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A delegation from AC Milan, led by President Paolo Scaroni, together with Fondazione Milan’s General Secretary, Rocco Giorgianni, is currently on an institutional visit to New York. Being present in a strategic territory such as the US market is a significant opportunity to share the vision and values of AC Milan, a large social and cultural instit...

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As winter begins to thaw, and the start of spring arrives, a certain segment of the American population usually begins to experience a familiar type of “madness” as the second most popular sporting event of the year hits the airwaves. But did you know that college basketball might not annually grip the nation with “March Madness” had it not been fo...

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Think of it as bowling with pizzazz. In a nod to the city's thriving Italian community, Sterling Heights is going all in on bocce — the bowling game that dates back thousands of years. Residents passed a recreation millage in 2016 to fund various amenities, including a new Bocce Barn. The facility, at 40200 Utica Road behind the Sterling Heights Se...

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Valtellina is a land to discover and there is no better way to do it than walking or cycling along the so-called Via dei Terrazzamenti. Why is it a must? The Via dei Terrazzamenti della Valtellina is a cycle-pedestrian path that crosses the most characteristic part of the territory in the heart of the Alps. It starts from Morbegno and climbs up to...

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Some hikes offer such beautiful views as to leave you breathless: this is the case of the hike on Monte San Primo. Here’s what you need to know The Monte San Primo with its one thousand six hundred and eighty-two meters of height is one of the peaks of the Larian Triangle among the most popular because of its panorama. Where is Monte San Primo? We...

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It will start at exactly 10:01 a.m.: the same figures as the time he ran in Mexico City in '79 and which until five seasons ago remained the Italian 100-meter record. But they are also the digits of the years without Pietro (10) and of the number that distinguishes him: the number 1. The legend Pietro Mennea will be remembered this morning, March 2...

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"The only way to get to the hut is by foot, which will take about 20 minutes,” a friend had written in a text, accompanied by a map. “There will be crampons waiting for you.” Aside from these two sentences, she had told us little about the remote Rifugio Nambino, but I knew that it was her favorite forest “hut” — one of the traditional restaurants...

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A billionaire cable TV empire owner does not own a yacht, private jet and mansion on a beach, instead he shelled out $170 million to buy an Italian pro soccer team. Rocco Commisso, 73, bought ACF Fiorentina in Florence three years ago. His wife told him that if he insisted on buying a team, it needed to be somewhere nice. The price tag was also a b...

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The Italian National Olympic Committee in the USA (Coni USA) and the Committee of Italian Abroad in NY (Com.It.Es NY) have announced the second Bocce & Picnic Tournament for families of the Italian, Italian-American communities and all citizens who love the Italian language and culture.  The Tournament takes place on the bocce courts in the Pelham...

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Dear friends, In the month that is ending our audio and video podcast, We the ItaliaNews, has reached (and exceeded) 350 episodes. Really, I never thought I would reach this number when three years ago I turned on the webcam and tried to answer the many questions from you Italian American friends, who were trying to understand this strange news abo...

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