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He is, without a doubt, the most famous and recognizable player ever to come out of the AFL. If the AF1 is smart, they will do whatever it takes to try and get Warner back into the fold in some capacity.

It isn't all that often that we see a head coach in any league get fired after just one game, but on Friday, it was announced by Pittsburgh's TribLIVE.com that the Pittsburgh Power have hired Ron James to be their third head coach in franchise history.

Two very familiar rivals meet Saturday in the desert in the first round of the Arena Football League playoffs. The Spokane Shock invade the Snake Pit to attempt to dethrone the three-time defending ArenaBowl champs, the Arizona Rattlers.

CLEVELAND - The Arizona Rattlers are once again champions. There was never a doubt that they were the superior team against the Cleveland Gladiators in the biggest romp in ArenaBowl history. However, the 72-32 victory proved that Nick Davila really is as special as it gets in this league. This one though, was perhaps a little more special for him.

It may not have looked pretty, but the Kansas City Command won their second game of the season against the Chicago Rush with a final score 58-51. The Command showed up, ready to play this game, and ready to put last week's loss behind them.

Thanks to a loss by Chicago last Sunday, the San Jose SaberCats clinched their first playoff berth since losing in ArenaBowl XXII in 2008 and this Saturday will conclude their regular season against Iowa. San Jose has a bye in Week 20 and gets a week off before the playoffs begin.

On Saturday, the Arizona Rattlers became the first team since the Tampa Bay Storm in ArenaBowls IX and X to win back to back Arena Football League championships as they defeated the Philadelphia Soul 48-39 in ArenaBowl XXVI in Orlando.

For the first time in three years, the Spokane Shock will enter training camp without knowing who will start at quarterback.

Khreem Smith strikes terror in opposing quarterbacks, bursting through offensive lines like an Alien bursting through a sternum. The veteran lineman shares not only knowledge learned from an extensive career full of championships in the af2 (Memphis Xplorers, 2005), AFL (Chicago Rush, 2006) and CIFL (Chicago Slaughter, 2009) and time in the NFL, but he shares his own brand of humor with teammates.

The 7-3 San Jose SaberCats will be taking on the 3-7 Pittsburgh Power this week on their own turf after a nasty 75-45 week 11 defeat in Spokane where their five game winning streak was snapped. In this division loss, quarterback Russ Michna was knocked out of the game after the first half and the defense gave up more than 40-points for the first time since Michna joined the roster in week five.