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Vittorio Gallinari
Vittorio Gallinari (born 22 October 1958) is an Italian former basketball player and current sports agent. He is the father of Danilo Gallinari, who plays for the Washington Wizards in the NBA. He was born in Sant'Angelo Lodigiano. During his playing career, Gallinari was known as a tough defensive player. He was also a teammate of former Houston Rockets coach Mike D'Antoni. Biography He is the father and attorney of Danilo Gallinari, also a basketball player, who is currently unemployed. A defensive specialist, much of his career was spent wearing the Olimpia Milano jersey, where he was a key player in winning many trophies in the Dan Peterson era, including the 1987 grand slam when the Milanese won the Champions Cup, Scudetto and Coppa Italia. The scudetti won will total four. He remained at Olimpia Milano until 1987, until he moved one season to Pallacanestro Pavia in Serie A2 and later to Virtus Bologna, helping to enrich his and the Virtus Bologna Virtus Pallacanestro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports Agent
A sports agent is a legal representative (hence agent (law), agent) for professional sports figures such as athletes and coaches. They procure and negotiate employment and Testimonial, endorsement contracts for the principal (commercial law), athlete or coach whom they represent. In addition to contract negotiations, sports agents may also help their clients with financial planning, legal issues, and marketing. They may work closely with financial advisors, lawyers, and marketing professionals on behalf of their clients. Description Because of the unique characteristics of the sports industry, sports agents are responsible for communications with team owners, managers, and other individuals. In addition to finding income sources, agents often handle public relations matters for their clients. In some large sports agencies, such as International Management Group, IMG, Creative Artists Agency, Roc Nation Sports and Octagon (Sports Agency), Octagon, agents deal with all aspects of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libertas Pallacanestro Livorno
Libertas Livorno was an Italian professional basketball team based in Livorno, Tuscany. History Established in 1947, the side played in the first division Serie A from 1959 to 1968 , in 1970-71 and again from 1981 to 1994 (with one season in the second division Serie A2. Merging with another Livorno side, Pallacanestro Livorno under the Libertas name, the side went bankrupt in 1994. Another Livorno side Basket Livorno represented the city in the Serie A afterwards before itself filing bankruptcy. Libertas Liburnia Livorno, playing in the regional Serie C, is the symbolic heir to the side but was founded in 2004 with a new affiliation to the Italian federation. Sponsorship names Throughout the years, due to sponsorship, the club has been known as : Libertas Livorno *Fargas Livorno (1966–68) *Peroni Livorno (1982–85) *Cortan Livorno (1985–86) *Boston Livorno (1986–87) *Enichem Livorno (1987–89) *Enimont Livorno (1989–90) *Baker Livorno (1991–94) Pallacanestro Liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scaligera Basket Verona Players
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Italian Sports Agents
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Olimpia Milano Players
Olimpia may refer to: Sports teams *Club Atlético Olimpia, a sports club based in Montevideo, Uruguay *Club Deportivo Olimpia, a football team based in Tegucigalpa, Honduras * Club Olimpia, a sports club based in the city of Asunción, Paraguay * Olímpia Futebol Clube, a football team from Brazil * Olimpia Elbląg, a football team from Elbląg, Poland * FC Olimpia Bălţi, a football team from Moldova * FC Olimpia Satu Mare, a football team from Satu Mare, Romania *FC Olimpia Volgograd, a football team from Volgograd, Russia *Olimpia Milano, a basketball team based in Milan, Italy *KK Olimpija, a defunct basketball team based in Ljubljana, Slovenia *Olimpia Basketball Club, a basketball team based in Venado Tuerto, Argentina Other uses * ''Olimpia'' (film), a 2018 Mexican adult animated thriller film directed by José Manuel Cravioto * Olimpia Awards, the most important sports awards in Argentina * Olimpia Sports Hall, an indoor arena in Ploiești, Romania * Olimpia, Greate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Men's Basketball Players
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Sportspeople From The Province Of Lodi
An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sports involving physical strength, speed, power, or endurance. Sometimes, the word "athlete" is used to refer specifically to sport of athletics competitors, i.e. including track and field and marathon runners but excluding e.g. swimmers, footballers or basketball players. However, in other contexts (mainly in the United States) it is used to refer to all athletics (physical culture) participants of any sport. For the latter definition, the word sportsperson or the gendered sportsman or sportswoman are also used. A third definition is also sometimes used, meaning anyone who is physically fit regardless of whether they compete in a sport. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-developed physiques obtained by extensive physical training and strict exercise, accompanied by a strict dietary regimen. Definitions The word "athlete" is a romanization of the , ''at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1958 Births
Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third overland journey to the South Pole, the first to use powered vehicles. ** Sputnik 1 (launched on October 4, 1957) falls towards Earth from its orbit and burns up. * January 13 – Battle of Edchera: The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol. * January 27 – A Soviet-American executive agreement on cultural, educational and scientific exchanges, also known as the "Lacy-Zarubin Agreement, Lacy–Zarubin Agreement", is signed in Washington, D.C. February * February 1 – Egypt and Syria unite to form the United Arab Republic. * February 2 – The ''Falcons'' aerobatic team of the Pakistan Air Force led by Wg Cdr Zafar Masud (air commodore), Mitty Masud set a World record loop, world record performing a 16 aircraft diamon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unione Cestistica Casalpusterlengo
Unione Cestistica Casalpusterlengo, since 2016 known as Assigeco Piacenza, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Codogno, Lombardy. History The team was founded in 1977 by Franco Curioni, who remains its president to this day. In 2004 Casalpusterlengo reached the third division Serie B Basket, Serie B1. Five years later the team was promoted to the professional Serie A2 Basket, LegaDue, playing two seasons before withdrawing in 2011 due to financial difficulties. Arena In order to comply with the league's capacity regulations during the years it played in LegaDue, its home arena was PalaCastellotti in Lodi, Lombardy, Lodi. Notable players * Mike Hall (basketball), Mike Hall 1 season: 2019–20 * Ruben Boykin 1 season: 2010–11 * Paul Marigney 1 season: 2010–11 * Peter Ezugwu 1 season: 2010–11 * Marcus Hatten 1 season: 2009–10 * Jakub Wojciechowski 1 season: 2009–10 * Mario Boni 2 seasons: 2006–08 * Pietro Aradori 3 seasons: 2003–06 * Danilo G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glaxo Verona
Scaligera Basket Verona, known for sponsorship reasons as Tezenis Verona, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Verona, Italy. It competes in the LBA. History 1951–1982: Decades within the minor leagues Scaligera Basket was founded in Verona in 1951. From 1951 until 1971, Scaligera took part in local and regional competitions within the minor leagues of Italian basketball. In the early 1970s, a local entrepreneur, Giuseppe Vicenzi became the new owner of the club and sponsored the team Vicenzi Biscotti, which became one of the most recognizable name for Scaligera. In the 1976–77 season, Scaligera reached the Serie B. Despite a relegation to Serie C in the following season, the club was able to re-gain the promotion in 1977–78. After a few years in Serie B, in the 1982–83 season, under the leadership of coach Bruno Arrigoni, Verona was promoted to Serie A2, the second division of Italian basketball. 1982–1991: Years in Serie A2 and the Italian Cup In th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danilo Gallinari
Danilo Gallinari (; born 8 August 1988) is an Italian professional basketball player for the Vaqueros de Bayamón of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). After spending his first four years as a professional in his native Italy, Gallinari was drafted sixth overall in the 2008 NBA draft by the New York Knicks. He played with the Knicks for two and a half seasons before being traded to the Denver Nuggets in 2011. He has also played for the Los Angeles Clippers, the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Atlanta Hawks, the Washington Wizards and the Detroit Pistons. Professional career Casalpusterlengo (2004–2005) Gallinari started playing professionally in 2004 for Casalpusterlengo, a team in Serie B1 ( third level in Italy). Edimes Pavia (2005–2006) In 2005, Gallinari was acquired by Armani Jeans Milano, which then sent him to Edimes Pavia, a team competing in the Italian league second division championship during the 2005–2006 season, so that he could earn more experience with e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
