Month: February 2001
Three Interceptions, Two Touchdowns, One Win
By NStarz Ha – Demons Team Reporter San Francisco – The Bay Area – (19 February 2001) — The Demons came from behind with a rally in the second half to improve their record to 2-1. With that record, they are tied for 1st place in the West, thanks to the Xtreme win over the Outlaws. … Read more
Bolt’s Attendance Stunted by NASCAR and Nature
By Sonny Sanders – Bolts Team Reporter Birmingham – (19 February 2001)— Don’t judge the size of the crowd for the Bolts – Enforcers game to harshly. The fact that a severe storm hit the area on Friday surely played a huge factor in the Bolts attendance of 17,582. The storm caused a great deal … Read more
XFL Week 3: Road Rage hits Hitmen
Rage 18, HITMEN 12 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The XFL team from Florida heated up in the cold of Giants Stadium to remain unbeaten. The Orlando Rage rallied to beat the New York-New Jersey Hitmen 18-12 Sunday night, leaving the Rage at 3-0 and the Hitmen winless in as many games in the new league. … Read more
XFL Week 3: Bolts stop Enforcers
BOLTS 14, Enforcers 3 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Duane Butler scored on a 98-yard interception return with less than two minutes to play as the Birmingham Bolts beat the Chicago Enforcers 14-3 in the XFL on Sunday. “I saw the pass and just broke on the ball and was able to grab it and there wasn’t … Read more
The Enforcers Last Chance Before Coming Home
By QumarChicago – Enforcers Team Reporter Chicago – (18 February 2001) — This Sunday, the Enforcers play their last game of a 3-game road trip, against the 1-1 Birmingham Bolts. The Enforcers, who are 0-2 coming into Sunday’s game, have lost those 2 games by 7 points or less. The Enforcers have a great offense, but … Read more
Jose Cortez Pans Gold-and-Black in Nevada
By David Curtis, Xtreme team reporter Los Angeles – (18 February 2001) — For the third consecutive game, the Las Vegas Outlaws held their opponent without a touchdown. Only this time it didn’t matter. Instead, Xtreme placekicker Jose Cortez struck it rich with four field goals that resulted in a last-second win. Cortez found what he … Read more
Dadgummit – We done lost one!
By the GrandonGang – Outlaws Team Reporter Las Vegas – (18 February 2001) — Las Vegas Outlaws Head Coach Jim Criner, before the Los Angeles/Las Vegas match, urged his players to win the “dadgum game”. When the final gun went off, dadgummit if Las Vegas hadn’t lost its first XFL game. Coach Criner, in his postgame … Read more
XFL Week 3: Pawlawski’s passes devilishly good
Demons 13, Maniax 6 MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Mike Pawlawski threw two second-half touchdown passes to Terry Battle as the San Francisco Demons beat the Memphis Maniax 13-6 in the XFL on Saturday night. Pawlawski, the league’s leading passer, connected with Battle on passes of 9 and 24 yards as San Francisco (2-1) overcame a 6-0 … Read more
XFL Week 3: Cortez kick brings victory
Xtreme 12, Outlaws 9 LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jose Cortez kicked a 48-yard field goal as time expired to give the Los Angeles Xtreme a 12-9 victory over the Las Vegas Outlaws in the XFL on Saturday night. Cortez also connected from 45, 44 and 36 yards to help Los Angeles (2-1) win for the second … Read more
Demons Need to Win
By NStarz Ha – Demons Team Reporter San Francisco – The Bay Area – (17 February 2001) — Sadly, NBC will not broadcast the Demons game against the Memphis Maniax. So I be listening to the game via radio again. QB Mike Pawlawski is leading the league in both passing yards (577) and accuracy (67.7%). But … Read more
The Bolts Face a Challenge
By Sonny Sanders – Bolts Team Reporter Birmingham – (16 February 2001) — After two games Birmingham faces it’s toughest challenge to date. I’m not talking about the 0-2 Chicago Enforcers. The Bolts will certainly have their hands full with the Enforcers and Avery. But as hard as it will be to beat the Enforcers … Read more