Is Switzerland primed to shock the Euros defending champions? (Photo credit: BBC) Defending champions Italy will square up against Switzerland in the first knockout game of the ongoing 2024 Euro championship at the Olympia Stadiu…
Mattia Zaccagni celebrates after curling in a beautiful equalizer against Croatia on Monday to earn Italy a round of 16 ticket with the Croats heading back home. (Photo credit: Sky Sports) Monday night saw a shade of everything f…
Harry Kane and some other England players have responded to Gary Lineker after his brutal attack on current players at the ongoing Euro championship. (Photo credit: BBC) The 2024 Euros are hitting the knockout phase soon, with on…
The 2024 Euros is upon us, who are you rooting for? (Photo credit: UEFA.com) The 2024 European Championship gets underway on Friday in Germany as the host nation takes on Scotland in the tournament opener. Germany isn’t anyone’s…
F1 Grand Prix Monza 2023 WTF you ask? Zio Lorenzo 's a two-wheeled guy, whether motorized or pedaled. But he used to like watching car racing, only bailing-out on F1 back when they made 'em race on those awful grooved &q…
Museo Agusta As regular blog readers know Zio Lorenzo 's a fan of most things on two wheels. Back-in-the-day he had a sponsor for his brief Superbike roadracing effort, a guy maybe as crazy about Italian motos as he was...bu…
Is Cycling the New Golf? Not for sale see more here WTF? Pinarello will be sold again ? Wow! As the article said, they cashed-out in 2016, becoming owned by the same company hawking all kinds of, well, let's just say over-…
The Official Pasta of the Giro d'Italia We admit it, we're suckers for the sponsors of the Giro d'Italia . We love the race and enjoy supporting the companies that support La Corsa Rosa , especially when their produ…
Giorno di Riposo That's what they call a rest-day here in Italy. So let's catch up, OK? First the news that Maglia Rosa Remco Evenepoel is out due to Covid-19. A real shame since the race was shaping up not to be the &…
Wiener-mobile Nothing to do with Oscar-Meyer here! A display at the Museum Shop in the Napoli airport. Our little house has a few things from there, including a 'fridge magnet flying phallus . These things were not only ab…
Giro di Sicilia 2023 2022's program Finally! Barely three weeks before the start, RCS has published the Tour of Sicily route for 2023 . We were starting to wonder if they'd even run it but on the local TV news came the a…
33 Years Ago Doesn't seem all that long ago, even though it was half-a-lifetime. Our wedding anniversary was yesterday so we took a little trip to Napoli to celebrate. The view above will seem familiar to many, especially fa…
CARNEVALE Acireale 2023 Some photos from Carnevale 2023 in Acireale , an easy train ride north from S iracusa . They call this the most beautiful version in Sicily and after a few years of missing 'em due to the pandemic th…