ROME – This is a story about a family.
And football.
And Italy.
It’s the tie between Jim Harbaugh and Rome.
A blood connection on his mother’s side.
Jim Harbaugh’s grandfather, Joe Cipiti, was born in Sicily and moved to Italy as a child.
“There was a great picture (Joe Cipiti) at the Super Bowl, when John and Jim played each other,” said Jack Harbaugh, Jim’s father. “The day before the game, they had a press conference, and they brought Joe up on the stage. He had this smile on his face.”
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And now, Jim Harbaugh has brought his football team to Italy, back to a part of his roots, to tour Rome and practice three times at the end of the week.