Bocce is a competitive sport, a strategic game, and a leisurely pastime, all rolled into one ever-popular activity. Dating back to the Roman Empire, bocce, in all its derivations, has since captured the hearts of players and spectators the world over, no matter the age or skill level, where the objective is to roll balls on a court as close to a t...

The San Antonio Spurs have reportedly reached an agreement with guard Marco Belinelli on a two-year contract, according to multiple reports. Yahoo! Sports has stated that the deal, which cannot be made official until July 10, is worth a total of $6 million.   Belinelli comes to the defending Western Conference champions after spending last...

di Marco Pezzetti   Danilo Gallinari si trova nella sua amata Milano. La stella della nostra Nazionale ha lasciato gli States per tornare un po' in Patria. Un'intervista qui, un autografo là, e il solito bagno di folla ad attenderlo. Il 'Gallo' si, sa, è un patrimonio dello sport azzurro.   Per Danilo, così come per tutti i Nugge...

by Matt Barrows   The chants of "Eddie D! Eddie D!" from the crowd outside the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium heralded the announcement that was made later inside.  Eddie DeBartolo Jr., who won five Super Bowls when he owned the 49ers but who has been a conspicuous missing piece from the Pro Football Hall of Fame, finally was voted in on...

The accolades for a remarkable sporting life continue for Colorado College great Andy Gambucci. The Colorado Springs resident is one of six inductees entering the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame on April 17, 2014. To be included in such a class was humbling to Gambucci, 84, a three-sport star for the Tigers in the early 1950s. A standout center fiel...

Si è spento venerdì scorso all'età di 99 anni, Nicola Turchi, uno dei personaggi più attivi della comunità calcistica italiana degli Anni Sessanta e Settanta. Turchi, che viveva a Bayridge, Brooklyn, era un viso familiare nel mondo del calcio, prima per la passione personale, poi come genitore a bordo campo. Uno dei figli, Consalvo, ha anche ricope...

The Italian Lacrosse Association has named UMass women's lacrosse head coach Angela McMahon as head coach of the first-ever Italian national team which will compete in the 2017 FIL World Cup in Guildford, England. Justin Serpone, who is McMahon's husband and the head men's soccer coach at Amherst College, will serve as co-head coach of the team. &...

By Natalie Hurst & KBOI Web Staff   Boise's Italian American Club celebrated its 40th year and dedicating new bocce ball courts Wednesday night. The games began on the new courts with a wine toast at Boise's Municipal Park. The original courts were built back in 2008 when there was one league with eight teams. Now the group has...

By Emily Nichols   On Tuesday evenings during the warm summer months, Sharkey's Bar and Grill is bursting with activities ranging from volleyball to trivia. The main event at this Liverpool bar, however, is a sport where you and your friends can socialize in an open field while beer gets delivered on golf carts.   It's a sport wh...

By Rustin Dodd The the most vertically-challenged kicker in college football spent last year taking coursework at a community college in St. Louis. He was not a member of any football team then — college or otherwise — and if you saw Nick Bartolotta strolling into a class at St. Louis Community College, you probably wouldn't have guessed it, eithe...