Robert Redd

Gladiators set numerous franchise records in first season in Cleveland
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com
The Gladiators' playoff run ended with a thud, with the Philadelphia Soul administering a 70-35 beat-down in the AFL National Conference title game Saturday in Philadelphia.

Gladiators lose Soul
The Morning Journal
D'Orazio completed 17 of 25 passes for 184 yards. Larry Brackins and Brent Holmes each caught three touchdown passes.

SaberCats get chance to defend title
San Francisco Chronicle
Mark Grieb and the defending champion SaberCats are back in the Arena Bowl, and the Rampage's playoff run is over.

Soul punch ticket to ArenaBowl
Cherry Hill Courier Post
That championship fever is back in Philadelphia, and championship-starved local sports fans can thank the Philadelphia Soul defense for this latest revival.

Soul trying to punch ticket to Arena Bowl
The Delaware County Times
Now, it's Cleveland that again has the chance to take the Soul down a peg after their latest noise-making win. This time, a defeat would also take the Soul off the board as the favorite to win the Arena Bowl and send them home after season that will have included nearly everything but a title.

Soul must control ball to reach final
Cherry Hill Courier Post
With their title hopes on the line, the Philadelphia Soul will meet a familiar -- and perhaps their most difficult -- opponent this afternoon in the Cleveland Gladiators.

ArenaBowl adds some Soul
The Phanatic
ArenaBowl XXII in New Orleans will have a nice dose of Soul this year. Backed by Matt D’Orazio’s eight touchdown passes and a solid effort by the Eddie Moten-led defense, Philadelphia handed the Cleveland Gladiators a 70-35 defeat in the National Conference Championship Game to earn its first-ever trip to the Arena Football League’s title game.

Cleveland Gladiators nip Georgia Force
GwinnettHerald.com
For perhaps the first time in the history of the Gwinnett Center, a team with "Gladiators" written on their uniforms was booed when they won.

Cleveland Gladiators Advance To Arena Conference Finals
NewsNet5.com
Raymond Philyaw completed 20 of 29 passes for 295 yards and eight touchdowns to lead the Cleveland Gladiators to a 73-70 victory against the Georgia Force in the Arena Football League playoffs Monday night.

Gladiator has fight back; same for love of football
News-Herald.com
From the middle of 2006 through the first few months of 2008, the former Baltimore Ravens receiver was in a life slump. Between a handful of deaths in his family and circle of friends, the former Grambling University quarterback had lost his zest for the gridiron.

Wayne grad has his eye on winning his first title
Dayton Daily News
Robert Redd and his uncles would like to see breakout year end with a win in the Arena Bowl.

Gladiators' wild ride continues
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com
The upstart Gladiators, one season removed from misery in Las Vegas, defeated the Orlando Predators, 69-66, Monday night in a National Conference wild-card game.

UPDATE: Cleveland ousts Orlando from AFL playoffs
The Morning Journal
including four to Robert Redd, and the Cleveland Gladiators defeated the Orlando Predators 69-66 in the Arena Football League playoffs Monday night. ...

Gladiators reach playoffs with win
Akron Beacon Journal
The Gladiators didn't have to look any further than their practice squad to find the boost they needed to get into the Arena Football League playoffs in the team's first year in Cleveland.

Gladiators down Destroyers, go from two wins in Vegas to postseason berth in first year in Cleveland
Chronicle-Telegram
Bernie Kosar stood at the end of the tunnel as Cleveland Gladiators players streamed out of the arena. "Yes, sir … playoff bound," the former Browns quarterback yelled as he high-fived each of his Arena Football League players.

Turnover costly as Gladiators fall
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com
The Gladia tors had Tampa Bay right where they wanted them, but a fumble on a kickoff turned the tide in Tampa Bay's favor in the fourth quarter as the Storm prevailed, 58-48, Friday night.

For Gladiators, success is a Redd-letter word
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com
Cleveland Gladiators receiver Robert Redd had one overriding goal entering this season.

Gladiators' win is Redd all over
The Plain Dealer
Redd's nine-catch, 126-yard effort also pushed him over 1,000 yards receiving for the season - a remarkable accomplishment for the 10th game of the season.

Gladiators beat odds, take Soul
Akron Beacon Journal
The Philadelphia Soul might have come into Quicken Loans Arena expecting to sing their same old song Friday night, but that tune came up a bit flat against the Cleveland Gladiators.

Amey is player of the week after big game in Los Angeles
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com
"We know what they want to do, and they know what we want to do. It's going to come down to who executes better." Otis Amey,Gladiators receiverAmey

Gladiators Crushed by Colorado
Akron Beacon Journal
The Cleveland Gladiators returned home to Quicken Loans Arena on Friday night, taking on the Colorado Crush. The Gladiators, fresh off a loss at Dallas, and riding a two game losing streak, really needed this home win, as the upcoming schedule was not easy to say the least.

No joke: Defense has Gladiators 2-0
News-Herald.com
Two games into the 2008 Arena Football League season, the undefeated Gladiators have already won as many games as they did in all of 2007, when they were playing home games in Las Vegas.

Gladiators win Cleveland debut, 61-49, in front of big, lively crowd
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com
Gladiators President Bernie Kosar said at the outset of training camp that he expects his club to contend for the Arena Football League playoffs.

Football in Cleveland rules anytime, anyplace, anyhow
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com
You know Cleveland is a football town when it's March 3 and there are 17,391 at Quicken Loans Arena on their feet, clapping, screaming and barking for two linemen!

Full of fireworks
News-Herald.com
The game began with a quick speech by Bernie Kosar, the Gladiators' minority owner, president and, more importantly to the crowd of 17,000-plus at Quicken Loans Arena, former Browns quarterback.