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
The new Champions Hockey League just started! Bringing together all the best hockey teams in Europe, the Champions Hockey League is always packed with action. Sparta Prague, one of the most successful teams in Czechia (Czech Republic), is also one of the most successful teams in CHL, having participated 5 Read more
With his 14 Grand Slam wins (a record at his retirement in 2002), Pete Sampras is still 4th in the list of all-time winners. And he will probably stay there for a while as the most any currently active players has is 3. Sampras still holds various records in tennis. Read more
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