((ht: bleacherreport.com))
Yes world, there is an "Arena Football Catch of Day". Because we decided there would be one. Even if it happened the day before
Tell your friends.
Check out New Orleans Voodoo WR Courtney Smith taking one for the team Monday night, hauling in the TD catch as he goes head-over-heels over the retaining wall in a game vs. the Jacksonville Sharks.
Smith holds on to the ball and the Voodoo held on for the win, leaving Jacksonville with a 36-35 win.
Showing posts with label arena football. Show all posts
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Sunday, July 13, 2014
Reasons You Shouldn't Lean Over Arena Football Field: Boom!
If you've ever seen an Arena Football game, they put walls up to keep the fans off the field and create a pretty sudden "out of bounds" area for the players.
And there is a reason that you are told not to lean in to the field of play.
But there's always at least one moronic fan who ignores that warning and does exactly what they should not do.
This guy, in Spokane, Washington at the Spokane Shock vs. Arizona Wranglers game...well, he probably won't make that mistake again.
Look what happens to the Shock fan, who gets the Shock of his life on an overthrown pass. He doesn't get bumped, he gets plowed by the wide receiver trying to make the catch.
And yeah, it really does look like it hurt.
And there is a reason that you are told not to lean in to the field of play.
But there's always at least one moronic fan who ignores that warning and does exactly what they should not do.
This guy, in Spokane, Washington at the Spokane Shock vs. Arizona Wranglers game...well, he probably won't make that mistake again.
Look what happens to the Shock fan, who gets the Shock of his life on an overthrown pass. He doesn't get bumped, he gets plowed by the wide receiver trying to make the catch.
And yeah, it really does look like it hurt.
Friday, June 20, 2014
Vince Neil Following In Kiss' Footsteps...???
The Las Vegas Sun is reporting that Motley Crue's Vince Neil, minority owner in the Jacksonville Sharks, wants to bring a franchise back to Las Vegas and call them the Las Vegas Outlaws.
Robin Leach (yes, THAT Robin Leach) is reporting that the team should be up and running by the 2015 season and will be the third incarnation of Arenaball in Vegas with the Sting and the Gladiators having been there before.
Two prevailing thoughts:
Here's what the HQ thinks about when we think about the Las Vegas Gladiators
((HT: arenafootballleague))
But, Neil wants the Las Vegas Outlaws and this is what the HQ thinks about that idea...
((HT: XFL Football 2001))
He Hate Me!!!
Robin Leach (yes, THAT Robin Leach) is reporting that the team should be up and running by the 2015 season and will be the third incarnation of Arenaball in Vegas with the Sting and the Gladiators having been there before.
Two prevailing thoughts:
Here's what the HQ thinks about when we think about the Las Vegas Gladiators
((HT: arenafootballleague))
But, Neil wants the Las Vegas Outlaws and this is what the HQ thinks about that idea...
((HT: XFL Football 2001))
He Hate Me!!!
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Arena Fans Rejoice: The LA Kiss Are Officially A Team
So, did you know the Arena Football league still exists? That they are still playing indoor arena football and their championship game is coming up here next week?Yeah...thought so.
Well, you might pay attention to them now. And we bet the mainstream media will too.
The reason: Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of the legendary rock group KISS have gone in halfsies with the Arena league on a new Los Angeles based franchise.
And yes, they'll be named the L.A Kiss (Insert joke here)
Read more from USAToday RIGHT HERE
They have a website too (pictured here) you can go there by clicking on THIS LINK
The team will kick off the 2014 Arena Season at the Honda Center in Orange County, California.
We are guessing that you'll see some in house entertainment at some point during the season and we're pretty sure it will feature the music group of the same name.
No, we, nor anyone else know if the players will have to play in full make-up, but that would be pretty darn funny, at least until they start sweating and the make-up started to run. (Your welcome for the imagery)
In case you are under 25 and have never heard of KISS, they've been around since the mid-1970's.
This is what they do:
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Friday, June 15, 2012
"God" Told Kevin Ellison To Set Fire To His Bed...
((HT: KREM-TV Spokane))
Former USC and current Spokane Shock Kevin Ellison is now being investigated for allegedly setting fire to his bed because "God told him to."
He had to jump from a third story apartment window to escape. Interviewed shortly after, Ellison told them his cigarette sparked the fire Thursday morning. After initially thinking it was accidental, the fire is now being looked at as arson.
Ellison admits to smoking a blunt in bed. The investigation is ongoing.
Three apartment units were badly burned and are uninhabitable.
Ellison has been suspended by the Shock pending a full investigation.
Here's the story from KHQ-TV...
Former USC and current Spokane Shock Kevin Ellison is now being investigated for allegedly setting fire to his bed because "God told him to."
He had to jump from a third story apartment window to escape. Interviewed shortly after, Ellison told them his cigarette sparked the fire Thursday morning. After initially thinking it was accidental, the fire is now being looked at as arson.
Ellison admits to smoking a blunt in bed. The investigation is ongoing.
Three apartment units were badly burned and are uninhabitable.
Ellison has been suspended by the Shock pending a full investigation.
Here's the story from KHQ-TV...
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Strange but true: Arena league fires players before opener
((ht: orlandosentinel.com))
This is a story OSG Sports 1st reported Friday afternoon and yes, it is strange.
The Arena Football league, about to celebrate their 25th anniversary, ended up beginning the season with replacement players.
The reason: A strike...or at least no labor agreement.
Apparently, the two sides who were negotiating over player pay, passed a couple of labor proposals back and fourth on Friday, the last with an alleged 5:30 pm deadline. Which would have been okay...except the Orlando Predators, hosts of the opening game, waived almost the entire roster...at 5.
Read more from the Orlando Sentinel RIGHT HERE
If you are surprised to read the Arena League is still around...so were we. They went on hiatus for a couple of years during the recession and when they came back, they came back with a leaner budget. OSG Sources tell us, players were getting roughly $400 per game, they are/were asking for $700, not an unreasonable request...you'd think.
Would you go watch Arena football? Would you go watch replacement players play Arena Football? Some 13,000 people did in Orlando Friday night...we suspect they are more the exception...than the rule.
Our friends at First Coast News in Jacksonville try to explain:
Could we be seeing a return of Shane Falco next?
This is a story OSG Sports 1st reported Friday afternoon and yes, it is strange.
The Arena Football league, about to celebrate their 25th anniversary, ended up beginning the season with replacement players.
The reason: A strike...or at least no labor agreement.
Apparently, the two sides who were negotiating over player pay, passed a couple of labor proposals back and fourth on Friday, the last with an alleged 5:30 pm deadline. Which would have been okay...except the Orlando Predators, hosts of the opening game, waived almost the entire roster...at 5.
Read more from the Orlando Sentinel RIGHT HERE
If you are surprised to read the Arena League is still around...so were we. They went on hiatus for a couple of years during the recession and when they came back, they came back with a leaner budget. OSG Sources tell us, players were getting roughly $400 per game, they are/were asking for $700, not an unreasonable request...you'd think.
Would you go watch Arena football? Would you go watch replacement players play Arena Football? Some 13,000 people did in Orlando Friday night...we suspect they are more the exception...than the rule.
Our friends at First Coast News in Jacksonville try to explain:
Could we be seeing a return of Shane Falco next?
Friday, March 9, 2012
DEVELOPING: Sit-Down Strike Planned For Arena Openers...???
Sources close to OSG Sports that are familiar with the labor dispute within Arena Football are telling the HQ that business may get interesting during the televised season opener on the Shield's Network...
Their season opening broadcast is scheduled to be Orlando hosting the Pittsburgh Power. In an interview with Austin Lyon of the Orlando Sentinel newspaper, Preds managing partner Brett Bouchy says there will be a product on the floor- who the product will be may be the issue...
"I can guarantee there will be a game, and it will be a great product."
Right now, arena players are receiving $400 a week to play and they're looking for an increase of up to $700. Negotiations have been ongoing for several weeks with no luck in a settlement.
From Lyon:
AFL players union executive director Ivan Soto says negotiations with the league have been ongoing for eight months, with little progress.
"To this point, they've [the league] not been forthcoming,'' he said. "It is the most bizarre circus-show negotiation I've ever been involved in in 18 years.''
"We've made an offer which we believe is a significant raise," Bouchy said. "Our players are under contract, and we expect them to fulfill that contract."
The Preds ownership has been working out a set of replacement players in case what the HQ is being told does indeed happen.
The current players are planning to, literally, sit down on the field in Orlando and assume they will be escorted from the building. The replacement players will then take the field for tonight's game.
More when we know more...
Here's highlights from the Preds season opener last year...
Presumably with players that may be sitting down across the league tonight...
Their season opening broadcast is scheduled to be Orlando hosting the Pittsburgh Power. In an interview with Austin Lyon of the Orlando Sentinel newspaper, Preds managing partner Brett Bouchy says there will be a product on the floor- who the product will be may be the issue...
"I can guarantee there will be a game, and it will be a great product."
Right now, arena players are receiving $400 a week to play and they're looking for an increase of up to $700. Negotiations have been ongoing for several weeks with no luck in a settlement.
From Lyon:
AFL players union executive director Ivan Soto says negotiations with the league have been ongoing for eight months, with little progress.
"To this point, they've [the league] not been forthcoming,'' he said. "It is the most bizarre circus-show negotiation I've ever been involved in in 18 years.''
"We've made an offer which we believe is a significant raise," Bouchy said. "Our players are under contract, and we expect them to fulfill that contract."
The Preds ownership has been working out a set of replacement players in case what the HQ is being told does indeed happen.
The current players are planning to, literally, sit down on the field in Orlando and assume they will be escorted from the building. The replacement players will then take the field for tonight's game.
More when we know more...
Here's highlights from the Preds season opener last year...
Presumably with players that may be sitting down across the league tonight...
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