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ELF: Leipzig Kings QB Michael Birdsong announces retirement
One of the top quarterbacks in the European League of Football, Michael Birdsong of the Leipzig Kings, has announced his retirement. The 28 year old...
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European League of Football: Leipzig Kings sign Michael Birdsong as their QB
The Leipzig Kings have announced the signing of former Tennessee Tech and Fujitsu Frontiers (Japan) quarterback Michael Birdsong for the 2021 season. The 27 year...
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Fujitsu Frontiers QB Michael Birdsong finds his football fit in Japan
Michael Birdsong took his time chasing the pro football dream, but could never really find his fit. In college he bounced around, starting at James...
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ELF pre-season quarterback rankings offer surprises
The European League of Football is set to kick off their second season on June 4 after massive expansion, adding four new franchises to the...
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European League of Football: Leipzig Kings sign QB Jordan Barlow
The Leipzig Kings of the European League of Football have finally found their quarterback for the 2022 season. After the retirement of Michael Birdsong this...
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European League of Football: Way Too Early 2022 Power Rankings
Yes, we know it’s only February, however, the European League of Football has been busy, to say the least. An onslaught of player signings, big-name...
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Rice Bowl winner Tsubasa Takagi proves Japanese QBs not a thing of the X League past
It was last January, in the aftermath of the Fujitsu Frontiers first Japan X Bowl loss in five years, that a decision was made to...
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AFI’s Year End Europe Top 20 offers plenty of surprises
The AFI team is proud to present Year-End Europe Top 20. This has been one of the most difficult rankings we have ever had to...
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ELF: Quarterbacks predict the league’s first champion
After a wild season in the European League of Football, two teams will put it all on the line this today in the league’s first-ever...
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ELF offensive stats leaders offers surprises
The European League of Football wound up its inaugural season this past weekend and with the playoffs looming, AFI presents the final regular-season stats leaders...
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Wroclaw Panthers secure final playoff spot as ELF wraps up inaugural regular season
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...
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ELF: Week 11 sets the stage for potential game of the year to wrap up the regular season
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...
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North Division playoff race heats up, while Week 10 spells end of one ELF Cinderella story
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...
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Barcelona magic highlights a fantastic Week 8 in the ELF
With team rosters officially locking on August 8, the European League of Football has entered the home stretch after Week 8 offered some of the...
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AFI Recaps another wild weekend of football from Europe
It was another action-packed weekend of football in Europe highlighted by the IFAF European Championship playoffs. At least one championship final berth was decided on...
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Power shifting in ELF as Week 7 provides proof of parity
Parity. It’s the type of buzzword that is catnip to sports leagues everywhere, but over the first half of the European League of Football season,...
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Margins widen, viewership increases as ELF wraps up Week 5
This week, all the talk in the European League of Football was about All-Star games. Unfortunately, it wasn’t an all-star slate of matchups on the...
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ELF’s Week 4 triple-header delivers one gutsy upset, pair of blowouts
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...
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Week 3 ELF action offers both fireworks and duds on July 4th weekend
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...
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Margins of victory widen in Week Two, as ELF weathers first major controversy
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...
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ELF’s Sunday slate builds intrigue despite sloppier performances
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...
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European League of Football kicks off kicks off inaugural season!
The European League of Football kicks off its highly anticipated inaugural season this weekend with all eight teams in action. The eight team league is...
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Leipzig Kings release 53 man roster
The European Football League’s Leipzig Kings have released their game roster for the 2021 season. After holding a tryout camp attended by 110 hopefuls in...
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Leipzig Kings continue to build a deadly offense with addition of WR Alpha Jalloh
The Leipzig Kings of the European League of Football have added to an already impressive offensive lineup with the signing of versatile wide receiver Alpha...
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European League of Football: Leipzig Kings sign top Japanese WR Yoshihito Omi
Leipzig Kings head coach Fred Armstrong has added another star player from Japan’s X League to his team with the signing of IBM Big Blue...