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ORLANDO -- There are four teams that are going to be playing on Sunday, and all four of them want to reach the ArenaBowl more than anything else. However, if there is one player that has more on the line than any other, it is Bernard Morris. Morris is back at the penultimate game leading into the ArenaBowl for the third straight season, but this time, he is going to be leading the Orlando Predators into battle against the Cleveland Gladiators.

This is the first ArenaFan AFL Power Ranking for the 2015 season. The offseason has seen much activity across the league that included teams leaving and one joining as well as major roster activity that saw teams completely rebuild for the coming season. Jacksonville has made the biggest jump in the ranking from where they finished 2014 while Cleveland takes the biggest drop.

Arena football is supposed to be a game that is fun for the entire family. With some tickets costing just less than a movie ticket, many owners are trying to find new ways to keep their current customers and inspire others to stick around, even if its their first game.

Since the Arena Football League returned from a one year hiatus in 2010 in order to restructure, it has been saddled with many hurdles and obstacles to overcome.

Both times the Philadelphia Soul and Washington Valor have met this season the game has come down to the final play, with the Valor once again winning this week 48-41.

Just days after the team's 63-48 loss to the Jacksonville Sharks, the Orlando Predators parted ways with Head Coach Pat O'Hara. The announcement was made by the Preds on Monday night.

In one of the least -- ahem -- shocking... developments of the 2015 AFL season, the Spokane Shock are very likely to become the second team in as many seasons to leave our 50-yard indoor war for Indoor Football League.

San Jose SaberCats fullback Johnie Kirton passed away yesterday (Monday, May 28). Details of his passing were not disclosed. His death comes two days after he scored the game-winning touchdown in the SaberCats' 84-77 overtime win over the Chicago Rush.

Anyone who has followed my writing over the years knows how much of a fan I am of clock management. I harped on Jay Gruden about it seemingly each and every week when he was coaching the Orlando Predators, and I have written articles about how to manage the clock in the past. On Friday night though, my ire is with Steve Thonn of the Cleveland Gladiators, who watched his team get demolished 69-48 at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in front of 8,686 fans.

ORLANDO - Orlando Predators' head coach Rob Keefe has been arrested. On Sunday afternoon, Keefe was booked into the Orange County jail on domestic violence battery charges.