Andrew McGuinness
When Saturday Comes
I sat down with Stewart Mandel, editor-in-chief of The Athletic's college football coverage and co-host of "The Audible" podcast with...
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Andrew McGuinness
- Aug 24
- 4 min
Fighting Irish Prize Independence at New College Dawn
Realignment chaos in college football puts Notre Dame in an unprecedented position. In today’s blog, I focus on how they’re set under...
Andrew McGuinness
- Aug 14
- 5 min
Irishman Points Way For Navy and U.S. Rugby
When the phone rang and Navy Rugby came calling in 2017, Gavin Hickie - the former pro rugby player with Leinster and a number of English...
Andrew McGuinness
- Jul 5
- 5 min
The Heartbreak Kid
Peter Jones was a broadcasting icon who had the knack of being in the right place with his mastery of words. I remember a man whose life...
Andrew McGuinness
- Feb 20
- 4 min
Coach Prime Alters Football Landscape Again
Deion Sanders is bringing his Louis Vuitton luggage to Boulder, Colorado. For tempo, swagger and national attention, the University of...
Andrew McGuinness
- Aug 30, 2022
- 5 min
The Program Guy
The football coach stood in front of the Oklahoma legislature in April 2022, a nod to football’s significance in this parish. Bob Stoops,...
Andrew McGuinness
- Jul 24, 2022
- 6 min
The Road Not Taken
Tadhg Leader doesn’t do things by half. The former professional rugby outhalf and kicker for Connacht rugby team and the US Eagles rugby...
Andrew McGuinness
- Apr 24, 2022
- 4 min
No Ordinary Joe
With April comes the turn of the annual football spotlight to fall on the young men jockeying for position in the NFL draft, their eyes...
Andrew McGuinness
- Mar 20, 2022
- 3 min
22 Women
It was Friday evening when the man charged with sexual assault of 22 women received the largest contract in NFL history - $230 million,...
Andrew McGuinness
- Dec 23, 2021
- 4 min
Blueblood on Blueblood Crime
On a Monday morning in November under darkness at Oklahoma City airport, several sleek black Tahoe’s rolled up to the airport entrance....
Andrew McGuinness
- Nov 29, 2021
- 3 min
Anti-Vaxx Narrative Unmasks Wazzu and Green Bay
When my family lived in Seattle, friends of ours who happened to be University of Washington Huskies football fans, would greet the...
Andrew McGuinness
- Oct 17, 2021
- 4 min
Nasty Jon Gruden Casts Shadow Over NFL
Jon Gruden’s demise was spectacular and brutal. His end came when first the Wall Street Journal and then the New York Times obtained a...
Andrew McGuinness
- Sep 29, 2021
- 4 min
College Football Has Us All Aroused
If the cat dangling from the top tier of Hard Rock Stadium had a thought, it was probably that using one of its lives to experience...
Andrew McGuinness
- Aug 22, 2021
- 5 min
Black Coaches Usher in Change
In the blazing Atlanta morning sun on a Saturday in July, hundreds of teenagers go through drills at Lakewood Stadium. Football camp has...
Andrew McGuinness
- Aug 10, 2021
- 5 min
No Coming Back From This Summer of Change
College football prides its place as a venerable institution. The tradition and history of the game is prized by giants such as LSU and...
Andrew McGuinness
- Jul 5, 2021
- 3 min
What Ever Happened to Jennifer Capriati?
If America is the land of the comeback kid - just ask many politicians including the Clintons that claim the title - then sports have...
Andrew McGuinness
- Jun 27, 2021
- 6 min
Irish NFL Show takes American Football by Storm
Growing up in Ireland in the late 1980s and early 1990s was a precarious place to be an NFL fan. The passion for your NFL team was...
Andrew McGuinness
- May 3, 2021
- 6 min
2021 Draft Class Share Big Day With Aaron Rodgers
Jim Nagy, former NFL scout, saliently addressed what the NFL Draft is and isn’t, declaring: “The whole ‘NFL draft is a crapshoot’...
Andrew McGuinness
- Apr 14, 2021
- 5 min
Building the 2021 Roster: Part 1
A new NFL season is underway and the jockeying for position has already begun. Free agency has concluded, with a number of teams -...
Andrew McGuinness
- Mar 12, 2021
- 5 min
Georgia on My Mind: The SEC
I have written a lot over the past season about how out of crisis can come opportunity. If I apply the example of my family navigating...
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