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• n  Italian bowling played on a long narrow dirt court

• And his other photos are cool too: throwing the coin toss before a University of Delaware game, hanging with the Dalai Lama, playing bocce ball, posing with some cute college-aged .
• Buy balls for any sport you can think of, from bocce to badminton to basketball.
• The lined, grave-faced old Italians come to roll bocce balls for 30 a game in the indoor courts behind the bar, or to drink a poncino (coffee laced with brandy) and play long .

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News & Articles

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• Bassler back on top in Yatesville Bocce League
  Bassler Equipment won both matches this week to resume its perch atop the Yatesville Bocce League standings.The Bassler Boys are led by Paul Santarelli, Bob Barbacci, Henry Korpushik and Jim Pisano filling in for Henry Rodegherio who is on the D.L.
  June 22, 2013 - Times Leader
• Get the ball rolling
  STOCKTON - The Italian Athletic Club is being spruced up for a big event - the United States Bocce Federation National Championships.
  June 20, 2013 - The Stockton Record
• Bocce a firm tradition in the valley
  Italian Immigrants brought the game of Bocce to Western Massachusetts generations ago and the game keeps growing here in the Pioneer Valley .
  June 16, 2013 - WWLP Springfield

Quotes

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• Steve Mariucci in San Jose Mercury News
  Teams were always invited, but they didn't always used to play,Mariucci said. "When we named it 'Battle of the Bay' last year, now they began bringing (bocce) teams to compete."
• Dan Orlovsky in Detroit Free Press
  We play baseball, we play a Detroit Lion version of Hacky Sack, where we use a soccer ball,Orlovsky said of the team in general. "We play some bocce ball, we play some make-believe basketball."
• Weeks in South Lincoln County News
  I knew I was in trouble when I offered croquet, bocce ball, and horseshoes and the students told me those were old people games.'said Weeks. "When I asked the students to give me some ideas, they came up with skate boarding at the skate...