by Jess Gryder | Oct 1, 2015 | Canada, College Football, CONADEIP, Football, France, Japan, Mexico, NCAA, NFL, ONEFA, San Diego, Sports, Steenberge, Travel
For eleven memorable years, from 1997 to 2007, the Global Junior Championship stood out among the highlights of the annual Super Bowl week of events. From humble beginnings aimed at showcasing the developing American football talent in Europe and Mexico to becoming a...
by Jess Gryder | Sep 18, 2015 | AFCA, College Football, CONADEIP, Drake University, Football, NCAA, Sports, Steenberge, Tanzania, Tec Monterrey, Travel
Chris Creighton made history last weekend. Back in 2011, it was a similar story, only on a different continent. As the second-year head football coach of Eastern Michigan University, Creighton guided the Eagles to a first non-conference road game win in 27 years on...
by Jess Gryder | Sep 16, 2015 | College Football, Equipment, Football, Military, Serbia, Sports, Steenberge, Travel
Some of the American football equipment generously donated by high schools and colleges in the U.S. states of Ohio and Iowa eager to help develop the sport in Serbia is already creating progress in the Balkan nation. The U.S. Air National Guard played some flag...
by Jess Gryder | Sep 10, 2015 | AFCA, College Football, Football, Hanover, Italy, NCAA, Ohio Northern, Scotland, Sports, Steenberge, Travel
Six coaches from Italian American football club teams are spending valuable time this summer serving as volunteer coaches with six NCAA Division III colleges in the United States as part of the Global Football International Coaching Exchange initiative. Global...
by Jess Gryder | Sep 9, 2015 | College Football, Fighting Irish, Football, NCAA, Notre Dame, Sports, Steenberge
Global Football President Patrick Steenberge was a member of the storied 1970 Notre Dame football team that came agonizingly close to winning the college football national championship. The Irish might not have topped Nebraska from the poll summit, but they did...
by Jess Gryder | Sep 3, 2015 | Cedar Cliff, Dublin, Eric Dickerson, Football, Hall of Fame, Ireland, Kyle Brady, Pann Manor, Sports, Steenberge, Travel
Friday Night Lights is a common term in the world of high school American Football. Long before spawning a book, a movie and a television series, it described the excitable gathering of sporting devotees across the nation on fall evenings, faithfully cheering on the...
