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Chicago Rush

It may have a new name, but Rush returning in 2011 By Mike Spellman | Daily Herald StaffContact writer Mike Ditka, part owner of the Rush, said he was excited the AFL was coming back. Daily Herald file Alan Levin realizes how much fans of Arena League Football and the Chicago Rush have struggled since the league postponed its 2009 season. Levin, part of the ownership group of the Rush, along with Arthur Price, Peter Levin and Mike Ditka, gets plenty of reminders. "I get e-mails every day sa… Continue

Added by sip13 on November 21, 2009 at 6:57pm — No Comments

Rgv Dorados

Looks like Rvg going to IFL. They wont play until the 2011 season. There is a small video on the subject at KRGV.com in the Sports section titled Valley Pro Football Goes Into Hibernation. Looks like the investors don't want to rush into it, and need to work on a new lease with the Dodge Arena. Continue

Added by JP646 on November 2, 2009 at 11:44am — No Comments

KYLE ROWLEY: Ex-Henricken star makes career of football, minus the NFL

By Bill Reynolds The Providence Journal, RI 01:00 AM EDT on Thursday, October 29, 2009 He has played arena football for teams in South Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Washington, New Hampshire, and Louisiana, and that’s just some of the places. He just finished filming some scenes for the remake of the 1984 movie ``Red Dawn,” and is now living in Austin Texas, doing similar things for the hit television show ``Friday Night Lights” about to enter its third season. Welcome to the wi… Continue

Added by twisterfandunn on October 28, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Arkansas Twisters joining new Arena Football 1 league, will start play in April

By Associated Press 9:16 AM CDT, September 29, 2009 NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Twisters are to be members of the new Arena Football 1 league. Sixteen teams will comprise the new league, which includes members of the AF2 league and the Arena Football League, the latter of which declared bankruptcy in August and didn't play last season. AF1 announced Monday it will start play in April. In addition to the Twisters, which play in North Little Rock, teams in the new league are: Bo… Continue

Added by twisterfandunn on September 29, 2009 at 12:44pm — No Comments

KC Franchise

I really do hope that an owner or ownership group from Kansas City will step up and get a new team started here. There are many of us who were die hard for the Brigade that would love to have Arena football alive and kicking again. Continue

Added by GARTHOG! on September 28, 2009 at 4:01pm — 1 Comment

Twisters: AFL woes not theirs

By Doug Crise Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Wednesday, August 5, 2009 LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Twisters are planning to play football in Verizon Arena in North Little Rock next summer, though probably under a different banner. Tuesday’s news that the Arena Football League will likely fold after 22 years isn’t expected to change much for the Twisters and their league, Arena Football 2. AF2 had little stake in the failed league because of a stand-alone business model in which the AF2 and its memb… Continue

Added by twisterfandunn on August 5, 2009 at 5:59pm — No Comments

TWISTERS SQUEEZE BY AMARILLO

6/22/09 Little Rock, AR - The Twisters needed this win after dropping two in a row to those dreaded Oklahoma teams. This team has never looked the same after the loss of Rod Harper, but against the Dusters I saw a little progress in the receiving core with the addition of Aaron F… Continue

Added by JOKER on June 25, 2009 at 10:41pm — No Comments

Iron roster moves, includes new QB

The Iron have signed quarterback Chris Malleo, a rookie out of Northwestern. Glad to see Compton signed another quarterback considering Todd Hammel never practices with the team. The Iron have signed OL/DL Dwayne Holmes, a rookie out of Michigan State. The Iron have signed OL/DL Dan Cline, a rookie out of Western Kentucky who is 6'6 and 270 pounds. OL/DL Markevius Woods has been activated from Injured Reserve. The Iron have signed WR/DB Brandon Golder, who was recently released by the Peoria… Continue

Added by BlizzardFan#1 on June 17, 2009 at 8:31am — No Comments

Iron host Quad City Steamwheelers on Friday

The Milwaukee Iron are back home on Friday June 19th as they take on the Quad City Steamwheelers at 7:00 at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee. The Iron are coming off a 63-28 loss to the Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz, the Iron are 4-7 on the season. The Steamwheelers are coming off a 75-56 loss to the Kentucky Horsemen, the Steamwheelers are 4-7 on the season also. The Iron offense struggled all game against the Yard Dawgz and Todd Hammel had his first game against a good team and did not do well. Hamm… Continue

Added by BlizzardFan#1 on June 17, 2009 at 8:22am — No Comments

Iron fall to Oklahoma City 63-28

The Milwaukee Iron's two game winning streak came to an end as they lost to the Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz last night 63-28. The Iron fall to 4-7 and the Yard Dawgz improve to 6-5. Iron quarterback Todd Hammel faced his first test of the season last night, Hammel has played two games for the Iron, and are opponents in those games are not very good. Hammel did not do so well last night throwing 4 interceptions and fumbled the ball twice, but it didn't help that he got sacked 7 times and that his of… Continue

Added by BlizzardFan#1 on June 14, 2009 at 9:05am — No Comments

Iron travel to Oklahoma City to take on the Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz tonight

The Milwaukee Iron travel to Oklahoma City to take on the Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz tonight at 7:00 at the Cox Convention Center. The Iron are coming off a 58-47 win over the Mahoning Valley Thunder, the Iron are 4-6 on the season. The Yard Dawgz are coming off a 56-54 win over the Arkansas Twisters, the Yard Dawgz are 5-5 season. The Iron offense is on fire right now, quarterback Todd Hammel is playing great and his wide receiving core is playing very well. Antoine Burns, Scott Burnoski, Bryan P… Continue

Added by BlizzardFan#1 on June 13, 2009 at 7:54am — No Comments

Vipers 41 Horseman 13

top scoring offense in the league got shut down, they didn't look good at all as the Vipers took care of Hefty Lefty with a thud. We Looked good but i still miss Chavez already :-( Continue

Added by Jfon on June 6, 2009 at 11:20pm — No Comments

Iron beat Mahoning Valley 58-47

The Milwaukee Iron beat the Mahoning Valley Thunder last night 58-47, Iron quarterback Todd Hammel was 25 of 39 for 337 yards and 7 touchdowns. Hammel has now thrown 14 touchdowns and 0 interceptions in his first two games with the team. The Iron improve to 4-6 and the Thunder fall to 1-9. It was the first home win for the Iron in franchise history. Wide Receiver Antoine Burns caught 4 touchdowns passes and that brings his total to 20 touchdowns for the season. Burns caught 8 passes for 112 yard… Continue

Added by BlizzardFan#1 on June 6, 2009 at 2:05pm — No Comments

Iron roster changes

Wide Receiver Kellen Allen has been activated from injured reserve. Quarterback Shane Adler and OL/DL Ives Morrissey have left the team. Wide Receiver Ricardo Lenhart has been released. Continue

Added by BlizzardFan#1 on June 5, 2009 at 4:09pm — No Comments

Iron host Mahoning Valley Thunder tonight

The Milwaukee Iron are back home tonight as they take on the Mahoning Valley Thunder at 7:00 at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee. The Iron are coming off a 66-63 win over the Albany Firebirds. The Iron are 3-6 on the season. The Thunder are coming off a 61-39 lose to the Kentucky Horsemen. The Thunder are 1-8 on the season. The Iron played very well last week, especially on offense with new quarterback Todd Hammel, who is 42, played a great game last week and can hopefully keep it up this week. T… Continue

Added by BlizzardFan#1 on June 5, 2009 at 4:08pm — No Comments

Iron beat Albany Firebirds 66-63 in thriller

New quarterback Todd Hammel played great in his first start as the Iron beat the Albany Firebirds 66-63 last night. Todd Hammel was 23 of 32 for 273 yards and 7 touchdowns. Wide Receiver Bryan Pray had 8 catches for 143 yards and 5 touchdowns. Wide Receiver Antoine Burns had 9 catches for 87 yards and 2 touchdowns. Burns also had a 57 yard kickoff return for a touchdown. Wide Receiver Scott Burnoski had 6 catches for 43 yards. Todd Hammel was very impressive in his first game since 2006 and with… Continue

Added by BlizzardFan#1 on May 31, 2009 at 3:14pm — 1 Comment

Iron sign QB Todd Hammel

The Milwaukee Iron have signed quarterback Todd Hammel. Hammel has 15 years of AFL experience and played 5 seasons with the Milwaukee Mustangs, from 1994 to 1999. He has also played with the Dallas Texans, Fort Worth Calvary, Florida Bobcats, Houston Thunderbears, Grand Rapids Rampage, Las Vegas Gladiators, Philadelphia Soul, Chicago Rush, and Colorado Crush. Hammel has a impressive resume, but he is also 42 years old, he is now the oldest player in the af2. He has a career quarterback rating of… Continue

Added by BlizzardFan#1 on May 28, 2009 at 8:14pm — No Comments

af2 fans: check this out!! A sim league combining the past and present af2 teams

Hi, I am Cameron Irvine and I am the Commisioner of the Arena Football Alliance and just joined as a member here. The Arena Football Alliance is a blending of 25 past af2 teams and the 25 present af2 teams. Every play ever played in the af2 has been put into my computer database and will be choosen at complete random making the AFA the first ever simulation league of the af2 to hit the web. the url is intensefootball.webs.com and the season kicks off friday june 5th. over 900 people have viewed… Continue

Added by Cameron Irvine on May 28, 2009 at 5:27pm — No Comments

The Iron go up against the Albany Firebirds on Saturday.

The Milwaukee Iron travel to Albany, New York to take on the Albany Firebirds Saturday at 6:00 at the Times Union Center. Both the Iron and Firebirds are coming off bye weeks. The Iron are 2-6 and the Firebirds are 3-5. The Iron have yet to sign a quarterback, which is something they have to do since both Tyler Donovan and Shane Adler are injured. I am sure Coach Compton has someone with the team that is not officially signed, but the Iron should have got the quarterback they have in practice si… Continue

Added by BlizzardFan#1 on May 28, 2009 at 4:13pm — No Comments

The Iron need a QB now

The Iron are without a quarterback as both Tyler Donovan and Shane Adler are out with injures and the Iron has yet to sign a quarterback, I am sure he is close to signing one, but the Iron need a quarterback now so that the offense can start to gell with him and develop a connection. I check the af2 transactions on af2.com every day and they have yet to sign a quaterback. It was a good move to get some offensive line help in the trade with the Florida Firecats, but getting a quarterback should b… Continue

Added by BlizzardFan#1 on May 21, 2009 at 6:56pm — No Comments