In the past 36 hours XFLboard.com has received slightly over 6,000 votes for XFL Players of the Week. The votes have been tabulated and here are the results: XFL Offensive Player of the Week John Avery Running Back Chicago Enforcers 30% of Fan Vote John Avery had 157 rushing yards and two touchdowns but still … Read more
By Sonny Sanders – XFLBoard.com Bolts Team Reporter Birmingham – (6 February 2001) — I have to admit that in the beginning I was a skeptic. I was wary of the XFL. I was fully aware of the WWF and the fact that it is a predetermined event. It’s fake. I was not sure if … 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
5 February 2001 – UPN’s first game of “XFL Football”, featuring the Los Angeles Xtreme and the San Francisco Demons, premiered with a solid 4.2 rating, 8 share in the metered markets on Sunday afternoon, 4:00pm EST, ranking UPN third in the time period among all network affiliate groups. In the Demons’ home town of … Read more
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