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The American Renaissance Foundation is proud to announce the selection of DARYLE LAMONICA, former American collegiate and professional quarterback, as the 2014 Louisiana American Italian Sports Hall of Fame National Honoree.   Mr. Lamonica began his career at the University of Notre Dame, where he was the starting quarterback for three seaso...

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The Italian Club of Dallas is hosting Festa Italia: Italian Festival & Bocce Tournament at 10 a.m. Saturday at John Paul II High School, 900 Coit Road. The family-friendly event will include Italian food and beverages, grape stomping, an Italian car show, folk dancing, children's games and the Festa Italia Bocce Classic. Teams can register...

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Iceberg has designed the off-court wardrobe for Danilo Gallinari, the 24-year-old Italian basketball player who plays for the Denver Nuggets. The Italian brand, under the Gilmar umbrella, provided Mr. Gallinari with customized outfits with an elegant, yet easy mood. The range includes a blue suit featuring satin revers, a black tuxedo, a blue cashm...

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Former World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight champion Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini is officially a candidate for induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF).   Mancini (29-5, 23 KOs), the pride of Youngstown, Ohio, turned professional in 1979 and officially retired from the ring in 1992. From 1982 to 1984, he captured the he...

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Sport is a very important topic in our trip around the US looking for how, when and where Italians have left positive contributions to the growth of the American society. Sport champions are often true heroes, especially in the US: and some of those heroes have been Italian Americans, inspiring a strong and justified sense of pride in those fellow...

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It might be impossible to fully understand Ferrari's unique cache in this small city until you simply stand on a sidewalk near the plant and hear and see a Ferrari roar by. The Ferrari prancing horse and its culture are everywhere in the town of 17,000, nestled in an agricultural area in central Italy.   The stoplights are Ferrari red a...

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Several CIAO members have been getting together weekly to play and would like to invite any other members to come and have some fun, informal and friendly competition. They meet Wednesday evenings at the Senior Citizens Center on W. Elm Street.   The bocce courts are just off the parking lot on the east side of the building. Membership in th...

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Italian basketball federation president Gianni Petrucci and NT head coach Simone Pianigiani had dinner in New York with Gigi Datome, Andrea Bargnani and Danilo Gallinari.The three players said that they'll be available to play Eurobasket 2015 with Italian National Team, according to Gazzetta.it.   Marco Belinelli did not attend the dinner be...

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This event brings together the Italian Sailing School "Mascalzone Latino", run by Vincenzo Onorato and three sailing schools of Boston   June 16 and 22, 2013 - BostonMIT Sailing Pavilion, Courageous Sailing Center, Community Boating Professionisti Italiani a Boston, in collaboration with the Consulate General of Italy in Boston, will h...

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Yogi Berra should be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. A man of unimpeachable integrity and respect, he befriended the first black and Latino baseball players in Major League Baseball. He is currently an ambassador for Athlete Ally, which promotes LGBT rights in sports. Berra enlisted in the U. S. Navy during World War Il and served during...

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