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Carbonara burgers and a 'Spritz Bar' truck highlight the Ryder Cup food court menu in Italy
GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — Beyond the fancy hospitality tents, the Ryder Cup’s food scene is decidedly local at the Marco Simone club outside Rome. There’s an “APECESARE” food truck named after Julius Caesar selling “Street Food Romano,” where the menu highlight...
Donatella Versace slams Italian government's anti-gay policies from La Scala stage
MILAN (AP) — Donatella Versace slammed the Italian government for what she described as anti-gay policies in a heartfelt and personal speech that referenced her late brother, Gianni Versace, while receiving a fashion award this weekend. “Our government is trying to take away...
Justin Thomas cares more about winning the Ryder Cup than whether he should be on the US team
GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — Justin Thomas is too occupied with helping the Americans end three decades of losing the Ryder Cup on European soil to worry about any criticism of him being part of that effort. U.S. captain Zach Johnson had no second thoughts about using one of...
Sophia Loren after leg-fracture surgery: 'Thanks for all the affection, I'm better,' just need rest
ROME (AP) — Sophia Loren is expressing gratitude for all the affection she received following surgery needed after the film star fractured a hip and thigh bone in a bathroom fall, her agent said Tuesday. Andrea Giusti quoted the actress, who is 89, as saying: “I thank everyone...
No mixed emotions for Straka after choosing to play for Europe over the United States at Ryder Cup
GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — Sepp Straka has an American mother, went to an American university, lives in the United States and his undeniably American accent has a southern drawl. Yet there he was Tuesday, dressed in Europe’s white-yellow-and-blue uniform as he walked the...
Ryder Cup goes to Italy. LPGA the only other major tour in play
EUROPEAN TOUR THE RYDER CUP Site: Guidonia Montecelio, Italy. Course: Marco Simone. Yardage: 7,248. Par: 72. Television: Friday, 1:30 a.m. to noon (USA Network); Saturday, 1:30 a.m. to 3 a.m. (USA Network), 3 a.m. to noon (NBC); Sunday,...
RYDER CUP '23: A glossary of golf terms in Italian for the event outside Rome
GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — With the Ryder Cup being held in Italy for the first time, The Associated Press has put together a glossary of golf terms in Italian that might be heard around the Marco Simone club this week. While golf remains a niche sport in Italy and local players still...
On the run for decades, convicted Mafia boss Messina Denaro dies in hospital months after capture
L'AQUILA, Italy (AP) — Matteo Messina Denaro, a convicted mastermind of some of the Sicilian Mafia’s most heinous slayings, died on Monday in a hospital prison ward, several months after being captured as Italy’s No. 1 fugitive and following decades on the run, Italian prosecutors said. ...
RYDER CUP '23: A look inside the walls of the 11th-century Marco Simone castle
GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — First came the castle. Then the golf course. The nearly 300,000 fans descending on the Marco Simone club for the Ryder Cup this week will be able to see the 11th-century castle with the same name from various points of the course — it’s wedged...
Film legend Sophia Loren has successful surgery after fracturing a leg in a fall at home, agent says
ROME (AP) — Film legend Sophia Loren is recovering from successful surgery for a leg fracture after she fell in her Switzerland home, an agent for the 89-year-old Italian actor said Monday. Agent Andrea Giusti said in an email that Loren fell in a bathroom on Sunday and the surgery...
