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ArenaBowl XXXIII
ArenaBowl XXXIII was the 33rd edition of the ArenaBowl, the championship game for the 2024 Arena Football League season. It took place at the American Dream Center, an ice rink located inside American Dream Meadowlands, a shopping mall and entertainment complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on July 19, 2024. It is the first since the original league's bankruptcy in 2019 and the reestablishment of the AFL in 2024. The game featured the Albany Firebirds facing off against the Billings Outlaws who had faced each other earlier in the season in Billings winning 36-35. Billings won the Arenabowl 46-41 winning their 1st championship as a franchise and was the forth time an Arena Football Team based in Billings won a championship as a previous version of the team won the 2006 National Indoor Football League in 2006 and won the IFL National Championship in 2009 and 2010. This was the first time an Arena Football team based in Albany lost an Arena Football championship, with them hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albany Firebirds (2023–)
The Albany Firebirds are a professional Indoor American football, arena football team and are an inaugural team in Arena Football One (2025), Arena Football One. They started as an inaugural member of the ill-fated third iteration of the Arena Football League (2024), Arena Football League. The team is based in Albany, New York. Home games are played at the MVP Arena. This is the third time the Firebirds name has been used, first from 1990 to 2004 with the original Albany and Indiana Firebirds from the Arena Football League, original AFL, and the Albany Firebirds (af2), Albany Firebirds of the AF2, af2 in 2009. Albany's arena football history (1990–2023) Before the current franchise, the original Indiana Firebirds, Albany Firebirds franchise was started in 1990 Arena Football League season, 1990. It was the most successful Albany arena football franchise in history, going 88–60 and made every every season, except in 1990 and 1997. The team was most successful in 1999, going ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OutKick
OutKick, originally OutKick the Coverage, is an American conservative sports news website founded by Clay Travis in 2011 as an alternative to mainstream sports media which he described as serving the "elite, left-leaning minority." History Foundation Founded by Clay Travis in 2011 as a right-wing sports news alternative, originally being named OutKick the Coverage. In 2020, Jason Whitlock, an ex-Fox Sports host, joined the company, with his columns resulting in a skyrocketing of the websites popularity to the point they caused the website to crash frequently. Despite buying a one third stake in the company when he joined, Whitlock quickly entered a feud with the other two owners, Travis and Sam Savage. The origin of the feud being that Savage had been with the company at the start, and as such never "purchased" a stake in the company. Whitlock on the other hand had to spend $500,000 for his stake. Whitlock argued that Savage was not putting his "sweat" into the company, and issue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Time Zone
The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico, Panama, Colombia, mainland Ecuador, Peru, and a small portion of westernmost Brazil in South America, along with certain Caribbean and Atlantic islands. Places that use: * Eastern Standard Time (EST), when observing standard time (autumn/winter), are five hours behind Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC−05:00). * Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), when observing daylight saving time (spring/summer), are four hours behind Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC−04:00). On the second Sunday in March, at 2:00 a.m. EST, clocks are advanced to 3:00 a.m. EDT leaving a one-hour "gap". On the first Sunday in November, at 2:00 a.m. EDT, clocks are moved back to 1:00 a.m. EST, thus "duplicating" one hour. Southern parts of the zone (Panama and the Caribbean) do not observe daylight saving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nashville Kats
The Nashville Kats were an Arena Football League team, located in Nashville, Tennessee. They were last coached by Pat Sperduto, who coached the team's original incarnation to two ArenaBowl appearances prior to the original franchise's move to Atlanta in 2002 (then becoming the Georgia Force). Sperduto also coached the second incarnation of the Nashville Kats following their return to the Arena Football League as an expansion team in 2005. History Original Nashville Kats (1997–2001) The team began as the Nashville Kats in 1997. The franchise was that of charter Arena team the Denver Dynamite, which had not played since 1991. The original Kats played in the then-named Nashville Arena (AKA "The Alley") in downtown Nashville. The team was named for the 1967 hit "Nashville Cats" by The Lovin' Spoonful. The team's logo featured an anthropomorphic tabby wearing a 1950s-style leather jacket, holding the neck of a guitar in one paw and juggling a football with the other. The Kat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salina Liberty
The Salina Liberty are a professional indoor football team based in Salina, Kansas. They began play in 2016 as members of the Champions Indoor Football (CIF). The team plays their home games at the Tony’s Pizza Events Center. History Indoor football in Salina started in 2012 as the Salina Bombers, an expansion franchise for the Champions Professional Indoor Football League (CPIFL), were announced for the 2013 season. The Bombers then joined Champions Indoor Football (CIF) due to a merger between the CPIFL and the Lone Star Football League for 2015. However, during their first season in the CIF, the league ejected the Bombers for a "business violation" on May 28 and they would cease operations later that month. In July 2015, the CIF announced it had replaced the Bombers with a new expansion team in Salina called the Salina Liberty. The Liberty began play in the 2016 season of the CIF where they went 2–10, finishing last in the Northern Division and failing to qualify for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champions Indoor Football
Champions Indoor Football (CIF) is a professional indoor American football minor league created in 2014 out of the merger between the Champions Professional Indoor Football League (CPIFL) and Lone Star Football League (LSFL), plus one team from the Indoor Football League and two expansion teams. Players are paid $75 – $300 per game before taxes with no other benefits. History 2014 The merger which formed the CIF was announced on August 22, 2014, after it had been rumored that the CPIFL and LSFL had been in discussions of a possible merger since July 31, 2014. 2015 The Gary Dawgs, originally announced as a charter member of the CIF, rebranded as the Illiana Eagles (later the Chicago Eagles) after a change in ownership and delayed their entry into the league until 2016. On February 21, 2015, the new owners of the New Mexico Stars announced that the team would not enter the league as planned after head coach Dominic Bramante resigned two weeks before the scheduled start of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 United Bowl
The 2010 United Bowl was the second title game of the Indoor Football League (IFL). It was played on July 17, 2010, at the Billings Sports Plex in Billings, Montana. The top seed in the Intense Conference (Billings Outlaws) defeated the United Conference's two-seed team, Sioux Falls Storm The Sioux Falls Storm are a professional indoor football team based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The Storm joined the original Indoor Football League as an expansion team in 1999 as the Sioux Falls Cobras, and first took the field for the 2000 ..., by a score of 43–34. Road to the United Bowl United Conference Intense Conference Playoffs z=clinched top seed in conference, x=clinched division, y=clinched wild card spot {{United Bowl 2010 Indoor Football League season United Bowl Billings Outlaws Sioux Falls Storm 2010 in sports in Montana American football in Montana Sports competitions in Montana July 2010 sports events in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billings Outlaws
The Billings Outlaws were a professional league indoor football team based in Billings, Montana. They were a member of the Indoor Football League (IFL), of which they were the 2-time defending champions. They played their home games at Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark. Their games were broadcast live locally on News Talk 910 KBLG AM and online through Teamline. Seasons 2000–2001 seasons The team originally began play as a 2000 expansion member of the Indoor Football League as the Billings Thunderbolts. Despite a winning record of 8-6, it was not enough to make the playoffs. When the league folded, they became a charter member of the National Indoor Football League in 2001 and became the ''Billings Outlaws'' until the 2005 season when they were the Billings Mavericks and the start of the 2006 season, when a naming dispute with the ''Osceola Outlaws'' led to the NIFL stripping both teams of the ''Outlaws'' name. However, as of June 11, 2006, the NIFL recognized Billings as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Arena League
The National Arena League (NAL) is a professional indoor football league that began play in 2017. It consists of teams based on the East Coast of the United States. Teams' typical payroll budget is $600,000 per season, while players are paid $200 per week, and veterans can make $225 with the potential raises for loyalty on a year-by-year basis. Additionally, $50 bonus is given to players on the winning team each week. The teams also provide housing for its players during the season. History Origins In June 2016, Columbus Lions' owner Skip Seda and father Keke Seda founded a league called the Arena Developmental League (ADL) in the wake of several years of minor indoor leagues folding. The league was announced to begin play in March 2017 and, while not affiliated with any other leagues, intended on developing players to be looked at by scouts in the Arena Football League (AFL), Canadian Football League (CFL), and National Football League (NFL). In their introductory press conf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albany Empire (NAL)
The Albany Empire are a professional indoor football team based in Albany, New York. They are members of the National Arena League since 2021 and play home games at MVP Arena. They are named after the defunct Arena Football League (AFL) team of the same name that won the last ArenaBowl before the AFL folded. History In August 2020, Albany was announced as a 2021 expansion team in the National Arena League (NAL) and later obtained the rights to use the name of a defunct Arena Football League (AFL) team, the Albany Empire. The team was owned by the same ownership group, including Ron Tridico and Nate Starling, as another NAL team that was named after a former AFL team, the Orlando Predators. Former AFL Empire head coach Rob Keefe was brought back as head coach along with former Jacksonville Sharks' head coach and Empire assistant head coach Les Moss as assistant head coach. However, by April 2021, both had left to join the Indoor Football League's Iowa Barnstormers The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Arena Football League Season
The 2019 Arena Football League season was the 32nd and final season in the history of the Arena Football League (AFL). Prior to the start of the season, the league expanded from four to six teams with two added expansion teams. The 12-game regular season began on April 26 and ended on July 21. League business Teams For the first time since 2011, the AFL entered the season with more teams than it had the previous season, adding an expansion team and reactivating another that had been dormant for over a decade. The league announced the Atlantic City Blackjacks expansion team on January 22, 2019, that is operated by the same ownership group as the Albany Empire. On February 7, 2019, the league re-added the Columbus Destroyers as another expansion team to bring the league back to six teams. Schedule and playoff changes The 2019 season consisted of a 13-week schedule during which each team played 12 games and had one bye week. At the end of the regular season, the top four teams pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albany Empire (AFL)
The Albany Empire was a professional arena football team based in Albany, New York, that began play in the Arena Football League (AFL) in 2018. Home games were played at Times Union Center located in downtown Albany. The Empire was Albany's third arena football team and second AFL team; it succeeded the original Albany Firebirds who began AFL play in 1990 and enjoyed great success, most notably winning ArenaBowl XIII, before moving to Indianapolis following the 2000 season, and later the Albany Conquest who played in the af2 developmental league from 2002 until that league folded after the 2009 season (and was known as the Firebirds for that last season). History After the American Hockey League's Albany Devils relocated to Binghamton, NY, the Times Union Center was left without a full-time professional tenant. (It remained home to the Siena College men's basketball team of the NCAA Division I Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.) On March 14, 2017, Center general manager ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
