Latest Rob McElhenney News

MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference continues to make strides in data acceptance

Mar. 01, 2024 11:01 AM EST

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jessica Gelman sharpened her basketball skills in pickup games at YMCAs growing up in suburban Chicago, rocking her black sneakers just like Michael Jordan and the rest of the Bulls. Sure, the future co-founder of the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference wanted to play like...

First Wrexham, next Chorley? Another team from English non-leagues could get celebrity treatment

Feb. 08, 2024 12:34 PM EST

CHORLEY, England (AP) — Chorley could be the next soccer club from the English non-leagues to be given a sprinkle of celebrity stardust. The sixth-tier team from northwest England said it is in “ongoing discussions” with Boyzone in hopes of the 1990s Irish boy band fronted by...

Nani will enter a team in 7-on-7 tournament and its roster will include Mario Balotelli

Feb. 07, 2024 12:05 PM EST

BOSTON (AP) — Nani will enter a team in the second edition of the seven-on-seven tournament in the United States and its roster will include Mario Balotelli, his teammate on Turkey's Adana Demirspor. Wrexham, the lower-tier Welsh club owned by actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob...

Ryan Reynolds and Wrexham could face Premier League Newcastle in FA Cup

Jan. 28, 2024 16:11 PM EST

LONDON (AP) — Ryan Reynolds could get a taste of big time soccer after Wrexham was drawn to potentially play Premier League Newcastle in the FA Cup. Wrexham still has to book its place in the fifth round by beating second division Blackburn Rovers - but it has been given an extra...

Wrexham's Hollywood owners revel in the team's latest big win in FA Cup

Jan. 07, 2024 12:22 PM EST

SHREWSBURY, England (AP) — Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney appear to have FA Cup fever — just like their soccer club Wrexham. The Hollywood stars were watching from their homes in the United States as Wrexham won 1-0 at local rival Shrewsbury, a team from one division higher in...

Ryan Reynolds' Wrexham riding a wave of euphoria in charge through English soccer leagues

Jan. 05, 2024 08:17 AM EST

WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — Three years into their unlikely ownership of Welsh soccer club Wrexham and the enthusiasm of Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney is far from fading. “You come off the pitch after scoring a goal,” Wrexham striker Steven Fletcher says with a...