It was a friendly game, a serious one, and its purpose was to pay homage to a great legendary player, but Olimpia came back to Milan with a lot of good stuff to treasure, including a surprising 57-50 win after a three-period game over Olympiacos. Olimpia struggled early in the game, went behind by 15 Read More »
In an emotional night, Olimpia participated to the "Night of the Legend", the ceremony with which Olympiacos proceeded to retire Vassilis Spanoulis's number 7 jersey, currently the EuroLeague all-time leading scorer and a two-time winner of the European title with the red and white team. Olimpia's General manager Christos Stavropoulos, who worked for years with Read More »
At Columbia University they called him “Chairman Maodo”. No one knows how the nickname was invented. The first to use it was the "Columbia Spectator", the university student website. It was liked and offered again later during Maodo's career with the Lions. Then it was refreshed at various times after his return to Europe. Thus, Read More »
