Posts Tagged ‘Rome’

Photo Daily | December 1 | Italian Fans Celebrate at the Circus Maximus

By Tom Dunmore • Dec 1st, 2007 • Category: Photography

A day late, we conclude this week’s series on the 2006 World Cup by looking at fans celebrating at the Circus Maximus (Circo Massimo in Italian), Rome. Over 700,000 packed the site of the ancient Roman hippodrome the night Italy won the World Cup for the fourth time.
Photo credit: hidden_vice on Flickr, via the Pitch [...]



Gabriele Sandri’s Funeral

By Tom Dunmore • Nov 14th, 2007 • Category: Uncategorized

It seems that all I do is link to Spangly Princess, but that’s because her writing about the death of Lazio ultra Gabriele Sandri in Italy on Sunday and its aftermath surpasses anything I could do even if I lived in Italy as she does. Today she writes about attending Sandri’s funeral, and it’s a [...]



More on the Aftermath of Gabriele Sandri’s Death and the Riots in Italy

By Tom Dunmore • Nov 12th, 2007 • Category: Uncategorized

Unfortunately I don’t have the time (or the knowledge) to construct a thoughtful post on the aftermath of yesterday’s terrible events in Italy this morning. But I can again urge you to read the commentary from two people on the ground there: see ursus’ latest comment today on our post regarding what happened with the [...]