The Jersey Jays: Blue-Collar Football in the Shadow of Giants revisits the 1969 season of New Jersey’s forgotten Continental Football League team, a gritty, working-class squad that battled for pride in the shadow of the NFL. The story explores the Jays’ surprising 7–5 record and their enduring legacy within the Garden State’s football heritage. It also highlights the potential rebirth of a modern CoFL franchise at Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson.

If you love the odd corners of American football history, the San Antonio Toros are catnip. In an era when the NFL–AFL merger was...

When the Continental Football League (CoFL) was reintroduced earlier this year, one of its central promises was to bring football back to the communities that live and breathe the game, but often go overlooked by the NFL. Today, that promise takes another step forward with the announcement of the Texas Syndicate, the newest member of the CoFL and the first official franchise in the league’s Southern Division.