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Gridiron Baltic

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Gridiron Baltic is a monthly podcast exploring connections between American football in the Baltic states—Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. On the surface, America’s Game may seem to have little in common with three small-nation states in Eastern Europe. Basketball and ice hockey, however, are not the only North American sports intertwined with the histories of Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian nations. Among other things, nineteenth century immigration and the shifting political borders of the twentieth century created a multitude of connections and entanglements, both in the West and in the Ea...

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Ingmar Ross—Titans, Torm, Firebats, Warriors, & Kings (Playing & Coaching in Europe) 22.03.2026 34:03

Gridiron Baltic is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY *********** GRIDIRON BALTIC BACKGROUND Gridiron Baltic is a monthly podcast exploring connections between American football in the Baltic states—Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. On the surface, America’s Game may seem to have little in common with three small-nation states in Eastern Eur...

Kristjan Kallaste & Vlad Põtko—The Tallinn Bay Ballers & The Tallinn Diamonds (Estonian Flag Football) 08.02.2026 28:50

Gridiron Baltic is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY Kristjan Kallaste & Vlad Põtko—The Tallinn Bay Ballers & The Tallinn Diamonds (Estonian Flag Football) GRIDIRON BALTIC BACKGROUND Gridiron Baltic is a monthly podcast exploring connections between American football in the Baltic states—Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. On the surf...

Ogün Öztürk—The Tartu Titans (The 2025 Baltic League) 05.01.2026 1:08:15

Heikki Halttunen—The 1989 Estonian Bowl (Part II) 03.01.2026 28:42

Risto Luostarinen—The 1989 Estonian Bowl (Part I) 01.12.2025 36:40

Gridiron Baltic is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY Risto Luostarinen, a founding member of the American Football Association of Finland (SAJL) and a 2005 inductee into the Finnish American Football Hall of Fame, talks how America's game came to Finland, and the Estonian Bowl—the first game of gridiron football not only in Estonia and th...

Gridiron Baltic (Presented by the Sports History Network) 29.11.2025 1:44

Gridiron Baltic is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . Gridiron Baltic  is a monthly podcast exploring connections between American football in the Baltic states—Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. On the surface, America’s Game may seem to have little in common with three small-nation states in Eastern Europe. Basketball and ice hockey, however, are not...