JC Abbott

The old saying goes that the Canadian Football League season doesn’t start until Labour Day and while that date came up much quicker in the shortened 2021 season, last week’s traditional rivalry games were as […]

When the Maple Bowl kicks off on Sunday, it will be a meeting of the two best offenses in Finland.

The Kuopio Steelers and Helsinki Roosters are the top two teams in both scoring and total offense, a major […]

Twelve weeks and 40 games later and the inaugural regular season of the European League of Football is finally complete.

What started as a brave new experiment has matured, stumbled, and grown as it heads into […]

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before.

Playing from behind entering the fourth quarter, the Søllerød Gold Diggers clawed their way into a tie with the Copenhagen Towers and finished strong in the extra fra […]

It’s unlikely that any Danish defensive game plan would fail to account for Mike Williams, but his incredible performance against the AaB 89ers last week means the Copenhagen Towers’ import receiver won’t be […]

When the Kuopio Steelers and the Seinäjoki Crocodiles meet in the Maple League semi-final on Friday, all eyes will be on the running backs.

Seinäjoki’s Christian Powell and Kuopio’s Le’Anthony Reasnover are t […]

The CFL’s Saskatchewan Roughriders have beefed up their Global content coming out of a Week 4 bye, signing German fullback Chris Ezeala to the team’s practice roster.

The Riders originally drafted Ezeala with […]

And then there were two.

After Week 11 in the European League of Football, three playoff spots are accounted for. Just two teams remain in contention for the final semi-final berth and both recorded wins this […]

They may be no Annie Oakley and Frank Butler, but on Saturday Mike Williams and Magnus Urth performed a rendition of ‘Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)’ which would have merited a standing ovation on […]

When people talk about football players that are ‘built different,’ they are usually referring to those who are bigger, longer and stronger than the competition. The 36-inch arms of a player like Calvin Johnson, […]

Jake Mayon remembers what it felt like to be unwanted

Coming out of tiny Northern Michigan University with a school-record 4,220 rushing yards and 38 touchdowns under his belt, the prolific running back figured […]

Two weeks left in the European League of Football season and the playoff picture has gotten slightly clearer, but not by much.

Week 10 saw the unfortunate elimination of a Cinderalla story, but the North […]

It’s been more than two months since the Copenhagen Towers last played a football game, but it didn’t appear that the Danish powerhouse had any rust to shake off when they faced off against the Triangle Razorbacks […]

There is an old saying in sports journalism: don’t root for teams or players, root for storylines.

Right now in the European League of Football, there is no better story line than the Barcelona Dragons. The […]

The NFL preseason is a time for young players to prove their worth and with new rules allowing teams to elevate players from the International Player Pathway Program to the active roster, it’s never been more […]

Not every week of football can keep you on the edge of your seat and Week 9 in the European League of Football was a perfect example.

With the ELF playoff race about to heat up, a few teams seemed to take this […]

The Edmonton Elks have had a dreadful start to the season, but their 30-13 loss to the Montreal Alouettes on Saturday featured a triumph for the CFL’s Global program.

After starter D’Antne Demery was ruled out […]

The Porvoo Butchers have been having a magical 2021 season, but it would have taken the combined powers of Merlin, Harry Potter and Gandalf the Grey to slow down the Kuopio Steelers on Saturday.

The undefeated […]

For as much as football teams like to talk about its acquisition, talent can be a difficult thing to assess and even harder to quantify. Beyond simple physical attributes, consideration must be made to schematic […]

For most American imports, playing football in Europe is an exciting but brief adventure. For the most part, they are young, single and childless, able to live off of the humble paychecks from their gridiron […]