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Speed skater Arianna Fontana became the most successful Italian woman in the history of the Winter Olympics when she won silver in the 1,500 metres short-track event at Beijing 2022. She now has 11 Olympic medals, one more than cross-country skier Stefania Belmondo. She took second, coming ahead of Dutchwoman Suzanne Schulting in a photo-finish in...

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Sofia Goggia bent over on the leg that wouldn’t bend, and here, across the finish line that seemed uncrossable, she exploded. She saw a green light, evidence of an Olympic lead, and her brain went racing — back through three hellish weeks, to the Jan. 23 crash that ripped up her left knee and fractured her fibula, and seemingly shattered her dreams...

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Rod Marinelli won't be on anyone's sideline when the 2022 season gets underway. The 72-year-old is reportedly planning to retire from the NFL this offseason, per Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, ending a professional coaching career that spans nearly three decades. Marinelli most recently coached for the Las Vegas Raiders, joining the team in 2020 afte...

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An ambitious plan has been unveiled to recreate the 100m final from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics - won by Italy's Marcell Jacobs - in the shadow of the Colosseum in Rome. The "global sporting event" was proposed jointly by Italian tourism minister Massimo Garavaglia and Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri during a meeting to discuss plans for the 2025 Jubilee...

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It is Super Bowl Sunday and at the end of today's game, one team will go home with the coveted, Vince Lombardi Trophy, named after the legendary Italian American NFL coach. Lombardi was born in 1913, in Brooklyn to immigrants from Salerno, Italy. Lombardi and his siblings faced intense discrimination, outside of their neighborhood, due to their Ita...

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Caliendo Sports International Baseball is organizing a youth baseball development trip to Italy sponsored by the Italian American Baseball Foundation. Peter Caliendo is a veteran international baseball clinician and IABF is dedicated to youth baseball development for Italians and Americans. Mike Taverna, a supporter and member of IABF, as well as a...

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Joe Montana never enjoyed looking over his shoulder. So perhaps it should come as no surprise the legendary 49ers quarterback believes Jimmy Garoppolo shouldn’t have to either. During an appearance on The Ringer’s “Slow News Day,” Montana made it clear he feels John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan should retain Garoppolo as the team’s starting quarterback...

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The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) is set to honor NIAF Chairman Emeritus Jerry Colangelo at the Foundation’s Arizona Regional Gala in Phoenix on Saturday, March 19, 2022, at the iconic Arizona Biltmore Hotel, a Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Colangelo will be receiving the inaugural Jerry Colangelo Sports Excellence Award in recognition of hi...

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In the world of motorsports, Mario Gabriele Andretti needs little introduction. He is a former American racing driver of Italian ancestry. At 14, he became hooked on racing after watching Alberto Ascari compete in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza. He grew up to be one of the Motorsports' most famous figures, even surpassing his hero. Andretti is one...

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New York columnist Mel Heimer met Brooklyn middleweight Jerry Fiorello about a week before Fiorello died, near the end of September, 1947. Fiorello was 29 years old. They met in Ann Lano’s dance studio on Madison Avenue. Heimer described Fiorello as being a physical impressive guy with “big shoulders” and “big hands.” He had “dark, curly hair and t...

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