Italian American of the Month
October 2020 Diana Taurasi
Diana Taurasi Speaks at A Celebration of Life for Kobe and Gianna Bryant Go to video
Many Lodge members remember Diana Taurasi. I guess I’m particle but in my book, Diana is the Greatest basketball player of all time. I know all the arguments but I still stand by that statement!
We have Diana and they don’t!
In 2002 UConn Coach Geno A answer to the Question: ” Are you confident your team can win the national championship and why?” he answered Yes we’ll win! We’ll win because we have Diana and they don’t!
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Geno Auriemma + Diana Taurasi = Love, Italian Style
ATHENS – AUGUST 28: Diana Taurasi #1 of the United States and teammates celebrate from the bench as their team goes on to win the gold in the women’s basketball gold medal match 74 -63 over Australia on August 28, 2004 during the Athens 2004 Summer Olympic Games at the Indoor Hall of the Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) 
FILE – In this Sept. 28, 2016, file photo, Phoenix Mercury’s Diana Taurasi plays against the Minnesota Lynx in the first quarter of a WNBA playoff semifinal basketball game, in St. Paul, Minn. Still thriving at 35, a case could be made that the Phoenix Mercury guard is the greatest player in women’s basketball history. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File) 
FILE – In this May 31, 2016, file photo, Phoenix Mercury’s Diana Taurasi (3) celebrates late in the second half of a WNBA basketball game against the Connecticut Sun, in Phoenix. Still thriving at 35, a case could be made that the Phoenix Mercury guard is the greatest player in women’s basketball history. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File) 
