Next Tuesday, October 28, the NBA championship 2014/2015 will start. This season sees the return of the Charlotte Hornets, who take the name of the first city’s team after New Orleans changed its nickname to Pelicans.
The hunt for the San Antonio Spurs is starting. Will LeBron James win the title again after going back to the Cleveland Cavaliers?
Drazen Petrovic was born on October 22, 1964 in Sibenik, in the then Yugoslavia, now Croatia. He conquered many titles in the Yugoslavian league and at International level with Cibona Zagreb and the Yugoslavian national team. Considered a national hero in Croatia, where a museum dedicated to him was opened, Drazen Petrovic was included in the American Hall of Fame in 2002, a global recognition of his greatness. He’s one of the greatest players in the history of European basketball, with an extraordinary individual technique and exceptional mental strength that made him an absolute winner. He died tragically on June 7, 1993 in a car accident.
The Chinese tennis player Na Li (or Li Na if you prefer Chinese conventions for names) has announced her retirement from professional activity. Her knee problems have become too much and wouldn’t allow her to return to play at 100%. She had already undergone three surgeries on her right knee and missed this summer tournaments to undergo left knee surgery but she felt that her body was asking her to stop.
