JC Abbott

There never seems to be a dull week in the European League of Football.

This time around, it was the sudden release of the top ranked team’s NFL caliber head coach in Hamburg’s Ted Daisher, a positive COVID […]

They say the third time is a charm, but there is just something a little special about the number seven.

From Ancient Egyptians to the Pythagoreans, Old Testament Christians to the Taoist Chinese, human […]

For as long as anyone can remember, the Örebro Black Knights have been a running football team. Sure, they’ve had some success through the air — that’s the way it is in the modern era — but when push came to s […]

With Canadian quarterback Brett Hunchak injured for the Swedish semifinal, many had written off the Stockholm Mean Machines’ 2021 season. Few expected receiver Matthew Retzlaff to step under center and pull off an […]

English poet James Shirley once wrote “There is no armour against Fate. Death lays his icy hand on kings, sceptre and crown must tumble down and in the dust be equal made with the poor crookèd scythe and […]

Three weeks in and the European League of Football is beginning to separate the contenders from the pretenders.

On what was a holiday weekend across the Atlantic, there were some fireworks in the ELF as well, […]

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For most of his life and career, that is all people thought John Macdonald’s Indigeneity merited. A passing mention. A footnote.

He still r […]

Quarterback may be the most important position in all of sports, but the Stockholm Mean Machines didn’t need one to book their ticket to the Swedish championship game.

With Canadian Brett Hunchak sidelined for […]

The European League of Football sent a pointed message that racism will not be tolerated in the new league on Monday, with the Stuttgart Surge announcing that starting quarterback Jacob Wright has been released by […]

The European League of Football made a promising debut a week ago but, to paraphrase the old saying, Rome wasn’t built in a single weekend of good football.

With three games on offer, expectations were high for […]

For the first time in the 15-year history of the Central European Football League, a German team has claimed the CEFL Bowl crown.

The Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns came from behind on their final drive of the game […]

When it comes to sports, it’s no secret that some jobs are more prestigious than others. Playing a certain position in a certain city can carry a heavy reputation and expectation. Whether it’s quarterback for the […]

“God bless his heart, he has got to be the sickest man in America.”

Verne Lundquist’s iconic call of what would turn out to be Jackie Smith’s game-deciding dropped touchdown catch in Super Bowl XIII is the […]

Standing on the sideline for the Porvoo Butchers head coach Jim Nendel is impossible to miss.

While most coaches opt for a muted team-branded polo or well-worn hoodie, the native of Spokane, Washington shines […]

The European League of Football made an extremely promising debut on Saturday, but from the time the league announced its arrival, it was Sunday that people circled on their calendars. After all, it was June 20th, […]

The deepest gold mine in the world, TauTona Mine in South Africa, plunges to a remarkable depth of more than 3.9 kilometers below ground level. It may soon have a rival, as the Søllerød Gold Diggers had to dig m […]

Only time will tell how June 19, 2021 will be remembered, whether as the start of something truly monumental or merely a footnote in the convoluted story of American football in Europe, but there is little doubt […]

In 2020, the Kuopio Steelers finally reached the mountaintop, seizing the first Maple Bowl title in team history. As the club enters its 30th anniversary season, the objective is to remove all doubt as to who the […]

The Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns may be loaded up with an eye towards German dominance, but they got all they could handle across the border in Switzerland on Sunday.

Some wondered how the untested Calanda Broncos […]

The grass is always greener on the other side, but for Tim Morovick a different uniform provided exactly the same result.

The dual-threat import quarterback last took the field as a member of the Stockholm Mean […]