A stroll through Italy and the Serie A

20 Clubs in 20 Days: Atalanta | American Soccer Reader

AmericanSoccerReader posted 7/22/2008 from americansoccerreader.com

As players across Italy arrive at their training grounds and coaches begin developing new tactics for their new faces, American Soccer Reader previews 20 Serie A clubs in 20 days, From A to Udinese...

Oh My, Lazio's So Gangsta

chimprage posted 7/23/2008 from www.deuceofdavenport.com

Lazio's come a long way in the past couple of years. The Italian soccer club finally changed ownership. It finally fielded a black player after the previous owner was threatened by the club's ultras for trying to sign black French international Lilian Thuram. That was in this decade. Best of all, it almost mobbed up. The Casalesi clain of the Camorra, the Naples version of the Mafia, tried ...

ON TV: NBC Olympic Soccer Channel

MVNsoccer posted 7/23/2008 from ballhype.com

NBC Olympic Soccer Channel is a dedicated cable channel which will show only Olympic Soccer throughout each day.  This channel is available to most providers, but that doesn't mean that your own provider will automatically make it available to you.  It is a good idea to contact your local provider as soon as possible to make sure they have plans to carry it. NBC ...

Arrest warrant issued for Chinaglia, 8 others at Lazio

The Offside found this 7/23/2008 on www.usatoday.com

Chinaglia, who helped the Rome team win its first Italian title in 1974, is wanted in connection with an alleged attempt to influence the price of Lazio shares over the last six months, the prosecutor's office in Rome said. "It's incredible. I don't ...

WAG No. 139: Letizia Filippi

Kickette Blog found this 7/23/2008 on www.thespoiler.co.uk

Here’s the (rather good) reason C-Ron left Nereida Cristiano Ronaldo’s non-prostitute-based romantic history is peppered with lovely-brunette-model-types - Gemma Atkinson (who was brunette at the time), Mia Judaken, Karina Ferro, and ...