Cubs players pushing Rizzo's Final Vote case
Cubs players were busy texting and submitting votes online Monday for first baseman Anthony Rizzo, one of five National League finalists for the 2014 All-Star Game MLB.com Final Vote Sponsored by Experian. Even Cubs manager Rick Renteria checked Rizzo's name. "Hey, everybody better be voting for Rizzo," Renteria said Monday. "It'd be a gre...
Schaumburg Boomers owner wins Tommy Lasorda award
The National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame Monday awarded Schaumburg Boomers owner Patrick A. Salvi the first ever Tommy Lasorda Legends Award for contributions made to the game of baseball. Salvi, a Chicago trial lawyer, also owns the Gary Southshore Railcats in the American Association and the college wood bat franchise, NorthShore Na...
Freshman scored 12 goals in six games in European Championships
by Thomas Salinas When the women's lacrosse team arrived in Milwaukee to begin workouts for the 2016 season, one freshman was already in top playing shape. Cate Soccodato, an Italian-American from New York, played for Italy in the 2015 Women's Lacrosse European Championships this past summer. Soccodato was the youngest player on the 24-player ros...
Rodi sings from his Italian heart
From arias and symphonies to Neapolitan streets songs and pop, Italian music cannot be categorized by style or genre. But if there is one word that sums up centuries of musical creativity, Robert Rodi may have found it: crescendo. In honor of this, Rodi has created a multi-genre musical production titled 'O sole mio, which will be presented on Nov....
Indianapolis Opera and Italian Heritage Society Present VIVA VERDI!
Indianapolis will be part of an international celebration of the 200th anniversary of Giuseppe Verdi's birth, joining hundreds of other cities around the world. 2013 is also the Year of Italian Culture in the United States and this performance will showcase local operatic and musical talent in tribute to the Italian maestro's incomparable cont...
Future bright for hall of fame
We've been worried about the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame for a while. The Little Italy landmark has been in trouble with its bank for some time now, and the prospect of it being shut down was saddening. But with powerful backers like sports mogul Jerry Colangelo — the man whom the museum's building is named after — it didn't succ...
Anthony Rizzo ready to play for Team Italy
MESA, Ariz. -- Joe Torre, manager of the USA squad in the upcoming World Baseball Classic, believes that players are bound to get a special feeling when they first put on the uniform and embrace the notion that they're representing their individual countries. Torre received firsthand evidence of that excitement recently when he called Cincinnati se...
All in the family
Now here’s something you don’t see everyday. When the Stevenson High Patriots squared off against the Glenbard West Hilltoppers in late November, four grandnephews of DuPage County businessman Jerry Marchese took part in the match. Read more Source: http://www.franoi.com/
Chicago’s history steeped in Italian influence far removed from Al Capone
Giuseppe Giacosa was a playwright who turned to writing opera librettos, penning three Puccini classics — La Boheme, Madam Butterfly and Tosca — before he died at age 49. He also traveled and wrote a book, "Impressioni d'America," visiting Chicago just before the World's Columbian Exhibition . He was taken, as all visitors were, by the industr...
The AC Milan Soccer Camp season is back
AC Milan, one the world's most successful clubs returns to the USA. The AC Milan Youth Program is returning to the USA to host the 2014 Milan Junior Camp Season. The camp season begins June 15 and will end in August of 2014. The Milan Junior Camp program is the stepping stone into a series of activities organized by the AC Milan Youth Pro...
Italian American One Voice Coalition Adds Johnsonville Foods To Its “Wall of Shame”
The Italian American ONE VOICE Coalition has added Wisconsin-based Johnsonville Foods to its "Wall of Shame". Johnsonville Foods has been singled out for continuing to air a commercial for its 'Family Brats' that features a character resembling Tony Soprano. The spot depicts a family barbeque and is riddled with worn out organized crime refere...
Casa Italia’s 2013 Golf Outing
You're Invited to Casa Italia's Annual Golf Outing! The Italian Open and Invitational Hosted by Casa Italia Home of the Italian Cultural Center will be held on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at the Klein Creek Golf Course, The Royal Country Clubs. The Royal Country Clubs is located at 1N333 Pleasant Hill Road, Winfield, IL 60190 (by Carol Stream on North...