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Towers’ potent receiving corps a focal point ahead of Danish first place battle
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...
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Finnish Semifinals: QB head-to-head – Kuopio Steelers vs Seinäjoki Crocodiles
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...
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Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed top Global draft pick Chris Ezeala
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...
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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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Dynamic receiving duel the highlight as Copenhagen Towers shoot past AaB 89ers
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...
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Copenhagen Towers RB Anton Witmeur is built different and he likes it that way
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....
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Potsdam Royals RB Jake Mayon is unwanted no longer
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...
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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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Copenhagen Towers post dominant win over Triangle Razorbacks in return to Danish action
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...
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Barcelona Dragons unlikely turnaround a testament to new coordinators
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,...
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International Player Pathway Program Preseason Roundup: Who’ll make a roster?
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...
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Humdrum Week 9 thickens plot in ELF playoff race
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...
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Danish RT Steven Nielsen performs well in first CFL start
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...
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Kuopio Steelers derail resurgence of Porvoo Butchers with blowout win
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...
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Former top QB recruit K.J. Carta-Samuels’ reinvented style of play powering success in Germany
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....
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Porvoo Butchers QB Jabari Harris balances football, family and aerospace engineering for dream life in Finland
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...
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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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Team Sweden gives them something to talk about, advance to European Championship for first time since 2005
In the immortal words of Bonnie Raitt, let’s give ’em something to talk about. That’s what quarterback Philip Juhlin and Team Sweden were hoping to...
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Team Sweden QB Philip Juhlin tired of callbacks to 2005, wants to be ‘the next team people talk about’
Over the course of a career, an athlete can rack up any number of meaningful accomplishments. Statistical records will pad the ego. MVP awards will...
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Team Sweden HC BD Kennedy ready for rivalry with Finland to reach ‘new level’ in European Championship semi-final
International competitions always come with an added intensity, but there is nothing in sport quite like a national rivalry. A perfect mix of proximity and...
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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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Sean Shelton leads Swarco Raiders to emotional statement win in Austrian Bowl XXXVI
The Swarco Raiders have won four Austrian Bowls since Sean Shelton arrived in Innsbruck, but as he trotted around Tivoli Stadium clutching the game ball...
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Explaining CFL roster rules and what they mean for Global athletes
It has been said that managing a Canadian Football League roster is the toughest job in pro sports. While the NFL operates quite simply with...
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Kuopio Steelers edge defender Semmie Radji could prove a difference maker in Finnish ‘battle of champions’
If you are an athlete from the Netherlands, chances are that at some point someone has tried to dub you the Flying Dutchman. It’s as...
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Execution the key as Dacia Vienna Vikings HC Chris Calaycay looks forward to 14th Austrian Bowl appearance
Dacia Vienna Vikings versus Swarco Raiders. Winners of the 2020 Austrian title series against the 2019 Austrian Bowl champions. It might just be the best...
