Wed.-Fri., April 22-24, 2026
Thursday, April 23rd, was a most important day!
After all, . . .
. . . it was the Feast of St. George!
In Cataluña, which loves its dragon
mythology, he is known as Sant Jordi
Another nod to Sant Jordi by
a Cataluñan DI football team
Barcelona's Rugby Federation
got into the spirit of the day
The DII Barcelona Uroloki say,
"Happy Sant Jordi Day but we are
always the dragon's team"
A uroloki is a middle earth dragon from J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings books.
April 23rd is also a big day in
Spain's autonomous community
of Aragon
Nice helmet.
San Jorge is Aragon's
Patron Saint
Any way you spell his name, St. George/Sant Jordi/San Jorge is BIG in Spain and I'm good with that!
Friday morning, we got the Go Code from Julien Urgenti in Lyon, France to ship his club another box of American football gear.
Four shoulder pads and ten pairs
of UnderArmour cleats . . .
. . . are now on their way to the
Villeurbanne Falcons
Our friends, Susan and Michael D'Antuono are currently vacationing in Europe. Michael has been sending us several great photos of their trip that has included many from the amazing meals that they have shared in the Italian portion of their journey.
Thus inspired, we had dinner on
Friday night at this spot on the
beach in Ventura . . .
. . . with our favorite "Usual Suspects"
Joanne and Paul Sabolić
Our dining experience lasted for well over two hours filled with great stories, laughter and a bit of wine to boot.
We are already planning on how to do this again soon, good times INDEED!
Our fine dining experience
led me to agree with this meme
Our meal also got me back into a day dreaming mode . . .
Churros are also my
#1 pick
Two weeks in Spain
would work for me but . . .
. . . would three days in Barcelona,
our go-to European city, be enough?
Follow that up with two
more weeks in France and . . .
. . . then a few days in the greater
Milano/Varese megalopolis would
be AWESOME!
I can still dream, can't I?
Ode to my dear Abuela
The NFL Draft was big
news this week
Three days of football speculation
The Rams have seven picks
in this year's draft
Rams controversial pick with
their First Round pick on Thursday
Rams Second pick also raised
some eyebrows on Friday
The Rams already had two veteran, excellent TE's on the roster.
I'm all behind the Rams' Third
Round choice on Friday
Four more Rams picks
on Saturday
The Rams have a recent history of finding gold in these late rounds.
Speaking of searching for talent . . .
These Spring College Showcases . . .
. . . do bring out the college coaches
to evaluate high school athletes
Such a good way to help these aspiring young athletes reach their goals.
Could one of them become a
Heisman Trophy winner someday?
I say, dream BIG!
Let's take a quick look at the DII and DIII schedules this weekend in Italy.
Italian DII Games
Saturday, April 25, 2026
Girone B Conference Game
Monza Daemons (4-0) at
Padova Saints (4-0)
Big game in the Veneto to say the least.
Sunday, April 26, 2026
Girone A Conference Game
Albisola Pirates (2-3) at
Milano Seamen (3-2)
This should be a good one too.
Italian DIII Games
Sunday, April 26, 2026
Girone A Conference Game
Varese Gorillas (2-1) at
Milano Rams (1-3)
Girone F Conference Game
Vicenza Hurricanes (0-4) at
Verona Redskins (3-1)
Girone D Conference Game
Pisa TFU (2-1) at
Sarzana Red Jackets (1-2)
Girone F Conference Game
Ravenna Chiefs (3-1) at
Romagna Titans (2-2)
News from the net . . .
The cracks are starting to show
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