The TransAtlantic Sports Show

The Detroit Lions are in the NFC Championship Game for the first time since 1991. Looking ahead to Sunday's matchup with the San Francisco 49ers, Anthony Wootton is joined by former Lions running back DJ Dozier. DJ was part of that Lions team in 1991, alongside Hall of Famer Barry Sanders. 

Anthony and DJ look ahead to Sunday's game and discuss the comparisons between that Detroit team of the early 90s to Dan Campbell's current crop of stars. 

Anthony Wootton is back! After a hiatus while he wrote his book 'The Greatest American Football Story That Has Never Been Told', which is out on February 12:

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Anthony returns with a brand new show, getting you ready for the NFL playoffs. He's joined by Marcus Hayes, sports reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer, to chat about everything that's wrong with the Eagles. Can they get it right? Who can overcome the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC? 

Also, we hear from former Houston Oilers quarterback and president of NFL Europe, Oliver Luck. The ex-Frankfurt Galaxy GM spoke to Anthony in Germany ahead of the Dolphins-Chiefs game and explained how the World League of American Football began. 

Anthony Wootton is joined by Rhett Bryan, game day host and executive producer of Titans Radio, to preview this Sunday's big game between the Baltimore Ravens and Tennessee Titans at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. 

The guys discuss: 

- Sleep, does the extra in the UK matter (history suggests not)?
- Will King Henry reign in the UK? 
- How do the Titans stop Lamar? 
- Does a neutral venue favour the road team? 

There's much more, plus details on Titans events for fans in the city. 

Fan colour and reaction from the NFL London game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and Buffalo Bills. Anthony Wootton speaks to fans who travelled from New York to see their Bills lose. Plus, we hear from Doug Pederson, Trevor Lawrence, Sean McDermott and Josh Allen. 

There's also a couple of cheeky bonus interviews with familiar faces from the Emerald Isle. 

Anthony Wootton is joined by Mike Carlson to review the Week 4 game between the Atlanta Falcons and Jacksonville Jaguars at Wembley Stadium. In this show we take you inside the Wembley tunnel and give you locker room reaction from Calvin Ridley and Evan Engram. Plus, we hear from quarterback Trevor Lawrence and head coach, Doug Pederson. Relive the first NFL UK game of 2023 right here. 

With just a week to go until the NFL returns to London, our host Anthony Wootton hooks up with Rhett Bryan, the Game Day Host of Titans Radio. The Tennessee Titans will be the home team when they face the Baltimore Ravens in Week 6. 

The guys discuss:
- The London experience
- The Titans in London
- The Titans' rivalry with the Ravens (get very excited)
- How Derrick Henry was almost traded after the last time he played in the UK
- Cleveland Browns preview

MLB returns to London this week! On Saturday and Sunday (24 & 25) the Chicago Cubs take on arch rivals the St Louis Cardinals at the London Stadium. 

To get you ready for the big game, Anthony Wootton is joined by Cardinals reporter, Jeff Jones. Jeff is a member of the Baseball Writers Association of American and tells you all you need to know about next weekend's "home" team. The guys discuss: 

- Who to watch
- What to eat (check out the amazing footage of food that'll be on offer)
- The Cardinals' struggles this season
- Why this rivalry is so huge
- No St Louis love lost for Stan Kroenke

It's June, which means MLB is returning to London this month! On June 24 & 25, the Chicago Cubs take on arch rivals the St Louis Cardinals at the London Stadium. 

To get you ready for the big game, Anthony Wootton is joined by Jeremy Diemer, co-host of the Wrigleyville Nation podcast. The guys cover everything you need to know about the Chicago Cubs: 

- Who to watch
- What to eat (check out the amazing footage of food that'll be on offer)
- The Cubs' season so far
- Why this rivalry is so huge

All this plus Chicago Bears chat and much more

As the Jacksonville Jaguars showed their commitment to London by announcing back-to-back games in the UK later this year, Anthony Wootton is joined by a very special guest. The Jags' VP of UK Operations, Maria Gigante. Maria talks about the decision to follow up their annual Wembley game with a road matchup at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium the following week. For the first time ever an NFL team will play two regular season games outside of the US. What does this mean for the franchise? What happens when their deal with Wembley runs out next year? Could we see more Jags games in London if/when their stadium in Jacksonville is being redeveloped? Maria discusses all that, plus she has exciting news of a Jags UK tour next month. 

With the announcement that the Baltimore Ravens will be the road team against the Tennessee Titans at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium this season, Anthony Wootton links up with Titans Radio executive producer and gameday host, Rhett Bryan. 

Rhett explains how the Ravens-Titans matchup is a huge rivalry, which could make for an epic encounter in Week 6 of the 2023 NFL season. 

Other topics include the offseason so far for the franchise, which has seen a new GM hired, free agency signings and a draft that brought in quarterback Will Levis from Kentucky.

This is a great episode with an inspirational man who will be helping to develop Britain's next NFL stars. Last month Lamonte Winston began his role as Head of NFL Academy. Find out why he believes a future first overall NFL draft pick could come from the UK. 

Lamonte has held prominent roles with the Kansas City Chiefs as Executive Director of Player Development, and formerly the Oakland Raiders as Director of Player Engagement, and has been recognized for his impact in advising professional sports leagues and teams on athlete development programing and pathways beyond the sport.

He discusses the incredible opportunities that the academy provides for young people and talks about his impressive career to date. 

NOTES ON THE ACADEMY

- The NFL Academy, which opened in September 2019, is a major initiative by the NFL, which aims to use American football to create life-changing opportunities for young people all around the world.

- It offers talented student athletes aged 16–19 a pathway to combine their full-time education alongside a transformative life skills program and intensive training in the sport, under the guidance of a professional coaching team.

NFL Academy alumni currently playing DI College football:

Seydou Traore (TE) – University of Colorado Boulder (previously Arkansas State University)
Darren Agu (DL) – Vanderbilt University
Tyler Harvey-Fallows (OL) – Troy University
Freddie Pelling (OL) – University of Hawai’i
Peter Clarke (TE) – Temple University
Kofi Taylor-Barrocks (LB) – University of Colorado Boulder
Olatunde Mkparu (DB) – Bryant University
Dimitri Madden (DL) – University of Texas at El Paso
 
NFL Academy alumni supporting NFL International programming:

George Reynolds (QB) – International Player Pathway Assistant
Toshane Boyce (RB) – NFL UK Intern & NFL Flag Ambassador

To find out more information on the NFL Academy please visit https://www.nflacademy.com/

Our preview coverage for the NFL draft continues with another prospect. Zion Bowens is a wide receiver from the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors. Last season he had the second-longest touchdown reception in school history with a 93 yard score against Colorado State. Finished with a career-high 172 receiving yards in that game. 

Anthony Wootton and Zion discuss: 
- Living in college during the coronavirus pandemic
- Life in Hawaii
- Being a wide receiver at Long Beach Polytechnic High School, whose alumni include JuJu Smith-Schuster, Marcedes Lewis and DeSean Jackson
- The advice some of those players have shared
- Life at the Air Force Academy
- His college career

With the 2023 NFL draft just a few days away, Anthony Wootton is joined by one of the prospects hoping to have their pro football dreams come true in Kansas City. Ja'Von Hicks is a safety from the Cincinnati Bearcats and a second-team All-AAC star. He was also a teammate of last season's NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year, Sauce Gardner. 

The guys talk about:

- Ja'Von's career to date

- Sauce Gardner (has he shared any tips?)

- The draft process

- Ja'Von's enterprise away from the football field

You can also watch us on our YouTube channel (please click the link and hit like & subscribe for great content):

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This is history! It’s our very first YouTube podcast. Our host, Anthony Wootton, is joined by Jeremy Diemer from the Wrigleyville Nation (@wrigleyvillenat) podcast to help you learn more about the Chicago Cubs. 

The Cubs head to London in June for the MLB London Series. They were due to face their fierce rivals, the St Louis Cardinals in 2020 but the pandemic hit. Thankfully baseball returns to the London Stadium this summer and the rivalry finally makes its trip across The Pond!

- Players to watch

- Chicago sports

- St Louis hate

- Baseball in London

- NFL in London 

The guys cover it all! 

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Relive the excitement of Super Bowl LVII from Phoenix, Arizona. Anthony Wootton was out there all week to cover the big event. In this special episode, he takes you into the winners' press conference so you can hear from Travis Kelce, Chris Jones and Eric Bieniemy. He talks to fans outside State Farm Stadium in Glendale, and shares the exclusive conversations he had with Philadelphia Eagles players, Kenneth Gainwell and Andre Dillard. Plus, we hear from Mirror reporter, Andrew Gamble, author of the bestselling book, The Special Relationship: The History of American Football in the United Kingdom. 

Super Bowl champion, Nick Leckey, returns to look back at Championship Sunday and preview Super Bowl LVII in Phoenix. As a former center to Drew Brees, Nick talks in detail about Tom Brady and his decision to retire. Leckey offers great insight into the mindset of elite quaterbacks and what it's like when an athlete decides to call it a day. A Super Bowl winner with the New Orleans Saints under Sean Payton, Nick shares his thoughts on Payton's decision to return to coaching with the Denver Broncos. 

Super Bowl XLIV winner, and former center, Nick Leckey joins Anthony Wootton on this Championship Sunday preview show. Nick is a Kansas State native and covers the Chiefs, so he brings the latest on Patrick Mahomes and his recovery from the ankle injury he suffered against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Was that injury an intentional hit by the Jags? Nick takes us inside the helmet of an offensive lineman, as he discusses the Niners, Eagles, Bengals and Chiefs. Find out why he thinks Philly isn't getting the credit it deserves, and how they could boat race San Francisco on Sunday. 

Anthony Wootton is joined by Jacksonville Jaguars radio host, Rick Ballou. Rick is the former sideline reporter and has excellent access to the team. He looks ahead to Saturday's huge AFC South title decider against the Tennessee Titans. The guys discuss how Doug Pederson has helped turnaround the form of franchise quarterback, Trevor Lawrence. Plus, find out why Rick believes this Jags team can make a run in January. 

Anthony is back and he's joined by a very special guest. Kofi Taylor-Barrocks is a Londoner who joined the NFL Academy when it launched in 2019, and this week signed for the University of Colorado Boulder. Kofe received offers from nine colleges, but chose the legendary Deion Sanders's Buffaloes. He's made history as one of the first NFL Academy graduates to sign with a college team in the US. Speaking after he put pen to paper at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Kofe hooked up with Anthony to talk about his gridiron career to date. 

Relive an historical day for the NFL. Anthony Wootton was in Munich for the first ever NFL regular season game. Get the sights and sounds from an incredible weekend. He speaks to Seahawks and Buccaneers fans who made the trip from their respective cities to be a part of history. We hear from German fans, plus post-game reaction from Tom Brady, Devin White, Todd Bowles and Julio Jones. It's the whole event wrapped up into one show.