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This June, as nearly 7,000 students received diplomas from the University of Washington, two young Italian women were among those who celebrated. Valentina Iseppi and Carmela Pappalardo are not just new degree-holders. They are also elite athletes, rowers who have competed on both national and international levels. The pair helped the UW women’s ro...

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Bocce is an old game, with certain forms dating as far back as the Roman Empire. It also has strong roots in Leominster’s Italian-American community. For more than four decades, people have gathered at the Foggia Social Club on North Main Street to make friends and play bocce. Generations have been raised under the club’s roof, where the game has b...

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Former Ole Miss baseball legend and current SEC Network baseball analyst David Dellucci got to add yet another honor to his long list of life accomplishments, being officially inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame this weekend in Jackson, part of the Class of 2022. Dellucci was one of eight nominated in this year's class, along with Aub...

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After the brief off-season the 2022/23 season of Serie A starts the weekend of August 13, and this year is looking every bit as competitive as the last. We will watch another new champion trying to defend their title, legacy teams looking to get back to their old ways, and transfers shaking up the balance of the league. There is a lot to look forwa...

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Jim Restauri is an Altoona native, a former State College resident, a former walk-on for Penn State football and a past national boxing champion. Now, the fourth generation Italian American is set to be inducted into the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame, Pittsburgh Chapter, on Aug. 4 at the LeMont Restaurant in Pittsburgh. “It means a...

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A blue light went on in the late evening in Alexandria, Egypt, site of the 2022 Senior World Championships in modern pentathlon: Elena Micheli (Carabinieri) took gold in the women's individual event, which is also an Olympic specialty. In the final, the Italian took first place at the end of a race in which she was always at the top of the standing...

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It was around this time last year that pinging sound effects and glowing screens filled a charter flight from Tampa to Miami, gossip filtering throughout the cabin that the Yankees were acquiring Anthony Rizzo from the Cubs. The move provided a welcome spark, prompting celebration in the aisles. Rizzo and his teammates were in a pin-drop silent vis...

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When AJ Galli was just 2 years old, his dad handed him a baseball bat. But instead of swinging to hit home runs, AJ was using it as a golf club. “So then he got me some golf clubs and I kept hitting the balls,” said the now 7-year-old from Bulls Head. From there, it was history and AJ has been playing golf ever since. AJ went viral in early 2020 wh...

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Yankees fans who want to enjoy a Double-A game Friday night on Aug. 5 need to head to TD Bank Ballpark. The Somerset Patriots are holding Yogi Berra Day. The first thousand fans receive a Yogi Berra Bobblehead. Gates at 6:00. Around 6:40, a pre-game ceremony will have Berra family members including his sons Dale and Larry and his granddaughter Lind...

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Italy claimed its first FINA World League Super Final crown after beating United States of America 13-9 in the gold-medal final in Strasbourg, France on Wednesday. The gold medal goes alongside three silvers and a bronze, completing the set in what was the 20th edition of the event inaugurated in 2002.  Italy saved its best water polo until last, w...

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