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2008 Cleveland Gladiators Season
The Cleveland Gladiators season is the 12th season for the franchise, their first season in Cleveland. The Gladiators finished the regular season with a 9–7 record, and made the playoffs as the 4th seed in the National Conference. In the wild-card round of the playoffs, they defeated the Orlando Predators, 69–66. For their Divisional round game, they defeated the Georgia Force 73–70. In the National Conference Championship however, they were defeated 70–35 by the top-seeded Philadelphia Soul. Standings Regular season schedule Playoff schedule Coaching *Mike Wilpolt – head coach *Brian partlow – Offensive Coordinator *Willie Wood Jr. – WR, DB and Special Teams Coach *Lee johnson – Offensive/Defensive Line Coach *John tsironis – Strength & Conditioning Coach *Matt carlson – Video Coordinator Final roster Stats Regular season Week 1: vs. New York Dragons Week 2: vs. Utah Blaze Week 3: at Columbus Destroyers Week 4: at New Orleans VooDoo Week 5 ...
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Mike Wilpolt
Mike Wilpolt (born January 4, 1968) is a former American football wide receiver/ defensive back for the Charlotte Rage (1992–1993), the Las Vegas Sting (1994–1995), and the Anaheim Piranhas (1996) in the Arena Football League (AFL). He also coached for 10 years in the AFL with the Indiana Firebirds, Los Angeles Avengers and Cleveland Gladiators. Professional career ''Key'': ''Rec - receptions; Yards - Yards gained through receptions; TD - receiving touchdowns'' Coaching career Albany Firebirds Wilpolt was the special teams coordinator for the Albany Firebirds, helping them win Back-to-Back Eastern Division Titles in 1999–2000. Wilpolt helped lead the Firebirds to the 1999 AFL World Championship, winning Arena Bowl XIII. Indiana Firebirds Wilpolt was the head coach in 2004 for the Indiana Firebirds. He took over the Firebirds after Steve DeBerg was fired after an 0–5 start to the season. Wilpolt led the Firebirds to eight wins in their last 11 games and were favore ...
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American Airlines Center
The American Airlines Center (AAC) is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in the Victory Park neighborhood in downtown Dallas, Texas. The arena serves as the home of the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association and the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League. The arena is also used for concerts and other live entertainment. It was opened in 2001 at a cost of $420 million. History and construction By 1998, the Dallas Mavericks, then owned by H. Ross Perot Jr., and the Dallas Stars were indicating their desire for a new arena to replace the aging and undersized Reunion Arena. Dallas taxpayers approved a new hotel tax and rental car tax to pay for a new arena to cover a portion of the funding, with the two benefiting teams, the Mavericks and the Stars, picking up the remaining costs, including cost overruns. The new arena was to be built just north of Woodall Rodgers Freeway near Interstate 35E on the site of an old power plant. On March 18, 1999, American Air ...
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Gas South Arena
The Gas South Arena (originally known as the Gwinnett Civic Center Arena, later known as The Arena at Gwinnett Center and Infinite Energy Arena) is an indoor arena in Duluth, Georgia. It is located approximately northeast of Atlanta. The arena is one of the many venues within the "Gas South District", which also includes a convention center with a events hall and a performing arts center. It is the home of the ECHL's Atlanta Gladiators and the Georgia Swarm, a professional box lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League. Events Sports *The arena's first event was an arena football game, featuring the Georgia Force – February 16, 2003 The Force played here a total of five seasons, 2003–04, 2008, and 2011–12. *Atlanta Gladiators (2003–present) Known as the Gwinnett Gladiators from 2003 to 2015, before changing to their current name. *The Georgia High School Basketball State Championships – 2004–present * Georgia High School Wrestling State Champ ...
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2008 Georgia Force Season
The Georgia Force season was the seventh season for the franchise. Starting the season 3–5, the Force finished the regular season with 7 wins in their last 8 games, ending with a 10–6 record, and winning their second consecutive Southern Division title, allowing them to enter the playoffs as the 2nd seed in the National Conference. They were eliminated from the playoffs in their first playoff game of the season by the Cleveland Gladiators, by a score of 73–70. Standings Regular season schedule Playoffs Coaching Roster Stats Regular season Week 1: vs Dallas Desperados Week 2: at Tampa Bay Storm Week 3: vs. Los Angeles Avengers Week 4: at Orlando Predators Week 5: at Utah Blaze Week 6: vs. Kansas City Brigade Week 7 Bye Week Week 8: vs. Orlando Predators Week 9: at Arizona Rattlers Week 10: vs. New Orleans VooDoo Week 11: vs. Philadelphia Soul Week 12: at New York Dragons Week 13: at New Orleans VooDoo Week 14: vs. Tampa Bay Storm Week 15: at Columbus ...
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Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)
The Wells Fargo Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Philadelphia. It serves as the home of the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL), the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The arena lies at the southwest corner of the South Philadelphia Sports Complex, which includes Lincoln Financial Field, Citizens Bank Park, and Xfinity Live!. The Wells Fargo Center, originally called Spectrum II, was completed in 1996 to replace the Spectrum as the home arena of the 76ers and Flyers, on the former site of John F. Kennedy Stadium at a cost of $210 million, largely privately financed (though the city and state helped to pay for the local infrastructure). It is owned by Comcast Spectacor, which also owns the Flyers, and is operated by its arena-management subsidiary, Global Spectrum. Since opening, it has been known by a number of different names through naming righ ...
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2008 Chicago Rush Season
The Chicago Rush season was the eighth season for the franchise. The Rush finished the regular season 11–5, making the playoffs again as they have in every year of their existence. They won their second consecutive Central Division title, and entered the playoffs as the top seed in the American Conference. They were eliminated from the playoffs in the Divisional round by the Grand Rapids Rampage, 41–58. Standings Regular Season schedule Playoff schedule Coaching Final roster Stats Passing Receiving Regular season Week 1: vs. San Jose SaberCats Week 2: vs. Philadelphia Soul Week 3: at Grand Rapids Rampage Week 4: vs. Colorado Crush Week 5: vs. Arizona Rattlers Week 6: at Orlando Predators Week 7: at Kansas City Brigade Week 8: vs. Grand Rapids Rampage Week 9: at Colorado Crush Week 10: at Tampa Bay Storm Week 11 Bye Week Week 12: vs. Los Angeles Avengers Week 13: at Utah Blaze Week 14: vs. Kansas City Brigade Week 15: at Cleveland Gladiators Week 16: ...
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Amalie Arena
Amalie Arena (officially stylized as AMALIE Arena) is a multipurpose arena in Tampa, Florida, that has been used for ice hockey, basketball, arena football, concerts, and other events. It is mainly used as the home for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League. The building opened in 1996 and was originally known as the Ice Palace. In August 2002, the building's naming rights were sold to the ''St. Petersburg Times'', which became the ''Tampa Bay Times'' in January 2012; accordingly, the arena was known as the St. Pete Times Forum (2002–2012) and Tampa Bay Times Forum (2012–2014). In September 2014, the arena was renamed Amalie Arena when the naming rights were transferred to Amalie Oil Company. History The venue, located in Downtown Tampa's Channelside District, was a secondary location chosen after the failure of Tampa Coliseum Inc. to secure funding to construct an arena on Tampa Sports Authority land near Tampa Stadium. The city of Tampa paid $86 million ...
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2008 Tampa Bay Storm Season
The Tampa Bay Storm season is the 22nd season for the American Arena Football League franchise, their 18th season in Tampa, Florida. The Storm were able to finish the season with an 8–8 record, but missed the playoffs due to losing a tiebreaker with the New Orleans VooDoo and New York Dragons, both teams finishing with the same record as the Storm. This was only the second time ever that the franchise had failed to make the playoffs, the first time being in 2006. Standings Regular season schedule Coaching Roster Stats Regular season Week 1: at Kansas City Brigade Week 2: vs. Georgia Force Week 3: at New Orleans VooDoo Week 4 Bye Week Week 5: at Philadelphia Soul Week 6: at Columbus Destroyers Week 7: vs. Arizona Rattlers Week 8: vs. New York Dragons Week 9: at Orlando Predators Week 10: vs. Chicago Rush Week 11: vs. New Orleans VooDoo Week 12: at Grand Rapids Rampage Week 13: vs. Cleveland Gladiators Week 14: at Georgia Force Week 15: vs. Or ...
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Ball Arena
Ball Arena (formerly known as Pepsi Center) is a multi-purpose List of indoor arenas, indoor arena located in Denver, Colorado. It is situated at Speer Boulevard, a main thoroughfare in downtown Denver, and is served by two nearby exits off Interstate 25. Pepsi Center / Elitch Gardens (RTD), A light rail station is on the western side of the complex. Opened in 1999, it is the home arena of the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA), the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL), and the Colorado Mammoth of the National Lacrosse League (NLL). History The arena replaced McNichols Sports Arena as the home of the Avalanche and Nuggets. Groundbreaking for the arena was held on November 20, 1997, on the site. Its completion in October 1999 was marked by a Celine Dion concert. Also included in the complex are a basketball practice facility used by the Nuggets, and the Breckenridge Brewery Mountain House', a restaurant accessible from within and outs ...
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2008 Orlando Predators Season
The 2008 Orlando Predators season was the 18th season for the franchise. Finishing the regular season with a 9–7 record, the Predators made the playoffs for the 17th consecutive year. In this season, they made the playoffs as the 5th seed in the National Conference. The Predators were eliminated in the Wild Card round of the playoffs, losing to the Cleveland Gladiators, 66–69. Standings Regular season schedule Playoff schedule Coaching Roster Stats Regular season Week 1: at Philadelphia Soul Week 2: at New Orleans VooDoo Week 3: vs. Utah Blaze Week 4: vs. Georgia Force Week 5: at Columbus Destroyers Week 6: vs. Chicago Rush Week 7: at Grand Rapids Rampage Week 8: at Georgia Force Week 9: vs. Tampa Bay Storm Week 10: vs. San Jose SaberCats Week 11: at Cleveland Gladiators Week 12: at Kansas City Brigade Week 13: vs. Dallas Desperados Week 14: vs. Arizona Rattlers Week 15: at Tampa Bay Storm Week 16: vs. New Orleans VooDoo Playoffs National Conference W ...
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2008 Philadelphia Soul Season
The 2008 Philadelphia Soul season was the fifth season for the franchise. The Soul started the season by winning their first nine games. Finishing the regular season with a 13–3 record, this was the Soul's best regular season to that point in their then-short history. They won their first Eastern Division title, and went into the playoffs as the top seed in the National Conference. Against the New York Dragons, the Soul won their Divisional round game by a score of 49–48 to advance to the National Conference Championship. They won that game on July 12, 2008, against the Cleveland Gladiators, 70–35. They won ArenaBowl XXII in New Orleans on July 27, 2008, against the defending champion San Jose SaberCats. Standings Regular season schedule Playoff schedule Coaching Roster Stats Regular season Week 1: vs. Orlando Predators Week 2: at Chicago Rush Week 3: vs. New York Dragons Week 4: at Los Angeles Avengers Week 5: vs. Tampa Bay Storm Week 6: vs. Utah Bl ...
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Nassau Coliseum
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (or simply the Nassau Coliseum) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Uniondale, New York, east of New York City. The Long Island venue is approximately east of the eastern limits of the New York City Borough of Queens, and is also next to the Meadowbrook Parkway. Opened in 1972, the Coliseum occupies of Mitchel Field, a former Army airfield, later an Air Force base. The facility is in the Town of Hempstead, within the Uniondale 11553 ZIP code. The Coliseum is used for sporting events, concerts, large exhibitions and shows as well as trade shows— at the main arena, 60,000 at the Expo Center. In 2015, the arena was closed for a major renovation which was completed in April 2017. The New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL) played at the Coliseum from 1972 to 2015 before moving to Barclays Center in Brooklyn. After the move was commercially unsuccessful, the team split its home schedule between Barclays and the renovated Coliseum ...
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