New arena football team takes Blaze's name, logo
Salt Lake Tribune
Indoor football has a new league, yet, on the surface, somewhat of an old look.
AFL playoffs: Blaze get knocked out
Salt Lake Tribune
While putting together their unlikely late-season run to make the Arena Football League playoffs and earn the right to host a wild card game, the Utah Blaze got more than their share of fortuitous breaks and game-swinging calls, winning six of their last seven games after a forgettable 0-9 start.
Blaze aim to keep fire burning vs. Crush
Daily Herald
Nine weeks ago, the Utah Blaze looked about as playoff-bound as the Miami Dolphins did the entire 2007 NFL season, as the Blaze got off to an 0-9 start in the 2008 AFL season.
Comeback try too little, late for Rattlers
AZ Central.com
In a matter of six days, the Rattlers went from being one of the Arena Football League's upstarts to a team unable to start a game.
Blaze clinch playoff spot
Salt Lake Tribune
With very little help from the rest of the league the past two weeks, Utah was forced to win its final regular-season game at Arizona on Saturday night where it appeared to be a team poised to make something happen in the playoffs.
Blaze: The habit of kicking
Salt Lake Tribune
Like the mythical phoenix, veteran Utah Blaze kicker Steve Videtich has revived his Arena Football League career after being released by the club after a disastrous start to the 2008 season.
Utah Blaze: What a Blaze-ing finish
Deseret News
The Chicago Rush came into EnergySolutions Arena on Saturday night as, arguably, the best team in the Arena Football League.
Blaze: Blaze field goal burns Chicago
Salt Lake Tribune
With less than a minute remaining in Saturday night's Arena Football League game, a fan walked by Utah Blaze coach Danny White and questioned the Hall of Famer's late-game strategy for an onside kick that was unsuccessful and pretty much gave the Chicago Rush an easy touchdown.
Arena football: Luck or drive, Blaze win again
Salt Lake Tribune
When the Utah Blaze were losing games every which way imaginable in March and April, they felt snakebit. Breaks just never went their way.
Videtich happy to resume kicking duties
Deseret News
Nine weeks ago, Videtich — arguably the best kicker the Arena Football League has ever known — was called into Utah Blaze coach Danny White's office after missing two field goals and a PAT in a 1-point, season-opening loss.
Blaze: Winning jogs team's memory
Salt Lake Tribune
Having won last week for the first time all season, the Utah Blaze (1-9) spent this week working on their short-term memory as they prepared to host the 4-5 Colorado Crush at EnergySolutions tonight (7 p.m., KJZZ).
Blaze: Revolving door returns veteran kicker
Salt Lake Tribune
The Blaze released Azar earlier this week and replaced him with the kicker he replaced, veteran Steve Videtich. Coach Danny White said after practice on Wednesday that Azar was cut due to Saturday's miscues and also because Videtich is healthy enough to return.
Utah Blaze: Cut kicker, bring back Videtich
Salt Lake Tribune
Kicker Steve Azar missed a pair of extra-point attempts last Saturday that could have proved costly if the Utah Blaze were not securely ahead in their 67-50 win over the Kansas City Brigade.
Blaze: 'We just miss him'
Salt Lake Tribune
Jacob Skaggs, who turned 6 on Tuesday, was on his way to an indoor soccer game last fall when he got a stomachache. He asked his mother if they could go home, but before Tara Skaggs could get the car turned around, the son of deceased Utah Blaze receiver Justin Skaggs had a change of heart.
Blaze may be winless but feeling confident
Deseret News
One-quarter of the Arena Football League season is over for the Utah Blaze and they still have a big goose egg in the win column. Utah, a team with championship aspirations entering the season, is one of only two winless teams in the 17-team league.
Blaze: Blaze hope to avoid 1st 0-2 start
Salt Lake Tribune
For all his years in the Arena Football League, Utah Blaze coach Danny White can't remember being dealt a more bizarre early-season schedule than this one.
Blaze: Kicker's job becomes tenuous
Salt Lake Tribune
The only person who has played in all 35 games in Utah Blaze history is kicker Steve Videtich, who is so much a part of the third-year franchise that he sold his home in New Jersey, brought his family to Utah, built a home in West Jordan and worked in the front office during the offseason.
Blaze release only kicker they've ever had
Salt Lake Tribune
Four days after missing a 36-yard field goal that would have given the Utah Blaze a win in their season opener, kicker Steve Videtich today was cut by the Arena Football League team.
Blaze release Steve Videtich
Utah Blaze Press Release
The Utah Blaze released K STEVE VIDETICH (6-2, 228, North Carolina State) today. The veteran kicker had been with the team since its inception in 2006.
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