“I like being physical,” laughs Jaiyah Saelua, “I’m like the Sergio Ramos of Oceania football.” Saelua, one of football’s great trailblazers, is speaking to The Athletic in a London hotel, where the ...

Now that the Polynesian pipeline has been reestablished for the University of Arizona football team, I sincerely hope that the announcers and news reporters take the time to learn the correct ...

If you plop down on a couch and stare at an NFL broadcast long enough, chances aren’t bad that you’ll spot the unmistakable bright yellow New Mexico state flag somewhere in the crowd. It’s almost a ...

HAMMOND | Morton was scrimmaging Lake Central this summer. The Indians were in a short-yardage situation. So they brought in Gelen Robinson at fullback. The ball was snapped and the Purdue-bound ...

The result is 27 years in the making since American Samoa competed in their first qualifying campaign for the global finals in 1998, and secures their place in the FIFA Women's World Cup 2027 OFC ...

Former Miami Hurricanes linebacker Francisco Mauigoa was a star on the football field at The U and is now headed to the NFL after the New York Jets selected him in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL ...

His nation’s most-capped player, Andrew Setefano tells FIFA of Samoan pride, his hectic schedule and plans to put weightlifting in its place. Andrew Setefano admits it can be a bit tough finding time ...

Aiulua Fanene has a system. Whenever the Arizona Wildcats defensive tackle wants to call home, he first phones his brother, Jonathan, in Ohio. Jonathan Fanene, a defensive end with the NFL's ...