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2012 AFL schedule, division alignment announced
AFL Press Release The Arena Football League today announced the 2012 regular season schedule, which will begin on Friday, March 9, 2012 on NFL Network. The final day of the 2012 regular season is scheduled for Sunday, July 22, 2012. The AFL will be celebrating its 25th Anniversary during the 2012 season and will continue playing an enhanced, 18-game schedule. AFL to air on NFL Network for third consecutive yearAFL Press Release The Arena Football League will continue for its third consecutive season on NFL Network, AFL Commissioner Jerry B. Kurz announced today. In the last two postseason games of the 2011 season, “Arena Football Friday” on NFL Network notched record high ratings. New Orleans to host ArenaBowl XXV on August 10, 2012AFL Press Release The Arena Football League (AFL), New Orleans VooDoo and New Orleans Arena are pleased to announce that ArenaBowl XXV will be played in New Orleans, adding to the growing list of championships being hosted by the city in 2012. Arena Football headed for Texas two-step?Nashville Post (subscription) (blog) Nashville could get another Arena Football team by 2013 The TennesseanArena Football coming back to Nashville? Nashville Post (subscription)SA AFL franchise looks like done deal San Antonio ExpressArizona Rattlers owner confident league can survive Phoenix Business Journal AFL Coaching Carousel Continues To Turn Adam Markowitz, ArenaFan.com On Tuesday, the Iowa Barnstormers settled their head coaching vacancy by signing Mike Hohensee, one of the storied coaches in the history of this league. As reported by Bright House Sports Network on Thursday and later confirmed by the team, the Orlando Predators will be announcing Bret Munsey as their head coach on Friday. The Preds needed to scramble to find a new head coach when former coach Pat O'Hara moved on to the New Orleans VooDoo. With Hohensee moving to Iowa, unnamed sources are expecting former Georgia Force Head Coach Doug Plank to head to the City of Brotherly Love. Breaking it Down - ArenaBowl XXIVAndy Lopusnak, ArenaFan.com ArenaBowl XXIV featured a title-game record eleven lead changes, including four in the final 52 seconds. The last was the most dramatic and capped the greatest ArenaBowl in league history when Jacksonville QB Aaron Garcia hit receiver Jeron Harvey on a ten-yard strike as time expired that gave the Sharks an ArenaBowl title in just the team's second season. As usual, Breaking it Down will provide more insight into this great game than anywhere in the indoor football universe. Enjoy! ArenaBowl XXIV on NFL Network sets record ratingAFL Press Release Four days after “Arena Football Friday” on NFL Network reached a record high rating, it was surpassed yet again on Friday, August 12, 2011 during ArenaBowl XXIV. Pittsburgh Power receive Commissioner's AwardAFL Press Release The Arena Football League announced today that the PITTSBURGH POWER has been awarded the 2011 Commissioner’s Award. Hunkie Cooper, Kurt Warner elected to AFL Hall of Fame AZ Central.comCommissioner Kurz named Founder's Award recipient AFL Press Release Arena Football League Commissioner Jerry B. Kurz has been named the Founder’s Award recipient for 2011, the League announced at the ArenaBowl XXIV Awards Presentation on Thursday night. AFL announces 2011 Hall of Fame classAFL Press Release During halftime of ArenaBowl XXIV, AFL Commissioner Jerry B. Kurz announced the 2011 AFL Hall of Fame Class. Ten Selected For Arena Football League Hall of FameAdam Markowitz, ArenaFan.com At halftime at ArenaBowl XXIV at the US Airways Center, Barry Wagner, George LaFrance, Hunkie Cooper, Eddie Brown, Darren Arbet, Sylvester Bembery, Sam Hernandez, Gene Nudo, Stevie Thomas, and Kurt Warner were announced as the Arena Football League Hall of Fame Class of 2011. Only five were expected to be selected. Consensus Says Snakes Over Sharks in ArenaBowl XXIVAdam Markowitz, ArenaFan.com It's finally game day here in Phoenix, AZ, as the Arizona Rattlers and the Jacksonville Sharks are all set to take to the gridiron in a 5:30 local start time at the US Airways Center. There has been a ton of pomp and circumstance leading up to this one in the Desert, and now that most of the hoopla is done with, we're all set to make our picks for ArenaBowl XXIV! Arena Football push in SA has big backerSan Antonio Business JournalSharks' Garcia headlines 2011 All-Arena Team AFL Press Release Jacksonville Sharks QB AARON GARCIA (6-1, 195, Sacramento State) earned First Team All-Arena honors for the third time in his career, the League Office announced today. Moss' Experience Dwarfs All In ArenaBowl XXIVAdam Markowitz, ArenaFan.com It took QB Aaron Garcia 201 games in the Arena Football League before finally getting here to the ArenaBowl in 2011. The Jacksonville Sharks might have had to travel across the country with virtually no practice, but their Head Coach Les Moss has more experience dealing with ArenaBowls than all of the players in the game combined. |
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