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by Italian American Bocce Club of Greater New Orleans   Good times are here again!!! The Italian American Bocce Club is back from our Holiday Break with TWO Open Bocce Nights this week - both Wednesday (1/11) and Thursday (1/12) at 7pm. We will be taking sign-ups for our Winter Leagues as well, which will begin on Wednesday, January 25th and...

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Enjoy Seattle Mariners Baseball at a special price on Italian Heritage Night at Safeco Field! Round up your friends and family members and enjoy a fun-filled night of Italian culture.   A portion of the proceeds from each ticket purchased through this special offer will benefit Festa Italiana, the free Italian Festival at the Seattle Center....

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The Astros were out of the playoff race in 1991 when manager Art Howe and coach Matt Galante approached Craig Biggio about moving to second base.   Biggio grew up dreaming of being the next Walter Payton in football or Thurman Munson in baseball. Playing running back was no longer an option, but he assumed the first All-Star berth of his car...

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100 years after winning the Bantamweight Boxing World Championship, Pete Herman might be the greatest athlete in local history, that many New Orleanians have never heard of. "After a few years, people forget about things like that," Pete Herman's grandson Ralph Marshall said. "But back then, 50 to 100 years back, everybody knew who he was." &...

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by Carla Balzano   On July 18, 2015, The Italian Cultural Center of Western Mass is sponsoring its fourth annual golf tournament. It will take place at St. Anne Country Club, 781 Shoemaker Lane, Feeding Hills, MA.   The tournament will start promptly at 1:00 PM. Players pay a fee of $100.00, which includes play, cart, lunch, on-course...

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E' morto Ken Venturi, celebre professionista di golf degli anni '50 e '60, ex campione italoamericano degli Us Open. Aveva 82 anni. Era stato ammesso nella All of Fame mondiale di golf. Da giocatore vinse 14 titoli del circuito Pga, ma divento' famoso per la vittoria agli Us Open del 1964, l'unico 'major' vinto in carriera: trionfo' dopo essere qua...

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The Knicks held their first training camp practice on Tuesday, with hopes of beginning a quest that'll ultimately end with them hoisting the Larry O'Brien Trophy. But before those visions of grandeur come to light, head coach Mike Woodson will need to get all the newcomers on board and figure out everyone's role.   Perhaps the biggest piece...

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Florida-based Trend Group, the world's leading producers of glass mosaic, gold mosaic and Venetian enamel and its sister company Granite Transformations sponsored the 2016 College Football Playoff National Championship Tailgate at the University of Phoenix by displaying Pam, a magnificent life-size gold mosaic elephant in front of the Stadium. &nb...

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Vincenzo Nibali emerged Sunday as the first Italian winner of the Tour de France in 16 years after a race defined by inclement weather and painful eliminations of other favorites.   To some extent, Nibali benefited from the misfortunes of others. Chris Froome of Britain, the defending champion, quit early in the three-week race after three c...

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By Gregor Brown   Italy celebrates the start of its grand tour Saturday along the Mediterranean coast in Liguria, but in three weeks, when the race finishes in Milan, the odds favor another foreign winner. Sicilian Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) last won the race for Italy in 2013. Instead of returning in 2014, he aimed for, and won, the Tour...

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