The Los Angeles Rams are going into the 2020 season entering a new, state of the art stadium, and welcoming new senior coaches to head...

On the night of March 29, 1984, a fleet of 15 trucks moved, under the cover of darkness, along the highway from Baltimore, Maryland to...

Explaining his central purpose as a young coach in 2006, Kyle Shanahan matter-of-factly outlined why being across the fundamentals was...

It’s incredible how an organization can hold onto the racial slur explicitly in its name through decades of social and racial change in...

Welcome to An Irishman on Football Pre-Season Series. Today, I'm kicking off the first in a series of blogs focusing on AFC and NFC teams...

Lincoln Riley is a man in demand. The 36-year-old Oklahoma Sooners college football head coach is a highly desired NFL head coaching...

It’s the fourth quarter of the 2010 NFL Playoffs. The Seattle Seahawks host the reigning Super Bowl champions, the New Orleans Saints....

I’m prescribing a list of summer reading books for those fortunate to get away, whether you make it to the North Beach in Rush, Co....

A week is a long time in the NFL. This week has felt longer than most. I finished this blog post on Friday afternoon and had to rip it up...

You don’t make the timeline, the virus makes the timeline. — Dr. Anthony Fauci The stadium gates open at 9.00am EST on Sunday, 13...

Today’s post is a story featuring the kind of heartbreak and anguish thankfully precious few athletes will ever know. It also shows the...

The setting is the Carolina Panthers sports facility. Star quarterback Cam Newton is fielding questions from the media. A reporter,...

“Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” Dylan Thomas What motivates Tom Brady to keep...

Last October, my parents visited Seattle from Ireland, a trip that overlapped with an outstanding game between the Seahawks and LA Rams....

Football is full of tough choices. Do you use a first round pick to win now under your franchise quarterback? Or, do you get your team...

When my wife and I were going long distance from Dublin to San Francisco, occasionally one of us would say ‘stick to the board’ to pep...

In 2014-15, I was involved as an assistant coach with my hometown rugby club, Skerries RFC. I loved reviewing game tape on the Monday...

It's April. The NFL’s draft season is in full swing just not as we know it. The draft is one of the most important and popular events in...

There’s never been a more intriguing free agency for established quarterbacks in the NFL. Tom Brady’s dramatic move to the Tampa Bay...

The idea for this blog came about after a nudge from my wife, Jen, who encouraged me to follow my passion and commit to writing about the...