The year 2024 will mark a historic milestone for the Olympic movement, as it will be the 2,800th anniversary of the first official Olympic Games. According to the ancient Greek tradition, the first official Olympic Games were held in 776 BC in Olympia, a sacred site in southern Greece dedicated to Read more
This weekend, on the last game of the season, FC Flora won their 15th Estonian Meistriliiga (Estonian football league) title. Named after the Roman goddess of flowers and spring (known as Chloris to the Greeks), FC Flora are the most successful club in Estonia. To celebrate, lets learn a bit Read more
If you have been following us for some time now you will know that every year, at the start of a new UEFA season, we highlight all the teams playing in the group stages that have a link to Greek mythology. And this year there are 16 teams playing in Read more
As the sporting seasons are wrapping up this week, there are 2 champions that we want to celebrate here. Heracles Almelo just won the Eredivisie 2 championship in the Netherlands, meaning they will get promoted to the 1st division next year. And in Czechia (Czech Republic), Sparta Prague won the Read more
As you watch the Quarter-Finals of the UEFA competitions wrap up today, lets look at 7 teams from cities you might not be aware started out as Greek colonies or have links to Greek myths. Lets start with 2 teams that just got knocked out of Champions League and are Read more
If you are following us for some time you will know that every year, when the NFL playoffs start, we give a run down of the games based on how the Greek gods would look at the teams. Every Greek god had sacred animals, and as luck would have it, Read more
The world of college football was dominated by Trojans in 2022! The USC Trojans had their 8th player in history win the Heisman Trophy: Caleb Williams. The Heisman Trophy is the most prestigious award in US College Football, and USC Trojans are now the only US college to have 8 Read more
Argentina finally achieve their dream of winning the world cup again, after 36 years of trying! Many teams contributed to the success of Argentina, but lets take a look at the teams with mythological links that were involved. 4 teams with links to mythology gave players to Argentina: Olympique Lyonnais, Read more
Oct. 22 is the birthday of Petros “Pete” Pihos, the Philadelphia Eagles legend from the 1940’s and early 50’s. A NFL Hall of Famer, Pete Pihos won the NFL championship 2 times with the Eagles in the late 1940’s. He was also a WWII veteran, earning a Bronze and Silver Read more
With the new season of European football (soccer) starting, now is a good time to look at the 8 teams linked to Greek myths playing in the group stages this year. We have 4 times Champions League (CL) champions Ajax playing, as well as 2 times champions Juventus, followed by Read more