Just the other week the first part of the Mexican soccer season came to an end and FC Atlas, the club named after the Titan Atlas from Greek mythology, finished the regular season in 2nd place. That qualified them for the playoffs, and they went on to win and become Read more…
This weekend the Birmingham Vulcans won the Alabama State Rugby Championship (a.k.a. Gene Higgins Memorial Cup) for the 4th year in a row!! Vulcan is the Roman name of Hephaestus, the god of blacksmiths, artisans, fire and more. Due to the importance of the steel industry in Birmingham, in 1904 Read more…
A new UEFA season started, and as always, a fair portion of the teams playing this season are teams named from Greek/Roman mythology. This year a new league was introduced by UEFA as the 3rd tier league below Europa League, called Europa Conference League. If you have been following us Read more…
This year, as Italy and Argentina both won their respective national competitions (Euro & Copa America), there was 1 club that celebrating with both of them (and many others). Atalanta Bergamasca (based in Bergamo, Italy) provided the most active players among the most successful teams at both the Euro and Read more…
Did you know that Tennis started out as a sport called Sphairistike (the ancient Greek term for art of playing ball) in 1874? Sphairistike eventually became the tennis we know today, the rackets changed a bit but the original rules did not really change that much. Tennis has been an Read more…
Last night Ajax won their 20th Dutch Cup vs Vitesse with a last minute goal, and look set to win the Eredivisie (Dutch league) next month with a 10 point lead in the standings. If you didn’t know already, Ajax is from the Greek myth of Troy, he was the Read more…
On Saturday (Dec. 19) the San Jose State Spartans won the Mountain West college football championship for the first time ever in their history, and they did it undefeated. Now they will play in the Arizona Bowl on Dec. 31, so keep an eye out on their social media about Read more…
FC Flora just won their 2nd Estonian Meistriliiga championship in a row (13th overall), proving again why they are the most successful football (soccer) club in Estonia. Flora is the Roman goddess of flowers, known as Khloris to the Greeks. Learn more about Flora on their social media: FC Flora Read more…
As of July 1st, 2020, UC San Diego Athletics (the Tritons) got promoted to Division I of NCAA college sports in the USA! Triton was a Greek god, the son of Poseidon, making them the only Div. I US college sports programs named after Triton. Most other programs are called Read more…
This past weekend the Birmingham Vulcans won the Alabama State Rugby Championship (a.k.a. Gene Higgins Memorial Cup)!! Vulcan was the Roman name of Hephaestus, the god of blacksmiths, artisans, fire and more. Due to the importance of the steel industry in Birmingham, in 1904 the locals built a statue of Read more…