We waited to see, we saw. For fifteen years, Lionel Messi weighed so much in the successes of Barça that he ended up being confused with the Catalan team. His arrival at PSG last summer was accompanied by an enigma: was his genius exportable? A few days before the end of the Championship, his first season in the capital leaves a mixed taste.
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Miami Heat – Boston Celtics, the fake brothers in the Eastern Conference final
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
Although more than 2,000 kilometers separate the Boston Celtics from the Miami Heat on the map of the United States, the two NBA franchises have never seemed so close. The launch of their series in the Eastern Conference finals on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday under the Florida palm trees (2:30 a.m. French time) not only validates the fact that the two best teams in the regular season in the East will for a place in the final, but that the content on the floors might turn out to be quite similar.
Rennes-OM: François Pinault and Frank McCourt, duel of billionaires
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
Two fortunes, two visions, two methods. Asked regarding the billionaires François Pinault and Frank McCourt, a hierarch of French football draws a western-style parallel: “I have the impression that the first is in the process of arming itself with a higher caliber when the other has already toasted quite a few cartridges”. Last summer, the two clubs recruited for nearly 80 M€ but, when Rennes pays cash, Marseille shifts over several seasons with loans and other shrewd architectures. This strategy is also the result of their history in this environment.
To understand the scenes of jubilation at Target Center following Minnesota’s victory over the Los Angeles Clippers in play-in (109-104, April 13), it is worth looking in the rear view mirror: on March 2, 2021, CBS Minnesota headlined: “The Timberwolves now have the worst winning percentage in major sports history in the United States” the day following one – umpteenth – defeat once morest the Phoenix Suns (99-118). They had just lost the 1,524th game in franchise history (987 wins at the time, 39% success).