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Coaches are hired to be fired. Rare is the circumstance in which a coach is hired to play out rest of his career and to be the lone coach for decades at a time for the franchise which hired him in the first place. Les Moss was an institution in North Florida. Up until Monday, he was the only coach the Jacksonville Sharks ever knew.

The Washington Valor (1-3) fought hard, this time at home against the Tampa Bay Storm (4-1) inside of Verizon Center. Washington's new look offense provided the drive to almost cruise into victory Saturday night in front of 8,420 fans. The Storm rolled out with a win, 41-33.

TAMPA -- Ten knockdowns. Four sacks. Two fumbles. One interception. One safety. And that was only how the first half went for Jason Boltus. The Tampa Bay Storm were reduced to a mere drizzle on Friday night, as they were taken down by the San Jose SaberCats 36-27.

With a lot of new faces on the roster of the Iowa Barnstormers in the Arena Football League, fans of the 'stormers have been wondering what their background is.

STOCKTON -- The San Jose SaberCats are on the verge of league history, as they can complete professional football's first 20-win season and capture their fourth ArenaBowl championship in the process. The big part of the reason they did so well this year is because of their defense, one which had the second most sacks in league history. Francis Maka and Jason Stewart might be the best one-two punch this league has ever seen at mack linebacker and defensive tackle, and they are going to be th...

Burt Reynolds and Adam Sandler had their versions of The Longest Yard. Each week in the Arena Football League, the head coaches have their own editions of The Longest Minute.

After a heartbreaking, last second defeat against rival Orlando last week, the stage was set on Friday night for the Tampa Bay Storm to show up flat against a very talented Philadelphia Soul team.

The road teams came out victories three out of the four playoff games and two 6-10 advanced to the round of eight. One quarterback tossed the second most yards in playoff history while another tied the touchdown pass mark. These and much, much more will be discussed in the Wild Card edition of

PHILADELPHIA - Despite having won all 10 of their first home games in 2015, the Philadelphia Soul failed to pull out the final game at the Wells Fargo Center, falling to the Jacksonville Sharks 61-56 in the American Conference Championship Game.

The last time the Colorado Crush faced the Chicago Rush, two turnovers and two blocked field goals turned a close game into a rout.