Farewell to Rino Tommasi, a giant in sports reporting

He's also been a great organizer of boxing events

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Serious mourning in the world of journalism and for so many sports fans. At the age of 90, Rino Tommasi, one of the giants of sports journalism, passed away. Born in 1934, a journalist with a refined pen, an impeccable commentator, è he was also a great organizer of boxing matches, one of his strongest passions.

A lost lover of statistics, è he was, for many, many years, one of the most appreciated voices in the sports world. His career as a sports commentator è began in the early '80s on Mediaset channels. The move to Telepiù (later to become Sky), in 1991, consecrated him at the highest level. The matches of Mike Tyson, the victories of such outliers as Agassi, Sampras and many others. Rino Tommasi è was one of the most important and recognizable voices in sports.

His tennis commentaries, along with colleague Gianni Clerici, have become legendary. The two, teasing each other, devised a new way of reporting tennis and, in general, sporting feats. His career è has been stellar, with as many as 11 editions of the Olympics followed "on the spot" and many awards won (including the Tennis Writer of the Year award).

Some on the idioms have become common usage. Expressions such as "little red circle", to highlight a great tennis shot, or "on my very own card", used to award, in his personal judgment, a boxing round, or, again, terms such as "mini-break" and "veronica" have become famous over the many decades that have seen Rino Tommasi tell, in heavenly fashion, about the sport.