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Italy’s Serie A, one of the so-called ‘Big 5’ European football leagues, has seen a steady flow of international investor interest over the last decade. Since 2011, foreign investors have acquired stakes in no fewer than nine Serie A clubs – including most recently AC Milan, Spezia Calcio, Genoa CFC, and Atalanta BC within the last 18 months. Part...

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Referred to as a champion of equality, Vince Lombardi’s life and legacy will be highlighted in honor of Italian American Heritage month. Vince Lombardi’s early life At the Sheepshead Bay area of Brooklyn in 1913, Vincent Thomas Lombardi was born to father immigrant Enrico Lombardi, and mother Matilda Izzo. From the beginning, Enrico was raising his...

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Not even the pandemic had managed to tame it, but where the virus had failed, bad weather had struck. Trieste's most beloved regatta had been canceled in 2020 under the threat of the bora, then wind gusts had struck in the next edition, putting the racers to the test, while the shadow of the Covid had decimated the visitors. Yesterday, Oct. 9, 2022...

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Joe Montana is a retired Italian American professional football player. He was a quarterback in the National Football League for 16 seasons. Montana is considered one of the greatest quarterbacks to have ever played the game. He is admired by many NFL football fans, particularly fans of the San Francisco 49ers, where he spent the first 14 seasons o...

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What better way to celebrate Italian Heritage Month than with a little bocce and a lot of food, and Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno got some of both when he accepted an invitation to one of the few private bocce courts in Western Mass. on Saturday.   Tomasso and Anthony Mancuso, a father-and-son team who built a regulation-sized bocce court in the...

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Italy's Filippo Ganna claimed the Hour record by covering 56.792 kilometres at the Grenchen, Switzerland, velodrome on Saturday. The two-time time trial world champion bettered the mark of his Ineos-Grenadiers team mate Daniel Bigham of Britain by 1.244km. He also beat the 56.375-km mark set by Chris Boardman in 1996 using the controversial 'Superm...

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There are Italian American players or coaches on all 12 teams in the Major League Baseball postseason. Based on our knowledge, this is one of the largest numbers of Italian Americans to play in the MLB postseason in the modern era.  It’s an exciting time of year. Kicking off Italian American Heritage Month with the MLB postseason is just perfect. I...

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Tallahassee Soccer Club has announced Joel Di Castri as the new head coach of the Battle Lions' Men's Team. Battle Lions' President Chris Petley said they are excited for the wealth of experience and knowledge Castri will bring to the club as the new head coach. “His ties to our local community and his relationships throughout the soccer world will...

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Mayor Nancy R. Rossi and the West Haven Italian Heritage Committee will honor the city’s “Mr. Soccer” as the “primo italiano” at the 23rd annual Italian Heritage Celebration. West Haven Youth Soccer League President John Vinci, a proud ambassador of his rich Italian heritage, will receive the Italian American of the Year award at noon Friday at Cit...

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Thank you, Nationals, for an incredible experience on #ItalianHeritage Night! IABF officials Joe Quagliano, Carmine Gangone and Chris Vaccaro were joined on field by GM Mike Rizzo, young pitcher Cade Cavalli and coach Gary DiSarcina. They’re all very proud of their Italian American heritage. IABF felt it was necessary to have representatives from t...

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