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
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
Comments about Upcoming Game and Win over Hitmen By Bamaslammer – Bolts Team Reporter Birmingham – (14 February 2001) — The big question in week three of XFL action is, Can Casey Weldon withstand the pounding much longer? Anyone who has watched the bolts is aware that starting Quarterback Casey Weldon is a one-man highlight reel … Read more
Bolts 19, HITMEN 12 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Winter hit the XFL, and the weather beat up the new league and its fans. Freezing temperatures and 22 mph wind that made it feel like 6 degrees — and that was at the start of the game — sent most of the 36,458 fans at the … Read more
By Bamaslammer – Bolts Team Reporter Birmingham – (8 February 2001) — The Bolts and Hitmen have both been down on the mat early in the XFL season. The Hitmen spent the first half of Saturday’s game getting pummeled by the Las Vegas squad and only fought to a draw in the second half. The … Read more
By Sonny Sanders – XFLBoard.com Brimingham – (7 February 2001) — Bolt’s press conference Bolt’s head coach Gerry DiNardo had he’s weekly press conference Tuesday. When asked about the NY/NJ Hitmen and their style of football he said “They are a lot like Memphis in that they run a two back offense. They are big and … Read more
Bamaslammer – XFLBoard.com Bolts Team Reporter Birmingham (5 February 2001) –Popular sports radio jock Paul Finebaum had predicted 15 or 20 thousand people would be at the game. He even suggested he would skip it all together. Paul was wrong on both counts as the Birmingham ThunderBolts opened the season Sunday against the Memphis Maniacs. … Read more
Sonny Sanders – XFLBoard.com Bolts Team Reporter Birmingham (5 February 2001) — In their XFL debut the Birmingham Thunderbolts failed to succeed on the field but in the stands they surpassed all expectations. On an absolutely beautiful day the Bolts faced off against the Memphis Maniax. It was all that it was promised and more. The … Read more
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The football might not be scripted in the XFL, but that doesn’t mean the made-for-TV league doesn’t follow a formula. There was football for the sports fan and scantily clad cheerleaders for the workaday guy Sunday as the Memphis Maniax beat the Birmingham Bolts 22-20 in the opening game for both teams. … Read more
By Bamaslammer – XFLBoard.com Birmingham – (31 January 2001) — When I was a kid my older sister took me to see BattleStar Galactica at the movie theater. BattleStar Galactica was a TV show and the movie was nothing more than the original episode that started it all. Why would anyone go to a movie theater … Read more
By Sonny Sanders – XFLBoard.com Birmingham – (30 January 2001) — There are only a few days left before the XFL season kicks off in Birmingham. Underneath all of the college recruiting talk lies anticipation in football fans. College football has been over for a month and the NFL (No Fun League) has once again displayed … Read more
News Courtesy of the Birmingham Thunderbolts ORLANDO – (24 January 2001) – Coach Gerry DiNardo was pleased with the effort, if not totally pleased by the results as the Birmingham Thunderbolts closed training camp by scrimmaging the Chicago Enforcers Wednesday at Showalter Field. The joint session with Chicago was the last practice for the Bolts before … Read more