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The Baltic League: A Growing Hub for American Football
This episode features a great chat with James Baxenfield about how American football got started and is growing in the Baltic countries, especially Estonia.
James explains that football first popped up in Estonia right after the Soviet Union broke up around 1989. It started very small—just informal games with whatever equipment people could find.
Now, things are much more organized. Over the last couple of decades, American football has become a more structured sport, with a rising number of local amateur teams and leagues. This growth is largely thanks to dedicated people in the communities…
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