The Bronx is going wild! I think I can hear the screams from across the Whitestone Bridge. Every italian restaurant in Queens was playing the game this afternoon. Most were so packed people were oozing out onto the streets. We ended up watching what we could in a Greek diner (hey, we took what we could get). Italy won and NY is still going nuts! Congrats to all.

Fabio Cannavaro, a player who has belied his diminutive stature with some giant performances this past month, fittingly closed the 2006 FIFA World Cupâ„¢ by holding the biggest prize in football aloft. Fireworks proclaiming a fourth FIFA World Cup for Italy exploded into the black skies above the Olympiastadion as the Azzurri party began, leaving France - “ and a disconsolate Zinedine Zidane - “ to their own thoughts. (source)