I guess I’m still moved about that ‘’Football does not end in February, it’s only beginning'’ stuff on ESPN.

Yep, AFL Football is starting to create a buzz especially after that AFL commercial made its debut on ESPN. It’s not the same as NFL Football but it will definitely be a nice substitute as we wait for the new NFL season in September.

So, what’s this AFL thing? Well, for starters, an AFL Football field is almost as big as an NHL Hockey skating rink, is 50 yards long and has all these walls surrounding it. Oh yeah, kickers have a tougher time kicking the football in the AFL too.

The NFL goalposts are 18 ½ feet wide in case you didn’t know. As for AFL Football, kickers are expected to kick a football ‘’between the uprights'’ that are only nine feet apart. Now that’s accurate kicking for ya’.

Unlike the NFL, a winning football team CAN’T RUN THE CLOCK in offense with kneel downs. The AFL has this rule that says the game clock won’t stop if the offensive team has the lead and fails to advance the football past the line of scrimmage during the FINAL MINUTE OF THE FOURTH QUARTER. So I guess we’ll probably see a bunch of QB sneaks in a close game eh?

Oh yeah, speaking of clock management in the AFL, the clock stops for…

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Yep, Las Vegas actually has something other than gambling.

Las Vegas, the very place dubbed ‘’sin city,'’ has the Gladiators to root for as the brand new AFL Football kicks off.

But wait, if Las Vegas locals begin to bet on their Gladiators in the Arena Football League games this year, (which they WILL sooner or later…) it wouldn’t be any different to all them slots and baccarat tables in Vegas now is it? Oh well, Vegas will always be Vegas I guess.

And yeah, the Las Vegas Gladiators are preparing for the coming AFL Football war on their mid-sized battlefield indoors. And by the looks of things, a king could very well be leading the Las Vegas kingdom towards gridiron glory.

Shaun King, the 6′1′’, 215-pound quarterback from Tulane, will be playing his very first AFL Football season after leaving the NFL. He’s adapting quickly to the style of play in the AFL but was forced to watch for the first couple days of practice due to an ankle sprain on the first day of camp. King has played in the NFL for the Indianapolis Colts, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Arizona Cardinals.

‘’Shaun has started to understand the speed and reads of the game. His early ankle sprain has slowed down his progression,'’ said Las Vegas Gladiators head coach Danton Barto. ‘’But I am excited to see his progression.'’

However, as exciting as King’s…

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Yep, there’s no reason why we should stop talking about football.

Remember John Elway? Yep, he was that great Denver Broncos quarterback who just kept on leading his team back in what should’ve been lost football games. Yep, he was that NFL Football icon who walked out of the game as a Super Bowl champion, TWICE. And yeah, he’s that guy Jake Plummer tried to replace, and if you really want to know, Plummer failed miserably.

THIS TIME, it seems John Elway is making yet another comeback. He won’t be in his familiar Broncos No.7 though but in a suit as he will begin an era in the Arena Football League (AFL) as chairman of the league’s prestigious Executive Committee.

Expect John Elway to make a comeback in ESPN’s sports headlines, provided that the AFL does good this year. Well, with ESPN finally covering AFL Football games, it’s a possibility.

Colorado Crush co-owner John Elway was elected chairman of the AFL Executive Committee by the members of that committee at the AFL Board Meetings in Miami. The said committee works closely with AFL Football commissioner David Baker on all pertinent league matters and generally votes on all issues before they are presented to the Board of Directors.

Owner of the Los Angeles Avengers…

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Too bad the Chicago Bears couldn’t do the same.

Merely weeks after Chicago Bears quarterback Rex Grossman blew his team’s chances of reliving his franchise’s Super Bowl glory back in 1985, Chicago’s ‘’other'’ football team, the Chicago Rush, is already getting ready for a repeat of their Arena Bowl win last season.

Yep, for all ya’ll who didn’t know, the Chicago Rush won Arena Bowl XX, the 20th edition of Arena Bowl, the AFL’s answer to the NFL’s annual spectacle, the Super Bowl.

The Chicago Rush already closed the books on their 2006 AFL Football championship season when they held a private championship ring ceremony earlier this month. Now, they are ready to start the next chapter, going for a second straight title to become the first AFL team to repeat as champs in more than a decade.

‘’We had a good mini-camp last week and a great ceremony to hand out the 2006 championship rings,'’ said Chicago Rush head coach Mike Hohensee. ‘’Now it is time to put on the pads and get back to business. I am excited to get things underway because…'’

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Even though Impaler took his first Oddjack pick and pooped himself, we’ll forgive him. Just like New York Yankees’ owner George Steinbrenner, we’re all about giving people a second chance to make good. And let’s hope Impaler goes all Daryl Strawberry on us this evening. After the jump, Impaler pulls out his Canadian mittens once again and breaksdown tonight’s game between the Montreal Alouettes and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. “>Winnipeg Blue Bombers(1-3 ATS, 0-4 SU) JUST BECAUSE THEY’RE ALOUETTES, DOESN’T MEAN THEY’RE FAIRIES

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