Louis DeSimone was born Feb. 21, 1922, in Philadelphia; His parents Anthony and Nicolina DeSimone were Italian immigrants. He was raised in Bridgeport, Pa., and...

Jannik Sinner was born in San Candido near the Dolomites in Northern Italy near the Austrian border on Aug. 16, 2001. His parents Hanspeter and...

Giro d’Italia is Italy’s premier cycling race which began in 1909. The winner is awarded la maglia rosa (pink jersey). Pink is the color of...

Giusepppe Venuti was born Sept. 16, 1903, in Philadelphia. Joe was known throughout his life as being a jokester and using hyperbole to explain his...

Did you know that the first mixed race baseball player to be inducted into the Hall of Fame was an Italian American? Roy “Campy” Campanella...

The first music festival (musica leggera) for popular music took place in Italy in the city of San Remo. The war had ended a few...

Did you know that Italian soccer teams are promoted and relegated each year based on their record? One of the oldest “football” clubs in Italy...

The list of Italian family-business success stories includes such names as illy, Piaggo, Ferrero, Benetton and many others. Today we look closer at two iconic...

Did you know that Italian has homonyms just like in English? Many of you have probably forgotten by now the definition of a homonym. I...

Did you know that the first female conductor of La Scala was an Italian? Speranza Scappucci was born on April 9, 1973. The Italian conductor...