Dear friends, 2024 has been another year full of very interesting people, topics, meetings for us at We the Italians. The eleventh book, the ninth annual yearbook, is available for you: a nice Christmas gift, with the twelve interviews from 2024 on twelve different topics that have in common Italy and the United States. We hope you will buy and giv...
READ MOREJust like 2022 and 2023, we decided that also in 2024 we wanted to name the Italian American of the year, now a pleasant tradition for We the Italians! Stanley Tucci was the 2022 winner, and Sylvester Stallone won last year. Once again, this year we asked all of you, and once again we had a great response! As in 2023, this year too we decided not t...
READ MOREBaker Mayfield is doing what he always does on Sunday. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are leading the New York Giants, 30-0, on Sunday afternoon. Mayfield and Co. have been taking it to the Daniel Jones-less New York Giants. Mayfield, who has thrown for nearly 300 yards and rushed for a touchdown, had quite the celebration following his rushing score. Ma...
READ MORETommy DeVito is back at starting quarterback for the New York Giants. The Giants benched the struggling 27-year-old Daniel Jones on Monday, with coach Brian Daboll planning to start the fan favorite DeVito against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this week in an attempt to end a five-game losing streak. DeVito had been listed as the third quarterback every...
READ MOREThe football adage that the most popular guy in town is the backup quarterback doesn’t apply to the Giants. The most popular guy — at least among a portion of the win-starved fan base — is the backup to the backup quarterback. Tuesday marked the one-year anniversary of Tommy DeVito’s first NFL touchdown pass, which was the beginning of the tristate...
READ MORETommy DeVito ha͏s garnered significant attention not on͏l͏y f͏or his impressive selection as the New York Giants’͏ quart͏erback but a͏lso ͏for his unique͏ ͏living situation. Despite his r͏ising f͏ame, D͏eVi͏to r͏esides with his͏ parents in t͏heir Cedar Grove, N͏ew͏ Jersey home. The und͏rafte͏d r͏ookie finds thi͏s arrangement highly convenient, noti...
READ MORENew York Giants quarterback Tommy DeVito will be the celebrity guest at the 2024 North Jersey High School Sports Awards, presented by Englewood Health. The show begins at 7 p.m. on Friday, June 28 at Bergen PAC. Secure your spot at this free event by registering here or on the show's website. DeVito, who grew up in Cedar Grove and starred in high s...
READ MOREPaisan Con — “New Jersey’s first Italian pop culture convention” — is coming to Fairfield, NJ, next month. The two-day extravaganza — featuring the likes of “Sopranos” star Lorraine Bracco; Giants quarterback Tommy “Cutlets” DeVito, legendary Mets reliever John Franco, and “Godfather” actor Gianni Russo — will be held at the DoubleTree by Hilton on...
READ MOREIf you go, make sure to say gravy and not sauce. Paisan Con, billed as New Jersey's first Italian pop culture convention, is coming to Fairfield next month. The festival is slated to run at the DoubleTree by Hilton on April 13 and 14, and the lineup is a who's who of Italian American life. "Paisan Con is a celebration that aims to encapsulate the r...
READ MORENew York Giants quarterback Tommy DeVito captured the hearts of the NFL with his story that included his living at home with his parents, his enjoyment of his mother's chicken cutlets, and, of course, his Cinderella-like rise to fame in the NFL as the Giants' third-string quarterback who led the team to three straight wins mid-year that resulted in...
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