Gridiron America Radio

Gridiron America Radio and the Sports History Network

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, broadcasting it all from his studio in Japan, is fellow football nerd Greg St. James. 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 J. Henry Waugh's Sportsmaster Simulation Games (https://sportsmaster-simulation.games). In addition to the gridiron game, the team will also make time look at other sports via computer simulation, and always through the eyes of grown nut forever young at heart men who still remember their childhood and the thrill of rolling the dice on the table top, picking up a joystick, or pressing the buttons on a gamepad. The show was previously co-hosted by retired sports journalist Scott Adamson, whose continued writings. sports coverage and articles can be found at https://adamsonmedia.com. David, Mike and Greg, can be contacted directly via the podcast’s website at https://gridironamerica.net, and their social media accounts: X- https://x.com/GridironAMRadio Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/GridironAmerica/ Threads- https://www.threads.com/@gridironamerica Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/gridironamerica

  1. 19h ago

    Hello Larry! NFL Hall of Fame Week and CFL Week 9

    Gridiron America Radio is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear. EPISODE SUMMARY In this episode, we take a look back at Week 9 of the CFL and talk about which teams are in the driver seat and those that likely won't make the cut come October. We then talk about this week's upcoming NFL preseason opener as Greg's Cardinals take on the Panthers, in the NFL Hall of Fame Game this week, as well as about the issues the NFL doesn't want to talk about, ever- player related CTE, ALS and Parkinson's Disease. 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. 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

  2. 5d ago

    Let's Talk NFL Fashion and CFL Week 8

    Gridiron America Radio is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear. EPISODE SUMMARY As the NFL training camps will be getting into full swing here this week and next, we talk about the new uniform designs debuting this season, as well as fading hopes and dreams in CFL fandom as we head in to Week 9. 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. 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

  3. Jul 22

    The Odyssey of Gridiron Football in Japan

    Gridiron America Radio is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear. EPISODE SUMMARY From the Gridiron Japan Radio archives comes a replay of The Football Odyssey's excellent history lesson, narrated by Aaron Harris, on the history of American football in Japan. Which begs the question, when might Gridiron Japan ever return to the airwaves? Honestly, we don't know. Possibly in a mini segment, but since right now here at Gridiron America Radio (which owns the rights to Gridiron Japan), we don’t have a dedicated team within Japan to cover the game. Therefore, we’d just like to share with you the inspiration that prompted us to create that podcast, which at the time was the only English show that exclusively covered the gridiron game in Japan. Aron Harris is one of the best football podcasters in the business as he approaches his interviews and episodes as if they were an NFL Films short film or NPR segment, which is what he did for this, one of his first episodes, in 2021. In sum, the Football Odyssey is a human interest podcast that covers the beautiful sport that is, American football. To hear more, check his podcast out at- https://open.spotify.com/show/0VoS28LKoQ9UmLZ49i9xgx 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. 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

  4. Jul 21

    CFL Week 7- A Death in the CFL Family

    Gridiron America Radio is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear. EPISODE SUMMARY Hard to talk CFL football when one of its star players is killed, but we did as we talked the week that was in Canadian football. After which we then turned our attention to the tragic death over the weekend of Saskatchewan Roughrider team captain, Jayden Dalke. 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. 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

  5. Jul 14

    CFL Week 6- The Cream of the Crop

    Gridiron America Radio is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear. EPISODE SUMMARY With apologies for Greg's poor audio midway through the show, we dive in to week 6 of the CFL season where we are near the 1/3 mark as the cream is now starting to rise to the top. We also discuss a little bit of wrestling and the Macho Man (Oh Yeah!!). 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. 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

  6. Jul 6

    Bo Knows Pain- Week 5 CFL Round Up

    Gridiron America Radio is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear. EPISODE SUMMARY Greg and Dave look back at the week that was in week 5 of the CFL and then look ahead to week 6. Their look includes not just the scores and big moments, but also the big injuries over the Canada Day weekend. 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. 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

  7. Jun 29

    Happy Canada Day! CFL Week 4

    Gridiron America Radio is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear. EPISODE SUMMARY We start the early celebration of Canada Day, which is on July 1, with a look back at Week 4 of the CFL, and then look back at the CFL/XFL war of words five years ago. Why look back? Because five years ago the pandemic put the CFL on life support and many XFL supporters in America, who had no clue about the league, were claiming that the only way for the CFL to survive was to merge with the (now defunct) third version of the XFL. 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. 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

  8. Jun 24

    Empires Rising and Falling- CFL Week 3

    Gridiron America Radio is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear. EPISODE SUMMARY As we enter week 4 of the 2026 CFL season this week, we look to see which franchise empires are on the rise and which might be falling after week. Could the British Columbia Lions be falling quicker than anyone might have predicted? Are the Edmonton Elks for real? Are the Ottawa RedBlacks who we thought they were? And do the Roughriders realize that it is better to win a game in regulation versus barely escaping in overtime? Plus, we talk about the Brendan Sorsby saga, and we hear about Greg's mini book review about Warren Rogan's (of SHN's Sports' Forgotten Heroes), new book, "College All-Stars vs. NFL Champions: The Chicago Charities Football Games, 1934-1976", which is available now on Amazon. 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

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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, broadcasting it all from his studio in Japan, is fellow football nerd Greg St. James. 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 J. Henry Waugh's Sportsmaster Simulation Games (https://sportsmaster-simulation.games). In addition to the gridiron game, the team will also make time look at other sports via computer simulation, and always through the eyes of grown nut forever young at heart men who still remember their childhood and the thrill of rolling the dice on the table top, picking up a joystick, or pressing the buttons on a gamepad. The show was previously co-hosted by retired sports journalist Scott Adamson, whose continued writings. sports coverage and articles can be found at https://adamsonmedia.com. David, Mike and Greg, can be contacted directly via the podcast’s website at https://gridironamerica.net, and their social media accounts: X- https://x.com/GridironAMRadio Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/GridironAmerica/ Threads- https://www.threads.com/@gridironamerica Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/gridironamerica