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Although he began his coaching career in 1990, it was the year 2002 that D’Antoni made his return to the NBA(he was coaching The Denver Nuggets) as a Phoenix Suns assistant under Frank Johnson. In 2003, he replaced Johnson as head coach of the NBA’s Phoenix Suns and he won NBA Coach of the Year honors for the 2004–05 NBA season. Despite the team’s...

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It took until the second round, but the third Arizona Wildcat of the 2020 NBA Draft, Nico Mannion, is off the board thanks to the Golden State Warriors. Mannion, who played his prep ball at Pinnacle High School in Phoenix, was drafted 48th overall. His head coach, Steve Kerr, is also a former Wildcat point guard. As a freshman last season, Mannion...

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For my entire life, I have been lucky enough to be a fan of the New York Yankees. There are pictures of me in pinstripes as an infant and I will always love the team. Like so many Yankees fans, rotting for the Yankees goes back multiple generations. My dad is a huge Yankees fan and so was my grandfather, who I can thank for shaping my sports fandom...

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The Italian American Baseball Foundation (IABF) welcomes everyone to its first Virtual Gala via Facebook Live on Thursday, December 3, 2020 at 8 pm (EST). The IABF will recognize Lee Mazzilli as the 2020 Guest of Honor as well as present Anthony Iapoce with the 2020 Achievement Award and J.P. Ricciardi with the 2020 Baseball Executive Award. Wayne...

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If there's one thing the Italians know how to nail, it's nicknames. Adriano was L'Imperatore (The Emperor), Francesco Totti was Er Bimbo de Oro (The Golden Boy), and Andrea Pirlo will forever be Il Maestro. So, it'll come as absolutely no shock to anyone then, that Roberto Baggio is the proud owner of arguably the greatest moniker in football histo...

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Dear friends, here in Italy we are in the middle of the second wave of covid, and the situation is not easy at all, as I explain every two days in the videos of We the ItaliaNews. Not all Italians have understood or accepted that it is not a 100 meters race, but a marathon, indeed a marathon hurdles: a discipline that does not exist in athletics be...

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Thirty years ago Italy fell in love with a hitherto little known sport: volleyball. Thanks to twelve athletes and an Argentine coach who trained an Italian club, on October 28, 1990 millions of Italians were glued in front of the television, as had only happened for the national soccer team until then, to attend the final of the World Volleyball Ch...

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After making a highlight-reel grab, the Cubs’ infielders know they just have to get the baseball into the vicinity of first base most of the time. Anthony Rizzo will take care of the rest. Rizzo’s skills as a defender paid off again on Sunday night, when he was the recipient of the 2019 Rawlings Gold Glove Award for first base in the National Leagu...

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Pato Banton joins forces with award-winning film director Roberto Angotti to create Introducing Team Italy Manager Mike Piazza, which has just been selected as a finalist in the 2020 FICTS (Federation Internationale Cinema Television Sportifs) Worldwide Championship of Television, Cinema, Sport, Culture and Communication in Milan. Director Roberto...

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At times in our lives, we run across people who have an inexplicable impact on whoever they meet. Catholic Priest, MSU faculty member and former MSU football chaplain, Father Jake Foglio, was exactly that person for many. Foglio, who worked at St. John’s Catholic Church in East Lansing, died Monday, Oct. 5 at age 91. His funeral service was held on...

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