JC Abbott

Football players around the world dream of a chance to compete against top caliber American players, but when it comes to working out, it may be Europeans who can teach their US counterparts a thing or two.

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Latvia's Karlis Brauns catching eyes of pro scouts, with and without pink hair Karlis Brauns is used to turning heads when he walks into a room, but rarely quite like this. The Latvian defensive end has […]

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 shift the trajectory of the franchise.

After building a dynasty on the backs of […]

When the Hamburg Sea Devils’ final field goal attempt of the 2021 ELF season fell short of the crossbar and ended their championship hopes, perhaps for the first time in football history, nobody blamed the […]

To paraphrase an old saying, in front of every great running back is a great offensive line.

So, when the AFI voters sat down to select our All-Europe offensive line, it was only natural to look at who paved […]

With the advent of the modern football passing attack, the idea of shutdown defense has become a thing of the past.

Quarterbacks are too efficient and playmakers too explosive to hope to shut them out entirely […]

A good tight end can be the perfect dichotomy: the ultimate safety blanket for your quarterback and an utter nightmare for the defense.

Even at the highest levels of football, there aren’t enough of these […]

Those that ply their trade on the interior of the defensive line do so with the implicit understanding that their moments to grab the spotlight will be few and far between. Instead they will eat up space and plug […]

When it came to selections for AFI’s All-Europe team, no position group proved to be a more complex debate than offensive line. The depth of talent in the trenches across the continent, as well as the lack of hard […]

Some of the selections for AFI’s All-Europe team required extensive debate, with red-faced voters pounding the table for their favorite candidate before a winner finally emerged.

This was not the case for […]

In my first year of university, I took a political science course from a grizzled old professor who argued in his very first lecture that Canada is a nation that by any objective standard should not exist. After […]

For the second straight off-season, the competition for players and coaches between the German Football League and the European League of Football has been the story, with both leagues attempting to attract the […]

As the second most successful football nation on earth, the idea that someone could be the face of football in Canada seems ludicrous. With an illustrious history of professional football spanning more than a […]

Later this month, the International Federation of American Football will elect a new Board of Directors, setting the course for the future of international competition in the sport. The swearing in of that new […]

At times last year, it seemed like it would never come to fruition, but almost as soon as it began, the shortened 2021 Canadian Football League regular season has reached its conclusion.

After 16 weeks and 63 […]

More than five decades into his illustrious coaching career, Adam Rita is still finding new challenges.

The legendary Canadian Football League coach and general manager has hoisted six Grey Cups, and helped […]

Two weeks from now, just as the Canadian Football League’s shortened 2021 regular season is wrapping up, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers will mark the two-year anniversary of their first Grey Cup victory in 29 […]

It took an extra year thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the Oslo Vikings are a top Norwegian football once again.

While their matchup with the Kristiansand Gladiators was originally slated to be the regular […]

Coaches are not born, they are made.

While there is no doubt that there is certain innate personality traits that draw people to the profession, no coach enters it fully formed. It is a job that requires […]

The champagne is barely dry on the European Championship trophy following Team Italy’s feat of historic dominance last weekend, but preparations are already well underway for the 2023 version of the event.

With […]