Bocce ball is swiftly gaining popularity, and for good reason: The Italian lawn game is fun yet challenging and can be played at practically any age. As more people continue to play, homeowners have ...

Move over, croquet, there's a new backyard game rolling into popularity: Bocce, an Italian version of lawn bowling, is played by rolling, spinning or tossing a grapefruit-size ball down a lawn or ...

Mention bocce ball and the picture immediately comes to mind: elderly Italian men sipping San Pellegrino and smoking cigarettes around sand and oyster-shell courts on Cobble Hill in New York City.

With fanfare and a lot of fans, a new and long-awaited bocce court is now open on the grounds of the La Jolla Recreation Center. The grand opening of the temporary court, which had been in the works ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Say the word “bocce” and it evokes images of old-time Italians playing on courts in quaint towns of their native country as they test their mettle against the “pallina” – or the ...