Gridiron America Radio is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear.

EPISODE SUMMARY

For our official 50th podcast of From the 55 Yardline/Gridiron America Radio, we celebrate both the 50 episode and, even more importantly, we celebrate a new podcast here on the Sports History Network, Gridiron Japan Radio! Gridiron Japan is a five year old podcast that broadcasts from Japan which covers the American football scene and the X League, the semi-professional league that is the highest level of competition in the Far East and which has its own version of the Super Bowl- the Rice Bowl. In this initial episode from 2021, original host Zach Keilman and co-host Greg St. James interview X League insider and sports journalist John Gunning about the gridiron scene and its history in Japan.

To learn more about American football in Japan check out www.gridironjapan.jp, the gateway to English language coverage of the X League (www.xleague.jp) and the rest of the gridiron scene.

GRIDIRON AMERICA RADIO BACKGROUND

Gridiron America Radio (formerly, the From the 55 Yardline podcast), is anchored by former sports executive David Cieslinski; former international professional football player Mike Tackett, and football nerd Greg St. James, from Gridiron Japan Radio.

All three are avid armchair sports historians and sports simulation enthusiasts, who, despite the vastness of geography, have found a way to leverage technology to help keep the games they love truly alive, both on the screen or tabletop.

Gridiron America Radio is dedicated to both current and historical American football talk, including the “what if” questions that all sports fans ask and try to answer with the help of statistics, math and computer modeling provided by Sportsmaster Simulation Games www.SportsMaster-Simulation.games. In addition to the gridiron game, the team will on occasion look at other sports through the same eyes of that of grown men who still remember their childhood and the thrill of rolling the dice or picking up a joystick.

The show was previously co-hosted by retired sports journalist Scott Adamson, whose continued writings. sports coverage and articles can be found at www.Adamsonmedia.com.

David, Mike and Greg, can be contacted directly via the podcast’s website at www.GridironAmerica.net, as well as:

On X at https://x.com/GridironAMRadio

On Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/GridironAmerica/

On Threads at https://www.threads.com/@gridironamerica

On Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/gridironamerica