Jordi Pujol and the “radiant summer” that Catalonia does not experience
BarcelonaJordi Pujol enters the room and there is silence. “How fun you are, how handsome you are!” He is the one who breaks the ice at the Ona bookstore, where he presents together with Junts deputy and former councilor Jaume Giró Words from President (2024, Editorial Afers), by Josep Vicenç Mestre Nogué (Òdena, 1990). It […]
Jordi Fernández, the favorite son of Badalona who receives Albiol in the NBA
BarcelonaJordi Fernández (Badalona, 1982) has made history by becoming the first Catalan to coach an NBA team. Thanks to his milestone, the mayor of Badalona, Xavier García Albiol, proposed him as the city’s favorite son. In the cradle of basketball, Fernández grew up among baskets in the youth academy and soon discovered his vocation as […]
“For 15 years my mother has not slept to watch all my matches live”
Nova YorkJordi Fernández (Badalona, 1982) leads the rebuilding project of the <a href="https://www.archysport.com/2022/01/nba-dallas-mavericks-winning-streak-ends-abruptly/" title="NBA: Dallas Mavericks winning streak ends abruptly”>Brooklyn Nets. The coach from Badalona has become the third European coach to occupy a bench in the NBA. His game proposal is starting to be highlighted by leading analysts in the United States, but he […]
The Jordi Fernández era begins, the first Spanish NBA coach
Tuesday, October 22, 2024, 00:16 Comment Copy link WhatsApp Facebook X (formerly Twitter) LinkedIn Telegram Threads Jordi Fernández, a native of Badalona, ”cradle of Spanish basketball”, as the town’s motto says, will break this Thursday one of the few glass ceilings still in force in world basketball. The Catalan coach has taken charge of the […]