The Hollywood Pass
The old stager’s blue eyes fixed his interviewer with a gaze that seemed to bore into him. “If a referendum were held on the most important sports figure of Perugia’s centenary, I believe Ilario Castagner would rank very high,” the interviewer said. “After all, you’ve achieved a lot, stayed in Perugia, played for Perugia FC, […]
Johan Cruyff received the ball outside the penalty box at Westfalenstadion, West Germany, on June 19, 1974. The Netherlands captain, clad in the black shorts and orange jersey that would become iconic after the 1974 World Cup, was being marked by Jan Olsson, a 32-year-old Swedish defender. As Olsson rushed to the edge of the […]
In May 1977, Bob Paisley was in his third season in charge of Liverpool. He had already led the Reds to 4 trophies, including a ‘double’ of the First Division title and the UEFA Cup in the 1975/76 season. The 1976/77 season would see Paisley help Liverpool to another special achievement, this time a double […]
It was June 18, 2006. Miami Heat, the NBA team from Florida, had just won a close game against the Dallas Mavericks to win their third straight game in the NBA finals to race to a 3-2 lead in the 7-match series. The Heat’s achievement was all the more impressive because they had bounced back […]
The last miracle in Italian football occurred on a Sunday in May 1991, when U.C. Sampdoria won their first – and so far only – Serie A title, pipping defending champions AC Milan to the Scudetto. Thirty-one years later, Milan conjured a miracle of their own on a Sunday evening in May in the northern […]