On May 29, the Europa Conference League final will take place in Athens, Greece, the historic home of football (soccer). You might be thinking “What? That’s wrong, England in the home of football!”, as many people believe. But this is a common misconception, that football (soccer) started in England. This Read more
With the Baltimore Ravens playing in the NFL Conference Championship on Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs, its a great time to look at how they got their name. The Baltimore Ravens were named after the famous poem “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe, because Edgar Allan Poe lived in Read more
The NFL playoffs are about to start! If you have been following us for some time, you will know that every year we look at the teams that are playing from the point of view of the Greek Gods, because every god has a favorite team that they support. This Read more
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