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Jim Harbaugh scolded during Rome trip that includes refugees, pope, paintball

ROME (AP) — Jim Harbaugh and his Wolverines are team-building their way through Rome.

On their fourth day in Italy, the football team went on Wednesday to the pope’s weekly audience. They have also:

  • Attempted to teach African refugees to play American football.
  • Gotten reprimanded for throwing a football in a shopping mall.
  • Picnicked and kayaked at Lake Albano.
  • Visited the Spanish Steps, the Colosseum, the Roman Forum and Piazza Navona.
  • Played paintball.
  • Thrown coins into the Trevi Fountain.

The Wolverines will close the official part of the trip with three practices.