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Four years later, an Italian, Lisa Vittozzi, returns to win the overall women's biathlon standings. It is the first globe in the 29-year-old Sappada native's career and the third for Italy in the last six editions of the World Cup. Vittozzi triumphed, complete with flag in hand, at the finish line in Canmore, Canada, before lifting the overall Worl...

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AC Milan is delighted to announce that the Men's First Team will be travelling to the United States of America this summer on a pre-season tour, which will see the Rossoneri taking part in the 2024 Soccer Champions Tour. The 2024 exhibition series will see five of the world's most iconic clubs - AC Milan, FC Barcelona, Chelsea, Manchester City and...

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After seven seasons of success and setbacks as a starting NFL quarterback, Jimmy Garoppolo decided it was time to take a step back to recharge his career. He couldn’t think of a better place to do it than with Sean McVay and the Los Angeles Rams. “I’m excited to start this new journey,” Garoppolo said Tuesday after the Rams officially announced the...

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Baltimore City District 1 Councilman Zeke Cohen (on left) and Maggie Masters, Staff Assistant, joined the February 13th general meeting of the Little Italy Lodge to personally deliver a much-delayed Baltimore City check to the Lodge, presented to Christopher Pisano, Lodge President (on right). Representing payment of over three years of ground rent...

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This morning, the National Team departed for the United States on board an Airbus A330neo ITA Airways, a new generation airliner that is light, quiet and efficient and which reduces fuel consumption and CO2 emissions per seat by 25% compared to previous generation aircraft. The flight will last for eleven hours and 45 minutes, with the team set to...

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Fiorentina general manager Italian American Joe Barone has died following a cardiac arrest, the club said Tuesday. He was 57. Barone fell ill on Sunday at the team hotel, shortly before Fiorentina’s match at Atalanta, and was rushed to a hospital in Milan. The Serie A match was subsequently postponed. Barone died at San Raffaele Hospital. “It is wi...

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Did you know that the first mixed race baseball player to be inducted into the Hall of Fame was an Italian American? Roy “Campy” Campanella was born in the Germantown section of Philadelphia on Nov. 11, 1921. John Campanella, Roy’s father, was a son of Italian Immigrants and his mother Ida was an African American.  He later moved to Nicetown in Nor...

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Fiorentina general manager Joe Barone is on life support following a cardiac arrest. Italian American Barone fell ill Sunday at the team hotel, shortly before Fiorentina’s match at Atalanta, and was rushed to a hospital in Milan. The match was subsequently postponed. Fiorentina said Sunday night that Barone, who turns 58 on Wednesday, was in “criti...

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There is an Italian girl who for many years has been compared to Queen Atlanna, the character played by Nicole Kidman in Aquaman, the successful film directed by James Wan. Her name is Alessia Zecchini, she is 31 years old, born in Rome, and is a diver by profession. Alessia is a kind of mermaid who descends into the abyss with incredible ease and...

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Born into a family rich in Italian heritage, Luca Krasnow's upbringing was a journey woven with the traditions, language, and flavors of Italy. Born and raised in Irvine, California, by a mother fully immersed in her Italian roots, Luca's childhood was infused with the sights and sounds of his Italian homeland. From the cadence of Italian spoken at...

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