Endurance icon Louis Scripa Jr.
104,538 jumping jacks in 24 hours. 41,788 leg raises in 12 hours. 110,015 crunches in 17 hours. 133,581 crunches in 30 hours. 160,974 sit-ups in 82 hours. 70,715 sit-ups in 24 hours or less. If these sound like ridiculous, “there’s no way a person can do that” numbers, think again. They’re all fitness endurance feats accomplished by Air Force veter...
Miami Lyric Opera Shutters After 22 Years of Producing Italian Opera
South Florida Classical Review reports that Raffaele Cardone, founder and general and artistic director of Miami Lyric Opera has announced the closure of the opera company after 22 years of producing Italian operas and nurturing talent. The company's last performance was a double bill of Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana and Puccini’s Suor Angelica i...
Jannik Sinner Moves To World No. 2 With Miami Open Title
Jannik Sinner is the king of South Florida today, as Mark Petchey said on Tennis Channel after the Miami Open final, and tomorrow he will rule the world. It certainly seems as though Sinner will soon become the world’s No. 1 player and his destructive run to the singles title at the Miami Open moved the Italian to the No. 2 ranking for the first ti...
Laura Pausini Brings 30-Year Career Retrospective to Miami, Performs Impromptu Duet With Luis Fonsi
Laura Pausini made her world tour stop at the Kaseya Center in Miami on Saturday (March 30), delivering a retrospective of songs that celebrated her 30-year career. The Italian superstar, who effortlessly performs in three languages (English, Spanish, and Italian), kicked off her trek in her native country last December and will wrap the tour on Ap...
Jannik Sinner sweeps Daniil Medvedev out of Miami Open, reaches final
Jannik Sinner powdered potent forehands, issued seven aces and broke Daniil Medvedev's serve four times in a dominant 2024 Miami Open men's singles semifinal victory Friday in Miami Gardens, Fla. The Italian needed just 71 minutes and two sets to dispatch his Russian foe in a rematch of last year's Miami Open final, which Medvedev won in straight s...
Florida Grand Opera to Close 2023-24 Season With Puccini's LA BOHEME
Florida Grand Opera will conclude its 2023-24 season with the timeless masterpiece, Puccini's La bohème, marking its 12th production of the beloved opera. Set in 1830s Paris, the romantic saga of impoverished artists and their loves captivates audiences once again. Starring Italian tenor Davide Giusti in his American debut as Rodolfo, alongside sop...
Como 1907 announces entry in the soccer tournament 2024 field
The Soccer Tournament (TST), the 7v7 event with a $1 million winner-take-all prize being played in Cary, NC from June 5-10 today announced the entry of Italian club Como 1907 in the 48-team event. Como 1907, who currently play in Italy’s Serie B, return to TST after a run to the quarterfinals in the inaugural event. Como’s entry last year included...
Italy clinch 2-1 win over Venezuela thanks to a brace from Retegui
At the home of Inter Miami, amidst the presence of Lionel Messi and with Jannik Sinner watching on in the stands of Fort Lauderdale's Chase Stadium, the national team secured a 2-1 victory against Venezuela in the first of two friendlies on American soil, courtesy of a brace from Mateo Retegui, reinforcing his strong candidacy for the striker role...
Sinner drops by to the Azzurri's first session in Miami
The Azzurri landed in Miami on Tuesday afternoon, around 18:00 local time. The trip was made within comfortable surroundings of the Business and Premium classes, while watching films, having long chats, taking photos with other passengers on board and the obvious quality of traditional Italian meals. After a slight delay for the scheduled arrival t...
Cinema Italy Returns With a Another Crop of Italian Films
With 20 years of programming under its belt, Cinema Italy returns to Miami at O Cinema for four days of cinema Italiano with ten film premieres. Even after two decades, artistic director Claudio Di Persia remains committed to the festival's objective to "bring together passionate people with the common goal of bringing [Italian] cinematographic cul...
Athletics, Filippo Tortu goes to train in the U.S.: same state as Marcell Jacobs, Florida
Filippo Tortu has decided to go to train in the USA to prepare for the two major competitive events of the season, namely the European Championships in Rome in early June and the Paris 2024 Olympics in August. The Italian sprinter has chosen to travel to the Montverde Academy in Orlando, Florida, in consultation with the Italian Federation. Tortu w...
Eight spirit of 1000 Miglia medals awarded at the Amelia Island concours d’elegance
1000 Miglia could not fail to be present on Amelia Island. On the occasion of the motoring event voted by the New York Times as one of the best concours d’elegance in the United States, eight Spirit of 1000 Miglia medals were awarded, the recognition that 1000 Miglia gives to cars that symbolise the authentic essence of the Red Arrow. The winner of...