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Andrew McGuinness
Aug 22, 20215 min read
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...
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Andrew McGuinness
Aug 10, 20215 min read
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...
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Andrew McGuinness
Jul 5, 20213 min read
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...
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Andrew McGuinness
Jun 27, 20216 min read
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...
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Andrew McGuinness
May 3, 20216 min read
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’...
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Andrew McGuinness
Apr 14, 20215 min read
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 -...
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Andrew McGuinness
Mar 12, 20215 min read
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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Andrew McGuinness
Feb 8, 20214 min read
Brady and Buccaneers Defense Take Tampa to Super Bowl Dreamland
Led by an imperious defense that gave Patrick Mahomes a torrid time, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were able to ride Tom Brady’s big game...
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Andrew McGuinness
Feb 1, 20215 min read
A Super Bowl End To An Extraordinary Season
Nothing about the build up to this Super Bowl is familiar. The Kansas City Chiefs, due to COVID-19 protocols, won’t be allowed to arrive...
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Andrew McGuinness
Jan 25, 20214 min read
No Risk It, No Super Bowl Biscuit
Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes performed magic to give us a Tampa Bay Buccaneers against the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl. The Chiefs...
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Andrew McGuinness
Jan 18, 20217 min read
“#HenneThingIsPossible”
Football has been a welcome distraction during the pandemic. And playoff football has come into its own over these unprecedented weeks in...
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Andrew McGuinness
Jan 11, 20216 min read
Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen Re-Write Playoff Narrative
Two young quarterbacks with different styles, who have been critiqued and scrutinized, are reloading this week for a deep playoff run in...
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Andrew McGuinness
Jan 4, 20214 min read
Road to Tampa Still Goes Through The Pandemic
Listening to Colts head coach Frank Reich talk poignantly about missing the emotional and physical kinship that football provides, was a...
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Andrew McGuinness
Dec 28, 20204 min read
Broadway Jets Ready for Their Own Show
Last Sunday, facing an opponent in the Los Angeles Rams headed for the playoffs, the New York Jets snapped a 0-13 losing streak to win a...
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Andrew McGuinness
Dec 21, 20205 min read
Who can ambush Kansas City?
With three weeks until the playoffs begin, a burning question is ringing around the National Football League: which team is most likely...
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Andrew McGuinness
Dec 14, 20204 min read
Waking in the Blue: football’s mental health challenge
Back in September, Atlanta Falcons tight end Hayden Hurst approached Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott after the Cowboys' 40-39 win...
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Andrew McGuinness
Dec 7, 20204 min read
Miami Dolphins go back to their roots
Growing up an NFL fan in Ireland, Dan Marino and the Miami Dolphins were my first love. Marino hosted a show on the NFL Europe channel on...
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Andrew McGuinness
Nov 30, 20205 min read
The return of Sean McVay’s Rams
Sean McVay is back. In truth, he never went away. The head coach and his Los Angeles Rams had a primetime win over Tampa Bay last week...
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Andrew McGuinness
Nov 23, 20204 min read
2020 rookie class storms the NFL
Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert got a haircut this week. The rookie had previously sported long hair, and the strength...
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Andrew McGuinness
Nov 16, 20204 min read
The NFL's seasonal military apparel
Pat Tillman was an Arizona Cardinals safety who walked away from a multi-million football contract to enlist in the U.S. Army after 9/11....
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