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Gareth Bale talks Spurs preseason, facing Liverpool and MLS
Tottenham's Gareth Bale is one of the Premier League's best players. The 23-year-old Wales international has been a member of Spurs since 2007. Over that time, Bale has been deadly...
Author Jimmy Burns talks Euro '12, Spain's chances and Barcelona
No one knows Spanish soccer like Jimmy Burns. Born in Madrid just a few hundred yards from the Bernabeu Stadium, the legendary home of Real Madrid, Burns has made it...
Hope Solo talks about the women's game, Olympics and her skin
Considered one of the best goalkeepers in the world, Hope Solo is the face of women’s soccer in this country. The 30-year-old won a gold medal with the US at...
Striker Chris Rolfe talks about his time in Denmark, injuries and dream of playing for US again
Chris Rolfe is one of many American players who started their pro careers in MLS and eventually moved on to play in Europe. Rolfe, however, is part of a select...
Whitney’s burial guard
Even dead, Whitney Houston needs a bodyguard. Armed security guards have been in place around the clock near the pop icon’s burial site to stop would-be grave robbers from plundering...
Clooney babe’s cheek preview
It’s good to be George Clooney. The actor’s latest arm candy, Stacy Keibler, rocked a snug Herve Leger dress at the QVC “Buzz on the Red Carpet” party Thursday at...
Thank God I’m home! Cardinal Dolan returns to NY
Hats off to His Eminence. Timothy Cardinal Dolan reveled in the warm embrace of his beloved New York flock yesterday after a whirlwind Vatican voyage during which he was made...
Cardinal Dolan returns to New York after Vatican trip
The cardinal has landed. Timothy Cardinal Dolan is back in his beloved New York fold after a whirlwind Vatican voyage during which he was made a prince of the Catholic...
Dolan's mother meets Pope Benedict
ROME — Holy Father, meet my mother. Capping a whirlwind nine-day trip with a final visit to the Vatican, Timothy Cardinal Dolan introduced his 84-year-old mom to Pope Benedict XVI...
New cardinal's ring is too tight after pasta indulgence during Vatican trip
ROME — Turns out Timothy Cardinal Dolan’s ring is too tight — or has his finger just gotten fatter? A day after he was made a cardinal, Dolan revealed yesterday...
Archbishop Timothy Dolan elevated to cardinal
ROME — We’ll drink to that! New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan became the toast of two continents yesterday as he was elevated to cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI in a...
Ancient, holy ritual before a sea of red
ROME — Underneath the four twisted columns of the papal altar and before a dramatic sea of red and purple hats, Pope Benedict XVI created 22 new cardinals yesterday inside...
Dolan gains a new parish in Italy
ROME — Timothy Cardinal Dolan may be the shepherd of 2.6 million New York-area Catholics — but now he also has the responsibility of overseeing 25,000 parishioners in Italy. The...
‘Rome’ boy cheering on his hero
ROME — Maybe he’ll be a cardinal one day. David Rider, 27, in Rome studying to become a priest, is closely following Timothy Cardinal Dolan’s rise. “I am here at...
A papal prospect second to ‘nuncio’
ROME — Could Timothy Cardinal Dolan become the first American pope? That was the talk of the Vatican after he was promoted to cardinal yesterday, with some calling Dolan “a...
NY Archbishop Dolan officially a cardinal after Vatican ceremony
ROME – He’s officially a cardinal! New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan was made a prince of the church today at the Vatican when Pope Benedict XVI presented him with his...
Pope officially elevates NY Archbishop to cardinal
ROME — Good morning, Your Eminence. New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan was named cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI today, receiving a red hat and ring during an elevation ceremony at...
NY Jews in Rome to pay tribute
ROME — Catholics aren’t the only ones at the Vatican to see Archbishop Timothy Dolan become a cardinal.A small group of Jews traveled to Rome this week — part of...
Dolan defends New York againt 'immoral' stereotype in Rome
ROME – New York is no modern-day Sodom and Gomorrah. Calling New York “a very religious city,” Archbishop Timothy Dolan defended the city today against the stereotype of being an...
Saying ‘Vespas’
ROME — Cardinal-designate Timothy Dolan may have traveled to the Eternal City to get his red hat and ring — but yesterday he lived out his own version of “Roman...