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Friday night the Milwaukee Mustangs (4-11) put up an extraordinary effort against the American Conference East Division first place team the Cleveland Gladiators (9-6). There were twelve lead changes in this exciting battle that ended with the Gladiators on top 62-58.

ArenaFan Magazine has been purchased from Wade Kotar by a group of Internet Arena Football League fans from the Arena Email Mailing List. The online-only web site officially launches Monday, April 27, 1998.

With San Jose, Philadelphia, Arizona, and Orlando winning while Cleveland and Jacksonville lost to higher ranked teams, the Week 4 ArenaFan Power Ranking remains the same as the previous week from No.1 to No.8. Tampa Bay moved up two spots to take the No.9 spot with a victory over New Orleans, who falls from No.10 to No.11, in which they held the VooDoo to just 13 points.

The city of Albany welcomed Arena Football back to the Times Union Center this past Saturday when the newly-minted Empire hosted the Philadelphia Soul. The defending ArenaBowl champions began their quest for a third straight Arena Bowl title with a convincing 56-35 victory over the Empire.

The Cleveland Gladiators are officially on strike for tonight's game against the Pittsburgh Power, and the end result was the first forfeit in AFL history.

The Tampa Bay Storm celebrated 25 years of Arena Football Friday night as it played host to the rival Orlando Predators in the AFL's 3,000th game. Unfortunately for the Storm, the only history on display Friday night was that of the 2015 season. The Storm picked up right where they left off, by losing ugly to the Predators.

ATLANTIC CITY - Boardwalk Hall has finally seen football again. For the first time since 2004, indoor football has returned to the historic arena with the Philadelphia Soul taking down the Las Vegas Outlaws 51-43. The inaugural Boardwalk Bowl was a huge success for the Philadelphia Soul, and the Arena Football League as a whole.

The 2011 Chicago Rush set a new team record by going 13-5 last season and fell one game, some could say one play, short of reaching the ArenaBowl. As we come up on the 2012 season, some things have changed in the front office for the AFL team out of Chicago. The team is now owned by the league and Gene Nudo has resigned as President and General Manager and is no longer involved with the organization.

The Spokane Shock resumed their winning ways against highly-ranked teams, surviving injuries to quarterbacks Bill Stull and Kyle Rowley to bring down the Dallas Vigilantes, 71-49.

ArenaBowl XXIV is officially set! The National Conference champs, the Arizona Rattlers will take on the Jacksonville Sharks, the American Conference champions on Friday night at 8:30 ET. The ArenaBowl will be played at the US Airways Center in Phoenix, AZ.