Títulos en Deportes

Wave Woman is the untold story of an adventurer whose zest for life and learning kept her alive for 98 years. Betty Pembroke Heldreich Winstedt was the granddaughter of Mormon pioneers who, after spending an active and athletic childhood in Salt Lake City, moved to Santa Monica with her family and enrolled at USC to study dental hygiene. Betty went on to elope with a man she hardly knew, and to have two daughters.

In 1968, perhaps the finest US Olympic men’s track-and-field team ever stirred the world in unprecedented ways, among them the victory stand black rights protest by Tommie Smith and John Carlos in Mexico City. But in competition no single athlete mirrored the free-thinking 1960s better than Dick Fosbury, a failed prep high jumper who invented an offbeat style that ultimately won him a gold medal and revolutionized the event. No jumpers today use any other style than his.

Sir Alex Ferguson CBE, born 31st December 1941, is a former Scottish football player and was manager of Manchester United from 1986 to 2013. During his 26 years in charge of United, he won more trophies than any other manager in the history of football. Packed with nearly 80 entertaining and exclusive interviews from those who know Ferguson best - friends, colleagues, associates and those who worked with him at both Aberdeen and Manchester United share their unique insight into the innermost secrets of Ferguson’s fascinating life and hugely successful career.

Cosa c'è dopo le proverbiali scarpe appese appese al chiodo? In che modo l'esperienza dello sport professionistico ha segnato e formato la persona che sono oggi? A queste e altre domande rispondono gli intervistati di "Terzo Tempo" in un percorso che spazia dal racconto di aneddoti e storie che hanno segnato la loro carriera alla riflessione sul presente e sul futuro.

Dans Instinct de survie, Gabriel Filippi, l'un des plus grands alpinistes du Canada, décrit le parcours stupéfiant qui l'a amené à affronter la beauté sublime de la nature et la cruelle indifférence du destin. Moments forts, exploits remarquables et pertes dévastatrices ponctuent un récit passionnant qui se déroule sur six continents.

Eric Dickerson is the greatest player in Los Angeles Rams history and the NFL’s single-season record holder for most rushing yards. In 2019, Dickerson was named to the National Football League’s 100th Anniversary All-Time Team. With an elegant upright running style that produced some of football’s most-watched highlights, it was said he was so smooth you couldn’t hear his pads clack as he glided past you. But during his Hall of Fame career, his greatness was often overshadowed by his contentious disputes with Rams management about his contract.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s deeply personal essay explores racial conflict through the prism of his childhood and the influence of his father, a police officer who walked the beat between two worlds.

Dopo quattro anni di sospensione, "Le Roi" Michel Platini si mette finalmente a nudo e racconta la verità sullo scandalo che gli è costato la presidenza della Fifa e che ha scosso il mondo del calcio internazionale. Il celebre centrocampista francese, tre volte Pallone d'Oro, rompe il silenzio e sceglie di dire la sua: in questo audiolibro ricco di ricordi e sfoghi, aneddoti e confessioni Platini ricostruisce le ragioni e denuncia gli interessi in gioco in questa vicenda, svela i retroscena di un vero e proprio complotto e per la prima volta parla del suo rapporto con Sepp Blatter.

A quasi dieci anni dalla sua ultima partita ufficiale in un polveroso campo della provincia lombarda, Dario Hübner si racconta nella sua autobiografia. Cresciuto a Muggia, nel triestino, al confine con l'allora Jugoslavia, fino a 20 anni montava infissi e finestre giocando in Prima Categoria nella squadra del suo paese. Il passaggio al professionismo, gli anni di C, la Cadetteria e l'esordio in Serie A con la maglia del Brescia. Un fuoriclasse che non ha mai rinunciato ai piccoli piaceri della vita. Un personaggio romantico e nostalgico.

Damiano Cunego, vincitore del Giro d'Italia 2004, si racconta nella sua prima autobiografia. Dal ricordo di un'infanzia felice passata sui monti veronesi - tra auto veloci, hockey su ghiaccio e corsa campestre - allo sbarco nel ciclismo che conta. Aneddoti, curiosità e foto dell'ex enfant prodige che avrebbe dovuto raccogliere l'eredità del più grande, Marco Pantani. Soprannominato Il Piccolo Principe, per il suo animo gentile e puro, Cunego ha avuto la sola colpa di voler correre onestamente.

Le dernier combat de boxe de Gaëtan Hart, à l’âge de 46 ans, a sonné le réveil de Mélanie, sa fille. À compter de cette journée de tourment, elle a décidé de connaître cet homme qui était davantage en amour avec la boxe qu’avec sa famille. Qui est ce père méconnu d’elle mais héros de plusieurs? Pourquoi Mélanie a-t-elle vécu aussi longtemps sans sa présence?

Rien ne destinait Étienne Boulay (5 pi 9 po et 185 lb) à devenir joueur de football professionnel. Pourtant, son passage dans la NFL et ses années dans la NCAA, ajoutés à sa bourse d'études à l'université du New Hampshire et à sa carrière remarquable dans la CFL, où il a remporté trois coupes Grey, ont prouvé qu'il était à sa place dans ce sport.

Les Jeux olympiques de 1976 à Montréal n’ont pas seulement marqué l’histoire du sport, ils ont aussi semé la graine du rêve dans le cœur d’un petit gars de Sainte-Foy. Comment le jeune Marc Griffin, élevé dans un milieu culturel et sportif effervescent, a-t-il réussi à fouler le même terrain que ses héros, Raines, Carter et Dawson ? Ce récit touchant et rassembleur dépeint une époque où notre sang était rouge ou bleu, où la musique de Beau Dommage résonnait dans les stades de baseball et où le nom Stastny est devenu québécois.

Plus jeune, Derek Aucoin n'avait qu'un seul rêve: porter les couleurs des Expos de Montréal. «Go for it!» Ces trois mots, lancés par son idole Andre Dawson, le guideront dans son ascension vers le baseball professionnel et il deviendra, en 1996, un des rares Québécois à jouer pour l'équipe montréalaise.

It's the 1970s, and the fight for women's rights is gaining speed. In the sports world, Billie Jean King is breaking gender barriers on the tennis court. Janet Guthrie doesn't consider herself a "women's libber," but to racing's good ol' boys, she's a threat. When Guthrie makes a bid for Indy in 1976, the other drivers slam her mercilessly, even suggesting she's really a man. Fans heckle her, hoping she'll crash. Guthrie smiles through the pain and qualifies for Indy in 1978.

When journalist Robert Andrew Powell finished his first marathon, he cried, cradled in his father’s arms. Long distance runners understand where those tears come from, even if there are others who will never understand what drives someone to run 26.2 consecutive miles in a grueling mental and physical test. Powell’s emotional reaction to completing the race wasn’t just about the run, though. It was also about the joy and relief of coming back up after hitting rock bottom.

In 1884, Providence Grays pitcher Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn won an astounding 59 games - more than anyone in major-league history ever had before, or has since. He then went on to win all three games of baseball's first World Series. Fifty-nine in '84 tells the dramatic story not only of that amazing feat of grit but also of big-league baseball two decades after the Civil War - a brutal, bloody sport played barehanded, the profession of uneducated, hard-drinking men who thought little of cheating outrageously or maiming an opponent to win.

For swimming champion Nancy Stearns Bercaw, the pool was a natural habitat. But on land, she could never shake the feeling of being a fish out of water. Starting at age two, Nancy devoted her life to swimming, even qualifying for the 1988 Olympic Trials in the fifty-meter freestyle event. But nearly two decades later, when she hung up her cap and goggles, she was confronted with a different kind of challenge: learning who she was out of the lanes.

Tina Nordlund hade allt. Hon var Sveriges bästa fotbollsspelare, hade många bra vänner och pojkvän. Men under 2002 rämnade fasaden. Hon accepterade att hon drabbats av anorexi och slutade med fotboll, 25 år gammal. Hur ser helvetet ut inifrån? Vad är det som får en ung, framgångsrik, populär tjej att börja svälta och misshandla sig själv? Tina Nordlund berättar om ett liv som var på väg att ta slut när det såg som mest perfekt ut.

Alexander Gustafsson grew up in Arboga, a small town in Sweden. A country boy, he started boxing when he was 10 - winning the national youth medal at the age of 16. After a handful of run-ins with the law, he began practicing mixed martial arts and working his way up the ranks of the UFC. Nicknamed The Mauler by his training partners, due to his power, killer instinct and somewhat recklessness whilst fighting; this is the story of Gustafsson's struggle to succeed in one of the world's most challenging sports.