WTI Magazine #40    2014 July, 23Author : Simone Callisto Manca      Translation by:   There really are no more words to celebrate the strength of a school, the one of the Italian fencing, and in particular women's foil, that despite all does not stops its winning streak.    

710 WOR-AM, The New York Mets flagship radio station, today announced that Wayne Randazzo will join the radio broadcast team for Mets games broadcasts.   Randazzo is a seasoned sports broadcaster from Chicago, with more than 10 years of experience and will join play-by-play announcer Howie Rose and Josh Lewin. He will host a 30-minute pre-ga...

by Ralph D. Russo   The heroes of northeast Ohio cover the walls at the most popular Italian restaurant in Bo Pelini's hometown. Bernie Kosar's No. 19 Cleveland Browns jersey next to the door that leads to the kitchen. The photograph behind the bar of Ron Jaworski, the former Youngstown State quarterback who took the Philadelphia Eagles...

Italian Angels for Growth (IAG), la principale associazione italiana di business angel, annuncia la partecipazione dei propri soci all'investimento realizzato da venture capitalist e business angel statunitensi nella startup TOK.tv chiuso nei giorni scorsi per la cifra di 820 mila dollari. I soci IAG intervengono nell'investimento con la cifra di...

A moment after Davide Formolo took his seat, he was back up again. We was distracted by what we saw from the 17th floor of New York hotel in the Meatpacking District.   "It's the Statue of Liberty," he said. Even though the 22-year-old rider from San Rocco di Marano di Valpolicella, Italy has been to New York before, as recently as this past...

by Herb Jackson   President Obama should award a Presidential Medal of Freedom to former Yankees catcher Yogi Berra, who is turning 90 years old, Rep. Bill Pascrell said Tuesday.   In a letter to Obama, Pascrell recounted Berra's background as the son of Italian immigrants and touted his service in the military, record as a most valua...

Tania Cagnotto e Francesca Dallapè hanno vinto la medaglia d'oro ai campionati europei di tuffi in corso a Rostock (Germania) nella specialità dei 3 metri sincro. Per la Cagnotto, che anche ieri aveva vinto l'oro nei tuffi da 1 metro, è il sedicesimo trionfo europeo, e il settimo consecutivo in coppia con la Dallapè. Le due azzurre oggi si sono aff...

Mike Piazza is back with the New York Mets, working as a spring training instructor. "This is fun for me," the 12-time All-Star said Monday.   "I'm blessed to have these opportunities to do this on a part-time basis. I don't know what the future holds; I'm just enjoying the day. It's fun to be back in uniform and be around the clubhouse...

Every July, hundreds of people flock to the Federation of Italian American Organizations of Queens' (FIAO) annual 5k Run/Walk race in the hopes of not only competing against locals from the neighborhood, but also to help fight drug abuse.   Run by President and long distance runner Joe DiPietro, the July 20 race is about a 3.1 loop on 20th A...

Tom Menino, to his everlasting pride, was Boston's first Italian American mayor. But the city's Italian American community wants Menino to be remembered as everyone's mayor.   In the North End, Italian-born Ralph Cattaneo serves coffee from behind the bar at Caffe Dello Sport. In between pulling espresso for regulars Cattaneo says the full...