Celebrating the history of the Arena Football League

Jason Ball     

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Born: January 20, 1979
Hometown: Denton, TX
5' 7", 140
College: North Texas

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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.

Soul reach ArenaBowl with rout of Cleveland
Blinq
As the crowd of 13,389 celebrated, players hugged fans, laughed, and even drenched coach Bret Munsey with a cooler of Powerade to celebrate the biggest victory of the five-year-old franchise.

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.

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.

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. ...

TT Tolliver's fumble stops late drive in Orlando Predators' loss
Orlando Sentinel
Wide receiver T.T. Toliver fumbled the potential go-ahead touchdown with just more than two minutes left, as the Orlando Predators fell to the Cleveland Gladiators 69-66 on Monday night in the wild-card round of the Arena Football League playoffs at Quicken Loans Arena.

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.

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.

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.