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Examining José Mourinho’s Tumultuous Stint at AS Roma
José Mourinho twisted the throttle of his white Vespa through AS Roma’s Trigoria training ground in the summer of 2021. It became an...


Ciao Francesco: A Letter from America
You might not know this but in the early 90s, Serie A was the only football league on public television in New Jersey. While I was a bit...


Tales from the Peninsula: Como, Ciro Di Marzio and a Train to Florence
Bam bam bam “Apra la porta, scusi, apra la porta!” I looked down into the sink of the rail car washroom, trying to think of my next step....


Cassano: The Boy from Bari who became calcio’s most Polarising Character
The 1990s inside Bari’s biggest slum – the San Nicola district of Bari Vecchia – were particularly difficult times for the second most...


The Birth of Political Extremism in Italian Football
On 2 August 1980, young Angela Fresu shifted her toddler feet, trying to hide behind mum’s leg in the morning rush. Bologna Centrale was...


The Footballer & the Mafia: Fabrizio Miccoli’s Flirtation with ‘Cosa Nostra’
When the British East India Company returned from the Far East in the 1660s, they presented a strange plant called tea to King Charles...


Daniele De Rossi: The wall of Ostia
The ancient city of Ostia has been the physical and geographical guardian of Rome since the Lupetta she-wolf saved Romulus and Remus from...


How I Fell for Roma
Whenever anyone asks me that question I go through a labyrinth in my head, thinking of the different ways that made me fall in absolute...


48 Hours in Quebec City
Want a winter weekend getaway? Check out my 48 hours guide to Quebec City: It’s nothing like Montreal, so I’m going to leave those...
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