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The Washington Valor (3-11) walked out with a W Friday night against the Baltimore Brigade (4-10) inside of Royal Farms Arena in front of 6,089 fans. Their 41-35 win led the Valor to a 3-1 season series win over the Brigade. Baltimore will head to Philly for a playoff game next weekend.

Cleveland has made winning look hard of late, whether it was having to come back late against Philadelphia or trailing all evening in Pittsburgh. It doesn't have to be.

The city of Grand Rapids, Michigan had an Arena Football League franchise for 11 season, from 1998-2008. On Tuesday night, October 28, 2014, the Rampage was honored with an induction into the Grand Rapids Sports Hall of Fame.

What a difference a year makes. With a thrilling 62-55 win over the Baltimore Brigade on Sunday afternoon, the Tampa Bay Storm is 3-1 and on a three-game winning streak for the first time since 2014. The Storm was 0-4 at this time last season and has already surpassed their entire win total from a year ago. Which was two, I begrudgingly remind you.

If the Arizona Rattlers are to continue their playoff mastery of the rival San Jose SaberCats and take down one of the greatest defenses in Arena Football League history, something has got to change. And it has to change quickly.

After three consecutive losses, the Grand Rapids Rampage got back in the win column with a 72-38 victory Friday night (April 25) over the Kansas City Brigade. A crowd of 8,102 was on hand to see the Rampage outscore the Brigade by 34 points and improve their record to 3-5 on the season.

0:00 4Q: The Rattlers wound down the clock and won ArenaBowl XXV over the Soul 72-54 to win their third championship in franchise history.

After a whirlwind final weekend of the AFL season, the playoff matchups have been set. The Spokane Shock, who were still gunning for the #1 seed, settled for the #3 seed and a home playoff game against the Chicago Rush. Their only matchup of 2013 was in late March, during Week 2. Spokane went into Chicago on Easter Sunday and dominated the Rush 76-61.

Defense. It is the very reason coach Mike Wilpolt was brought into Cleveland. It is what had been missing for most of the Gladiators season. On Saturday night, they found their defensive stride defeating the Chicago Rush 65-44.

Most of the attention this offseason for the Chicago Rush, and deservedly so, has gone toward their ownership debacle. Going from getting a new owner with only months to go prior to the season, the owner getting terminated from the league due to not securing sponsorships or a lease with the Allstate Arena, being taken back over by the league, and then getting another new owner with just five weeks to go before the 2013 season definitely warrants the attention of both the fans and the rest of the...