“If that player had been in the Cup, it would have been different.” The phrase is recurring after each World Cup, especially if the Brazilian team is not champion, which has not happened since 2002. Someone is always missing, right? It wouldn’t be any different for him. Qatar World Cup, with the famous and traditional … Read more
chosen with the pick 39 of the Draft 2013 for the New York Jets, Gene Smith could be considered until recently as someone close to a bust: bad first year as a rookie on the Jets, barely improved in the second and since then, eternal understudy in different franchises of the NFL. Between 2015 and … Read more
In July 1989, 33 years ago, the forgotten femicide of Argentine sport occurred. In the same month that Carlos Monzón was sentenced to eleven years in prison for having killed Alicia Muñiz in February 1988 in Mar del Plata, an American basketball player who played in our country –Eddie Pope– murdered his girlfriend –Silvana Ercoli, … Read more
Cooperstown is the hallowed hall of the immortals of the sport of balls and strikes. It is the greatest aspiration of the players after they reach the Major Leagues. But not everything works well in this sports institution, as several Latino players deserve recognition and have been forgotten. Only 19 players and three narrators born … Read more
Walt Disney Television via Getty Images SPORTS – 1976 SUMMER OLYMPICS – Women’s Basketball – July 20, 1976. LUSIA HARRIS shoots the basket in the game between the United States and Bulgaria. Lucia Harris He died untimely on January 18 and everything he achieved in life and on the court was going to receive greater … Read more
By José Alejandro Rodríguez Zas Today I bring you another story rescued from social networks, specifically from Facebook profile of user Yani Blocked, who recounted in a few paragraphs the current situation that Roberto Jiménez, better known as “Misifú”, lives inside and outside the baseball fields. It may interest you: Captain of the National Series … Read more
There are many ways to get to Cooperstown. Players are drawn into the Draft and signed from all over the world. Some have the opportunity to become the face of the franchise and chart their own route in the same organization straight to the Hall of Fame ballot. Others take a completely different path thanks … Read more
The FIFPRO footballers’ association and FIFA announced the 23 players who are candidates to form the World XI, that is, the best eleven of the year for the union. This is the only award that is voted solely and exclusively by the players. Among the nominees there are top-level names such as Messi, recent Ballon … Read more
COOPERSTOWN, New York – Unsurprisingly, many fans of the Montreal Expos — now the Washington Nationals — were present on Cooperstown’s Main Street this week on the occasion of the Hall of Fame induction for Larry Walker, from this Wednesday the second Canadian with a plaque in the museum and former star of the Quebec … Read more
Few remember the feat: our team made the big blow at the World Cup in Spain and beat the future champion of the tournament 74-70. As was customary at the time, the Americans presented a varsity team, but with future NBA stars like Admiral Robinson and Steve Kerr, and they only lost that game. Andres … Read more
