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West Orange Sports Media is proud to celebrate Samantha Galantini as the latest 'Scholar Athlete of the Week'. Samantha, a talented senior, has consistently demonstrated exceptional skills both on the golf course and in the classroom. Samantha's passion for golf has propelled her to great heights. According to recent statistics, she boasts an impre...

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The Community Italian-American Organization Soccer Hall of Fame Thursday inducted 11 new members in a ceremony at Berkshire Hills Country Club. The Class of 2023 includes former student-athletes who won six Berkshire County MVP awards, 23 all-Berkshire selections, 12 all-Western Mass selections and three all-Massachusetts selections. In addition to...

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There were a lot of Steelers jerseys in Eagles country on Tuesday morning - but for a special reason. There was street dedication for Steelers Hall of Fame running back Franco Harris in his hometown of Mount Holly, Burlington County. "He is Mount Holly's favorite son," said Mount Holly Mayor Chris Banks. Ridgway Street is now Franco Harris Way, and...

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Donte DiVincenzo is a professional National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball player. He currently plays as a shooting guard for the Milwaukee Bucks. DiVincenzo is known for his impressive shooting skills, defensive abilities, and tenacity on the court. DiVincenzo played college basketball at Villanova University, where he helped lead the tea...

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Next summer, Milan and Juventus will participate in a tour of the U.S., the "New U.S. Summer Series" organized by the "Soccer Champions Tour," along with other top clubs such as Arsenal, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Manchester United.Milan and Juventus will play each other on Thursday, July 27 at Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, CA. Milan will als...

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The Italian National Olympic Committee in the USA (Coni USA,) the Committee of Italian Abroad in NY (Com.It.Es NY) and the Pontelandolfo Community Club (Ponte Club) announce the 3rd Bocce & Picnic Tournament for families of the Italian, Italian-American communities and all citizens who love the Italian language and culture.  The Tournament takes pl...

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When Lindsay Berra was in college in the late ’90s, she would call her grandparents nearly every night at 11:28 p.m. Her friends at North Carolina found it a bit odd. Berra would explain that her grandparents’ social schedule could rival any student, but Grandpa Yogi and Grandma Carmen made it a point to be home at 11 every evening so they could wa...

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The picturesque small town of Roccaraso is located in the province of L’Aquila. It has approximately 1,524 inhabitants, known as Roccolani. The town, in the Alto Sangro ski area, is the largest ski resort in the central Apennines, 195 kilometers from Rome. It is among the most renowned mountain resorts in central and southern Italy, and it offers t...

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Sunday afternoon after Traditional Latin Mass at Our Lady of Peace Church in Brooklyn, New York, members of the nascent Real Partenopea Brooklyn Club gathered at Ribalta Ristorante at 48 E 12th St. (aka SSC Napoli St.) in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, to watch Napoli's highly anticipated home match against Fiorentina and celebrate our team's third...

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In the 1940s, the cyclist Gino Bartali was probably the second most famous person in Italy. The most famous was, of course, the country’s fascist leader, Benito Mussolini. Ethically, the two men could not have been more different. While Mussolini passed anti-Jewish racial laws that, following the Nazi occupation of Rome, Naples and northern Italy i...

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