By The GrandonGang – Las Vegas Team Reporter Las Vegas – (5 February 2001) — What a club the Las Vegas Outlaws are. What heart. So many players more than just diamonds in the rough. And now they can use a spade to bury the once highly touted, now heavily routed NY/NJ Hitmen. No cherries on … Read more
NStarz Ha – Demons Team Reporter San Francisco – (5 February 2001) — With the clock ticking down the final seconds of the game, and the were Demons down by a single point in their franchise opener at Pac Bell Park. It’s the final down, and the Demons need a score, a TD, a FG anything! … 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
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Mike Panasuk kicked a 33-yard field goal with no time left to give the San Francisco Demons a 15-13 victory over the Los Angeles Xtreme as the XFL made its Bay Area debut in front of a sellout crowd on Sunday. Mike Pawlawski was 31-of-47 for 289 yards and threw two touchdowns … Read more
By David “D.C.” Coughlin – XFLBoard.com Orlando – (4 February 2001) — A crowd of 35,603 football-crazed Orlando Rage fans packed the Citrus Bowl to witness their Orlando Rage’s first ever game, an exciting 33-29 win over the visiting Chicago Enforcers. Not since the World League has there been a professional football franchise claiming Orlando … Read more
By Axman – Maniax Team Reporter Memphis — (3 February 2001) — The time has finally come. It is the start of the XFL season, which means the Maniax, have escaped from the asylum. The hype will be all over come Sunday night and the war will have begun. With what appears to be the best … Read more
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Orlando’s Hassan Shamsid-Deen was knocked out before the game even started as the XFL quickly proved it is far removed from any football league seen before. The XFL got off to a ragged, yet successful start Saturday night, as the Rage beat Chicago 33-29 before a crowd of 35,603. It looked like … Read more
LAS VEGAS (AP) –– Moments before the XFL’s first red-and-black football was kicked into the desert night, Vince McMahon stood alone at the 50-yard line of Sam Boyd Stadium. Deafening cheers poured down from the packed stands. “We welcome you to our game!” McMahon shouted. “Thank you for the privilege of competing before you tonight!” … Read more
By QumarChicago – XFLBoard.com Enforcers Team Reporter Chicago – (3 February 2001) — As the XFL begins, so does a new era in football. The XFL will provide some new entertainment on a boring Saturday night primetime schedule. On NBC, tomorrow, Saturday, February 3, 2001, the XFL will begin. And as the saying goes, “Hell … Read more
News Courtesy of the San Francisco Demons CONCORD, Calif. (February 3, 2001) – Calvin Schexnayder, one of the Arena Football League’s most productive all-time pass receivers, was re-activated by the San Francisco Demons Friday and and will join three other wideouts on the roster when San Francisco opens the first-ever XFL season Sunday at Pacific Bell … Read more
By David Curtis – XFLBoard.com Los Angeles – (2 February 2001) — Season openers call for more than the usual guesswork when game planning, and this is of course particularly true in a new league. Teams haven’t yet established their own identities, so determining a competitor’s can be a problem. Still, certain personnel decisions provide obvious … Read more
By David “D.C.” Coughlin – XFLBoard.com Orlando – (2 February 2001) — The No Fun League is a Pro Bowl away from finality, and Vince McMahon’s XFL is about to receive center stage. On February 3, 2001, the XFL will begin its first season, with the Orlando Rage and the Chicago Enforcers being one of … Read more