-nobody-knowslots-to-tell-about-piston-with-little-to-say/ BY MITCH ALBOM   NOV 21, 2008 | DETROIT FREE PRESS   He stepped inside the hospital room and took a deep breath. There lay his father, a strapping truck driver who had always been the image of strength. The sheets were pulled up to his waist. “Come here, son. I want you to see this.” Joe Dumars walked slowly to the edge of the bed. “It won’t do any good to feel sorry for me, you know. I don’t need that now. Just look and get it over with.” He pulled back the sheets. The left leg was gone, amputated at the knee . Diabetes. Dumars looked down and fought back the tears. “Hey, hey,” said the father. “It’s done. We just go on with life. No feeling sorry for me, OK?” “OK, Dad,” whispered his son, and nothing more was said. This is a story about The Joe Nobody Knows , the good man behind the basketball star who has suddenly become nationally famous. On Friday night, the Pistons beat Chicago, ...

https://vault.si.com/vault/1989/06/26/man-in-the-slow-lane-as-the-pistons-toasted-their-nba-title-finals-mvp-joe-dumars-was-the-most-invisible-player As the Pistons toasted their NBA title, Finals MVP Joe Dumars was the Most Invisible Player Bruce Newman Sports Illustrated -  June 26, 1989 TABLE OF CONTENTS ORIGINAL LAYOUT Boopie Dumars finally comes home this weekend. After the victory parade in front of 125,000 screaming fans through the streets of Detroit, after the Rose Garden ceremony with the President at the White House, after the presentation of a Jeep in New York City for being named MVP of the NBA's championship series and after a lot of other fuss he probably could have lived without, Joe (Boopie) Dumars III will finally return to Natchitoches, La. (pop. 16,000), where a two-day celebration in his honor is planned. It will culminate in the enshrinement of Dumars's size-13 footprints in concrete in front of the bank on Main Street . They'll be immortalized along...

Eight teams. Five trades. Injuries. Doubt. It wasn’t always easy for Chauncey Billups. But that hasn’t stopped him from putting together one of the NBA’s best careers. BY  JONATHAN ABRAMS  ON DECEMBER 12, 2012 Larry Brown walked down the aisle of the bus transporting his Pistons, looking even more solemn than usual. Hours earlier, Detroit led Game 2 of the 2004 NBA Finals by three points with 10.9 seconds remaining. Brown instructed his team to foul, but the veterans in the huddle — Rasheed Wallace, Ben Wallace, Richard Hamilton, and Chauncey Billups — resisted his order. Brown relented, but only on the condition that should Shaquille O’Neal catch the ball, they foul him immediately. O’Neal did receive the ball on the ensuing possession, but he quickly passed to Luke Walton, who found Kobe Bryant for an acrobatic 3-pointer that sent Staples Center into a frenzy. The Lakers prevailed easily in overtime, evening the series and leaving the Pistons reeling. “We’re crushed,” Brow...