The general director of Monbus Obradoiro, José Luis Mateo, revealed several surprises of this seventh edition: “We will carry out the last stages of the ‘Portuguese Way along the coast’ between August 29 and September 2. This route runs parallel to the coastline heading north. The expedition will leave from A Ramallosa in the direction of Nigrán. A little further north the road meets the Samil cove to reach the city of Vigo. From there, the route connects in Redondela with the Portuguese Way ”.
Next, Mateo gave several clues before revealing the name of the protagonist of this seventh edition: “We will have with us nothing more and nothing less than one of the best snipers in the history of the NBA, one of the members of the Chicago Bulls who won the 1991 and 1992 titles, and were three consecutive champion of the All-Star Weekend Triples Competition (1990-1992). Precisely in the 1991 final he defeated Terry Porter, our first walker. This former player wore the uniform of four NBA teams (Clippers, Bucks, Suns and Bulls), and in all of them he was the representative of his teammates in the Players Association. Apart from his extensive record, this former player saw his career marked by his political activism and the constant fight for the rights of African Americans. All this is told in a very interesting biography ‘Long distance shooting’, which is being a great sales success. Our protagonist will be Craig Hodges ”.
The general director has continued detailing that “after the incredible moments lived in the last edition with Calderón, we are sure that Craig will make us live a very special Camino, in which we will be able to learn much more about his history, and that he will be immortalized again. in the documentary with the help of Sherpa. At the start, the protagonist of the second edition, Juan Antonio Corbalán, will once again act as ambassador, as is tradition, to hand Craig Hodges the pilgrim’s cane on the first day of the Camino. One more edition, you cannot miss all those ObraHospitaleiros that support our protagonist through videos with messages of encouragement for our protagonist, such as Calderón, Sergio Scariolo or Antoni Daimiel, who have been among the first to send us their videos for Craig ”.
The protagonist has sent a video from the United States: “I really want to go and get to know the cultural icons and the historical legacy of Spain, see new places and places that I have seen throughout my life on TV and in books. And I’m definitely looking forward to sharing all the basketball and cultural information that I can. Peace Peace!”.
The Director of Tourism of Galicia, Nava castro, has been in charge of closing the event and has detailed that “who better than Monbus Obradoiro himself to promote the Camino de Santiago and, above all, combining a series of values that are very important to us. El Camino has values closely associated with those of sport, which in this action are shown through special people such as the protagonist of this year, who will give a lot to talk about through the values of solidarity, effort and defending human rights “.
A leader in the racial struggle
Hodges paid a very high price in his career for his vindication of the rights of African Americans, which even led him to deliver a letter to President George W. Bush denouncing structural racism in the United States in 1991. Gradually and despite his great performances on the courts , was gradually ostracized, because first it was not renewed and then nobody wanted to hire it. You can find a magnificent article by Miguel Muñoz at Cuartopoder.es that perfectly explains everything that the next protagonist of the “Road ends in Obradoiro” went through.
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