Five games into the 2025 season and the Massachusetts Pirates have made a change at head coach. On Wednesday, the Pirates announced that they relived Head Coach and Defensive Coordinator Fred Griggs after a 2-3 start to the season. The Pirates are replacing Griggs with veteran Arena Football coach Tom Menas.  Menas will be filling both roles. He began this year as the Head Coach and Defensive Coordinator of the…

Courtesy of the IFL Kickoff: The Pirates will look to make it three in a row when they take on the arch rival Green Bay Blizzard this afternoon at the Tsongas Arena. The Pirates went on the road last week and picked up a big win over the Jacksonville Sharks. The team is finally starting to come together and they are playing their best football.  The Pirates own an all-time…

Courtesy of the IFL The Pirates lost a back and forth affair to the Quad City Steamwheelers last night, 37-33 at the Tsongas Center. Pirates quarterback Kenji Bahar scored three touchdowns and threw his first touchdown pass of the season, but the Pirates could not hold off the Steamwheelers who rallied from behind to pick up the win. Bahar was the team’s leading rusher with 43 yards on 12 attempts…