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Team tackles New York City
Football fans enter new arena
The Associated Press
That will not make or break a league in which most teams have been prosperous in the '90s. The New York CityHawks and New Jersey Red Dogs are not expected to be the marque franchises of the 14-team league, which begins May 1.
After a decade of growth on the outskirts of America's sporting consciousness, arena football has arrived in the Big Apple.
Still, the Arena Football League decided this was the time to bring the sport to the nation's media center and perhaps receive the national attention it rarely gets.
League officials know the product works in Des Moines, Iowa, and Albany, N.Y. But will it get any notice in New York City?
"If people come out and see what it's all about, they'll love it," said Joe Morris, the former New York Giants star and one of the Red Dogs' owners. "People who say it is just a time filler have not seen the sport."
"Football is the most popular sport in New York," said Frank Murphy, vice president of sports for the Garden. "We looked around at the other leagues that are adjuncts of other sports. We found the quality of arena football is better."
For the first time since the Knicks were founded 50 years ago, Madison Square Garden has bought a pro franchise, the CityHawks.
The Arena Football League has had teams across the United States. The league has averaged more than 11,000 fans a game since 1991 and broke the 1-million mark last season.
The CityHawks are important to the Garden, providing programming for the MSG Network and keeping the building open in a normally down time. Murphy wants the team to become an important part of the area's entertainment landscape.
This is not the first foray into New York for arena football; the New York Knights folded in 1988 after a 2-10 season.
"There will be some skepticism that we have to overcome," he said. "But as we get closer to opening day, there will be more awareness."
... The nature of the game is intense.
It's truly a New York game."
History of Arena Football
1981: Jim Foster attends an indoor soccer game at Madison Square Garden and diagrams a miniature football field on the back of a manila envelope. It is the first conception of arena football.
1986: A test game is played at Rockford, Ill.
1987: A four-team league debuts in June, with members in Chicago, Pittsburgh, Washington, D.C., and Denver. Attendance averages 11,279, and Denver wins the first ArenaBowl at Pittsburgh.
1988: League expands to six members.
1990: U.S. Patent Office issues patent for the sport. Teams in Dallas and Albany, N.Y., join league, Chicago folds.
1991: Orlando, Fla., vs. Tampa Bay, Fla., draw a record 24,445 to
Suncoast Dome.
1992: With 12 teams, the league splits into three divisions. Orlando begins streak of 25 successive sellouts. Tampa averages more than 20,000 fans a night, and Detroit wins its fourth championship in five years.
1993: Orlando and Arizona sell-out entire house schedules.
1994: Membership increases to 11 teams.
1996: In its 10th season, arena football surpasses 1 million for season attendance for the first time.
1997: Expansion to New York, New Jersey and Nashville, Tenn. Out are Charlotte, N.C., Connecticut, Memphis, Tenn., Minneapolis and St. Louis. Portland, Ore., replaces Memphis.
Indoor sport's popularity grows
By Barry Wilner
The Associated Press
Quick quiz. Other than the NFL, what pro football league has survived the longest?
The American Football League? Close — it lasted 10 seasons before the NFL absorbed it in 1970.
The USFL? It got into its third year. The WFL made it into its second.
Try arena football, which begins its 11th season on May 1 with 14 teams, including two new franchises in the New York City area and one in Nashville, Tenn.
Arena football began in 1986 to gauge response to indoor football and has become the most successful of all the adjunct sports more popular than indoor soccer, lacrosse or roller hockey.
And it is still growing.
"We've kind of moved from being an emerging league to maturity and stability and continued growth," said David Baker, Arena Football League's commissioner. "We are moving from smaller entrepreneurs to investors and institutional sports people such as Madison Square Garden and Jerry Colangelo (owner of the Phoenix Suns and Arizona Diamondbacks).
For the uninitiated, the players play both offense and defense, except for a specialist on each side of the ball. There are eight men on the field at a time and 20 active players on the roster. One substitution is allowed per quarter, barring injury.
Goal posts are 9-feet wide, with the crossbars set at 15 feet (for the NFL, it's 18 1/2-foot wide and 10-feet high for the crossbars). While there are regular PATs and field goals, a drop-kick conversion is worth two points, and a drop-kick field goal is worth four. There is no punting, and balls kicked or passed off the netting at the back of the end zone can be caught as a live ball.
The field is 50 yards long, with 8 yard end zones. It is 85 feet wide, with just another 5 feet to the wall—and the crowd.
"Other than maybe golf, there is no sport that is as close to the fan at the game site and that gives you the feel of the play like this does," Baker said. "In our league, there is out of bounds; you get hit by the defense, the wall and maybe by the fans, who can reach into the field of play. The fans are part of the game."
Jim Drucker, league commissioner from 1994-96, sees advantages in expansion.
"We must continue to expand with good owners in big cities and do well in big cities," said Drucker, a founder of the Continental Basketball Association, who will be the owner of one of the 1998 Arena Football League expansion clubs. "Take a look where Arena is today in its 11th season; it's light years ahead of where the NBA or NHL or NFL were in their 11th year."
One of the true success stories is Arizona, where the Rattlers were born in 1992. In their first couple of years, they had to share America West Arena with World Team Tennis and indoor soccer. While those teams folded, the Rattlers thrived, selling out 23 of their 35 games thus far.
"We have a pretty solid base of 12,000 season ticket holders, and this year we had a renewal rate of 90 percent, so we don't expect any significant drop-off," says Gene Nudo, Rattler vice president of administration.
Nobody gets rich playing arena football. Each team has a $285,000 spending limit, a luxury tax that barely beats the NBA minimum for one player. But there are bonuses for victories, and the best players on the best teams can earn as much as $80,000.
Of course, the players are not nearly the caliber of those in the NFL.
ESPN has been televising arena football since 1987, and regional networks such as Prime, Sports-Channel and MSG have shown games. The league is negotiating to get a future ArenaBowl on network television.
Rodman returns
By Rick Gano
The Associated Press
DEERFIELD, III. — How effective will Dennis Rodman be in the playoffs after missing 13 games with a sprained knee? And will the self-promoting, cross-dressing forward behave himself?
"He brings a lot of energy to the game. Hopefully, he can corral that energy and use it in a very positive way," Michael Jordan said of Rodman's return to the Chicago Bulls.
"He can certainly hurt us if he doesn't," he said. "This is no time to be getting kicked out of games or getting suspended, and I'm pretty sure he's aware of that."
Rodman missed 27 games this season,14 because of three separate suspensions and the last 13 with a sprained medial collateral ligament in his left knee.
But with the physical play of the postseason, the Bulls need Rodman, beginning tomorrow against Washington.
The defending champions will face a tall Bullets front line feature 7-foot 7-Gheoregia Muresan. And if the Bulls win, Charlotte's Anthony
Rodman, like the other Bulls and coach Phil Jackson, wasn't talking after Tuesday's practice. Earlier, he told The Chicago Sun-Times he was OK physically and ready for the post-season.
Mason, New York's Charles Oakley and Miami's Alonzo Mourning all are possible opponents in the coming weeks.
"All this other stuff is well and good, bro," Rodman said. "But the playoffs are what real men live and die for. So I'm ready."
All those other teams have been saying we're old and we're broken and we can't win anymore," he said. "If another team can play harder than we can and take the championship from us, then that's life. But we're not going to give up the championship."
"He gives us an intensity and energy on the front line that we need in the playoffs and can't really get from anybody else," Jackson said.
Jackson, also in an earlier interview, said Rodman's presence was essential in the postseason.
Rodman and Toni Kukoc, who missed 22 of the final 26 games with a foot injury, returned to practice Tuesday.
HOROSCOPES
Aries (March 21-April 19) - Today is a 4.
Don't ditch work. Stop by the delon on
the wath way. A good fantasy is almost as
good as being there, and it may have to do
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Taurus (April 20-May 20) - Today is a for.
The argument that has been going on
for the last few days is about to come to a
close. You can go couch shopping tonight.
Gemini (May 21-June 21) - Today is a 5.
You have been struggling with a problem that appeared to have no solution. In the meantime, do the best you can with what you have.
Cancer (June 22-July 22) Today is a 7.
People are in a decisive mood. If you give them an option that will work, they will go for it. This is a tricky job. Talk them into doing whatever will be good for them.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) - Today is a 6.
Get the matter settled once and for all so you can move to other things. Meanwhile, be respectful to an older women who wants to boss you around. You can't be nagged to death, though it may seem like it sometimes.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sep. 27)-Today is a 7.
Warring factions have been working out a peace treaty, and you have been involved.
They are about to make an agreement. Let somebody take you to dinner.
Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21) - Today is a 7.
There are several important decisions to be made, and now is the time to make them. If you put it off any longer, you could miss a good opportunity.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)-Today is a 4. You are close to reaching your destination. Figure out what needs to be done and how you are going to do it. This little exercise will help you achieve perfection.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) - Today is a 8.
It's time to make the move for that special
someone. You have waited enough. Today
may be the day for some more exercise.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - Today is a 9. Gather with friends for creative problem solving. Make some time for your sweet-heart. If you can't get together for lunch, talk on the phone.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) - Today is a 10. The folks at work want you to take on more responsibility, and the family wants you home. Stop worrying about the details and put your plans into action.
Picees (Feb. 19-March 20) - Today is a 9.
You're still energetic but you are learning
as you go. This can be unsettling, but it's
impressive.
NOTE: Horoscopes have no basis in scientific fact and should be read for entertainment only.
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