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Baltimore Orioles first baseman and Italian American Trey Mancini has been an inspiration. After battling cancer, he returned to the field in 2021 and picked up where he left off. His appearance in the Major League Baseball Home Run Derby and winning of the American League Comeback Player of the Year Award made it a season to remember.  Mancini has...

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One hundred students from various universities in the United States have arrived at Link Campus University in Rome to attend an innovative program, never before seen in Italy, that will allow them to divide their day between hours dedicated to study and those reserved for sports. The initiative, created by the university in collaboration with Colle...

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Paul Pasqualoni walked away, but he couldn’t stay away. His retirement from coaching football, following his resignation as the Detroit Lions defensive coordinator in January 2020, lasted less than a year. When University of Florida head coach Dan Mullen asked him to join his staff this season as a special assistant, Pasqualoni couldn’t get to the...

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It’s certainly no secret that a beautiful mountain region like the Dolomites would be a spectacular winter destination for ski enthusiasts, but did you know that there are many more activities besides traditional downhill skiing to keep you busy here! In fact, there is so much to do in the Dolomites in winter, you may need to come back again and ag...

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Investors from North America have recently begun looking at Italian soccer as a land of opportunity. Seven Serie A clubs—AC Milan, AS Roma, Bologna, Fiorentina, Genoa, Spezia and Venezia—currently have American or Canadian ownership, with the count being up to 12 across Italy's three professional men’s soccer leagues.  Among the pioneers of this wa...

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Sonny Conto’s image is larger than life on the casino’s gigantic LED promotional board, towering over traffic on a busy stretch of Packer Avenue. His feet are fast. His punches are powerful, but the South Philly heavyweight boxer’s personality could light up that board on its own during a power outage.   Conto is undefeated as a professional boxer...

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When Jerry Colangelo was 7 years old, he was given his first basketball, a simple act that ignited the fuse to an extraordinarily successful career in national and international sports. “I smelled the leather, and it was the beginning of a love affair that has lasted a lifetime,” Colangelo tells Fra Noi in a wide-ranging interview about his life an...

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Even in the New York Marathon the Italian flag flies on the podium. Thanks to an extraordinary Eyob Faniel, athlete of the Fiamme Oro of Padua, Veneto, , who took an incredible third place in New York after a marathon dominated for many stretches. The Italian athlete has brought our country in the top three places, after an absence that lasted 24 y...

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Italy is a record-breaker at the European Short-Course Swimming Championships in Kazan: the Italian expedition closes the event with a total of 35 medals, even 11 on the last day of competition. The gold medals of the last day come from Gregorio Paltrinieri, Marco Orsi and Arianna Castiglioni, then silver medals for Benedetta Pilato, Lorenzo Mora,...

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Alberto Razzetti performed a surreal magic on the 200 meter butterfly at the European Championships 2021 and became European Champion. The Italian invented a masterpiece of rare beauty in Kazan (Russia), triumphing with a peremptory 1:50.24, demolishing nine tenths of the previous Italian record (his 1:51.15 signed last September 24 in Naples on th...

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