CLEVELAND One rough series and Chris Dieker got the hook.
Shane Austin was more than ready, leading the Cleveland Gladiators to a 54-47 victory over the visiting Iowa Barnstormers. Coach said all week for both of us to just stay ready and stay prepared, Austin said. Every game, whether I m the backup or the starter, I always prepare myself mentally as a starter.
Austin finished 19-of-27 for 259 yards and six touchdowns. Chris is struggling a bit, and we ve started off slow every game almost, coach Steve Thonn said. We really wanted to get a quick start so it s really not so much against Chris. It s just that Shane is good.
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She may not have taken part in the panned and totally tone-deaf mid-pandemic star-studded cover of John Lennon s “Imagine” (thank god), but MacKenzie Scott a billionaire philanthropist, novelist, and the 18th wealthiest person in the world is making real change by moving quickly to fulfill a generous donation pledge she made last year after her divorce from Amazon CEO and overlord Jeff Bezos.
On Tuesday, Scott published an essay on Medium titled “384 Ways to Help” in which she detailed her reliance on the words of Emily Dickenson during the pandemic, as well as her thought process behind her massive “no strings attached” non-profit grant blitz.
What s that mean? You ve seen how he guards that lot, right?
Yeah? Well, just like him, we don t let nobody come right in the Q and play around, Jackson said.
All season long, the Cleveland Gladiators have rode their boom-or-bust defense. At times, they ve left wideouts wide open. They ve pressed one side only to leave the other wide open. The junkyard appears barren.
Then, the dog pounces.
They hit hard, jump routes, jostle the line of scrimmage, take their share of blown coverages and keep on chugging.
On Friday night, their opportunistic defense again came up with a pivotal late turnover and Cleveland rode that to a 48-41 win over the red-hot Tampa Bay Storm - and a 13-1 record.