Forlì, 26 May 2024 – There is deep condolence and sadness even in the world of city sport for the passing of Nicolò Ulivi. A photojournalist, the boy had often been at the Palafiera to immortalize the first team players.
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Basketball 2015 thus rallied “around the Ulivi family due to the tragic death of Nicolò, who was not just a basketball enthusiast because as a young man he had been a player. She combined his two greatest passions, that for basket and the photography, walking on the Palafiera parquet with his camera around his neck and recounting, with his sensitivity, the exploits of the red and whites for the social pages of the Panorama Basket media. A tragic loss – concludes the company note – which left us all dismayed. Deepest condolences to Albertina and Deris. May the earth be light on you.”
Rod Griffin, the flag of Forlì basketball and coach for many years, was Ulivi’s coach in 2014 when he was Alex Finelli’s assistant in the FulgorLibertas of the era of owner Massimiliano Boccio. “In the morning I heard the news – he explains, moved – and I am desolate. I remember him as a very sensitive, polite boy with a sense of responsibility.”
Nicolò, who was then part of the Under 19 team, even had the opportunity to debut in Serie A2: he took the field in December 2014, with his teammates to defend the colors of the first team, playing in Serie A2, after the ‘grown-ups’ had refused to play due to the financial defaults towards them by the club, which from it would soon disappear.
That team of young people lost at home against Trieste 119-34 and away against Verona 125-37 without holding back. “As a player – continues Rod Griffin – Nicolò He had a good shot and worked hard on defense. He wanted to improve in every aspect of the game and always asked me how to be useful to his teammates. When I happened to meet him we always greeted each other with pleasure. I know his parents well: my wife and I are close to them for this reason immense pain“.
2024-05-26 13:37:37
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