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Seated at the table in the TSN studios were the usual suspects for the NHL Draft Lottery. Brian Burke, repping the Calgary Flames, seated between Scott Howson of the Edmonton Oilers and Trent Klatt of the New York Islanders. At the end was Tim Murray of the Buffalo Sabres, in all his Dwight Schrute-ness.   Who? It's the question most of Cana...

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BY TEREZ A. PAYLOR   The Broncos have hired away Brock Olivo to be their special-teams coach, a source told The Star on Thursday. Mike Klis of Denver 9 News reported it first. Olivo has been the Chiefs' assistant special teams coach for the last three years. He replaced Kevin O'Dea, who left Chiefs coach Andy Reid's staff in Januar...

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The 30th annual Cleveland Challenge Cup of Bocce Tournament hosted by the Wickliffe Italian-American Club was held Aug. 23-25 as 96 men's and 14 women's teams competed.   The event, which attracts world-class players from around the region and internationally, saw the Palazzo 777 team (featuring players from Canada, U.S., and Argentina, and...

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Long before "Rocky Balboa" and Sylvester Stallone of "Rocky" fame, there was a long list of Italian Americans in boxing, including a few from Connecticut. The three "local" guys, Middletown native and Hartford hero Guglielmo Papaleo, better known as "Willie Pep," Bridgeport's Luigi Buccassi, professionally known as "Lou Bogash" and Hartford's...

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Five-time world artistic pool champion Stefano Pelinga, one of the 2012 Iron Mountain Italian Fest attractions, has entered the Italian American Sports Hall of Fame.   "It's been a great experience," Pelinga told Inside Pool magazine. Pelinga, who received his Hall of Fame medal from baseball great Mike Piazza, will continue to promote...

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The Loket racetrack in the Czech Republic offered endless thrills over the weekend in the last race for the 2015 WMX World Series, where Kiara Fontanesi started at a disadvantage, trailing behind Livia Lancelot. Kiara had to beat her to the chase and recover those few points separating her from victory. But when the game gets tough, the tough get...

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American baseball legend Yogi Berra, said to have inspired the cartoon character Yogi Bear, has died at the age of 90. The Yogi Berra Museum announced that the Hall of Fame catcher had died on Tuesday evening. Berra spent almost all of his 19-year career with the New York Yankees. He was a three-time Most Valuable Player and 13-time World Ser...

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By Pat Dailey   Sebastiano Frandino has already won over his Blue Eye teammates by bringing a sampling of the taste of genuine Italian cuisine to the Bulldogs. Frandino, a foreign-exchange student from Italy in his first school year at Blue Eye, has twice treated his cohorts to dinner with pasta, what else, being the main course.  ...

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The convocations for the play-offs and for the World Group's semifinals of the Fed Cup were issued today.   Captain Mary Joe Fernandez chose the four players that will face Italy in the play-offs in Brindisi, on the red clay, on the 18 and 19 of April. Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Alison Riske and Christina McHale were called. As for the...

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Italy's Alex Zanardi emerged as one of the biggest stars of the London 2012 Paralympic Games, as his two gold medals from those Games made him one to watch ahead of Rio 2016, which is drawing closer to the one-year mark on Monday (7 September).   The overall experience at London 2012 left a lasting impression on Zanardi, but he expects Rio 2...

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