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The Arena Football League is known for its scoring, and on Saturday night, the league hit another big scoring milestone. Quentin Sims was the history-making man, as he scored a touchdown in the corner of the end zone for the Cleveland Gladiators in the 3rd quarter against the Orlando Predators.

The Iowa Barnstormers went into their home opener against the Spokane Shock on Friday with a 2-0 record. Spokane came into Des Moines with a similar record. After heating things up against the Rush and the VooDoo the two previous weeks, the Barnstormers held an early deficit and gave a flat performance that kept them trailing the Shock the entire game.

The Georgia Force will be on the road to take their next step on the way to ArenaBowl XXV when they square off with the defending Arena Football League champion Jacksonville Sharks on Saturday, July 28th in the opening round of the playoffs.

Arena Football League fans who are knowledgeable of the game know that this league is a heck of a lot better off when both the Tampa Bay Storm and the Orlando Predators are both good. The truth of the matter? The last time that both of these teams were good at the same time was 2010, but even then, those teams were seeded third and fourth in the playoffs that season, and the Preds only just squeaked into the playoffs at 8-8.

The Washington Valor (1-5) host the Cleveland Gladiators (1-6) inside of Verizon Center at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 3rd. The game will broadcast live on CBS Sports Network. The Valor will look to snap their losing streak before hitting the road.

The XFL's heavyweights - the Houston Roughnecks and the DC Defenders - face off in a first-ever meeting, first-ever Monday night game for the league.

Spring is here and that means so is Arena Football. If you haven't heard by now D.C. has a new team. If you're a Washington Redskins fan, that means you can finally get your football fix before September. In their inaugural season, the Washington Valor hit the field this Friday April 7th against another new expansion team, the Baltimore Brigade.

The Spokane Shock of the Arena Football League continue to benefit from the outstanding season quarterback Erik Meyer is putting together. The La Mirada, California native had another big day in Week 5, leading the Shock (4-0) to a 66-49 victory over the visiting Arizona Rattlers (3-1) in a battle for first place in the West Division of the National Conference.

The Philadelphia Soul traveled across the country to Deaf Valley to play in what was rated by players the toughest place to play in the AFL and shut down a banged up Shock team, winning 54-43.

As Columbus fans, we did not know what to expect going into week two. Week one was a little shaky, so we could only hope things got better. Things did drastically improve as the team put up one heck of a fight in Atlantic City, but ended up on the short end, 42 to 35.