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Federico Buffa

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Federico Buffa
Born
Federico Buffa

(1959-07-28) 28 July 1959 (age 65)
Milan, Italy

Federico Buffa (born 28 July 1959 in Milan) is an Italian journalist, writer and television sportscaster.

He studied sociology at UCLA Summer Session in 1978. In 1984, he started as sportive journalist for the matches disputed by Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano basket team and, from the 7h championship game, he shared the microphone together with the Italian journalist Flavio Tranquillo.[1]

In 1986 he graduated in Law at the University of Milan with a dissertation on the sports employment contracts.[2] In the same year he become a professional journalist[3] and wrote his first article for Italian Magazine "Superbasket" (which has been published on September's Number). Two years later he began working as basketball agent and started his career as NBA's commentator for Italian TV. Since May 2014 he directed the ten-episode program titled Federico Buffa racconta Storie Mondiali ("Federico Buffa tells World Cup Stories") which was aired on Sky Sport TV.[4]

He still works as journalist for Sky Sport Italia and Milan Channel.[5]

Works

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  • Black Jesus. Un grande viaggio nel basket americano in 23+1 fermate. Libri di Sport. 2002. ISBN 978-88-87676-10-5.
  • Black Jesus. The anthology. Libri di Sport. 2005. ISBN 978-88-87676-68-6.

References

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  1. ^ "Serata dedicata ai campioni con Federico Buffa" [Event dedicated to champions with the direction of Federico Buffa] (in Italian). press.legabasket.it. April 26, 2016. Archived from the original on February 9, 2020.
  2. ^ "Interview with Federico Buffa for Charitystars" (in Italian). ibicocca.it. May 13, 2016. Archived from the original on May 14, 2016.
  3. ^ "Italian register of professional journalists" (in Italian). Milan. Archived from the original on 2018-09-03. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  4. ^ "Opera Buffa: le Storie Mondiali raccontano la nostra vita". sky.it (in Italian). April 4, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-04-07.
  5. ^ "A day in the life of Federico Buffa".
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