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...
by Jess Gryder | Aug 27, 2015 | Boston College, College Football, Edebali, Football, Houston Texans, New Orleans Saints, NFL, Steenberge, Team Stars & Stripes, Witzmann
When FOX TV analysts focus on the individual battles expected to be featured during the NFL preseason clash between the New Orleans Saints and Houston Texans on Sunday, the names Kasim Edebali and Bryan Witzmann are unlikely to be highlighted. But there is a...
by Jess Gryder | Aug 7, 2015 | AFCA, College Football, CONADEIP, Football, NCAA, NFL, Sports, Steenberge, Travel
Eastern Michigan Head Coach Chris Creighton, whose dream of playing football in Africa became the Global Kilimanjaro Bowl, pens a powerful letter to potential football moms, which was posted on FootballMatters.com. Growing up on the West Coast, I played every sport I...
by Jess Gryder | Jul 30, 2015 | College Football, Equipment, Football, Military, NCAA, Ohio Northern, Serbia, Sports, Steenberge, Travel
Devotees of American football in Serbia will soon be outfitted with equipment generously donated by high schools and colleges in the U.S. states of Ohio and Iowa eager to help develop the sport in the Balkan nation. A KC-135 cargo plane will depart Mansfield Lahm Air...