The MMQB with Peter King · Jul 7, 2015
The Eurobowl Faszination
Jenny Vrentas/The MMQBBRAUNSCHWEIG, Germany — Some American traditions travel well overseas, assuming you find yourself in the right place at the right time.
On the third Saturday in June, Hannes Irmer wandered around the turf at Eintracht-Stadion wearing a gold medal around his neck and smoking what he called a “fat lady” cigar—you know, because it ain’t over until the fat lady sings. And now that it was over in the early evening, the 28-year-old guard was celebrating the Braunschweig New Yorker Lions’ 24-14 victory over the Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns in the Eurobowl, the continent’s version of the Super Bowl.
“I can’t realize it,” Irmer kept saying in disbelief. “I just can’t realize it.”
