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• A fact from Porkchop Cash and Armageddon (2006) were featured on the Main Page in the Did you know? column on July 11, 2008 and July 17, 2008, respectively.

• December to Dismember (2006) is currently under Featured Article review (link).

• WWE No Way Out {{small|(link)}} and 2008 WWE Draft {{small|(link)}} are current Featured List candidates

• Backlash (2003) {{small|(link)}}, Backlash (2004) {{small|(link)}}, Survivor Series (2004) {{small|(link)}}, and Unforgiven (2007) {{small|(link)}} have been elevated to Good article status.

• Cyber Sunday (2007), Dark Angel (wrestler), Juggernaut (wrestler), Royal Rumble (2007), SummerSlam (1988), SummerSlam (2004), and Vengeance: Night of Champions are currently Good article candidates.

• SummerSlam (2003) {{small|(link)}} and Survivor Series (2007) {{small|(link)}} are currently under Peer Review.

• Per [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=December_to_Dismember_%282006%29&diff=prev&oldid=224449487 this edit] and the discussion here, date linking is not mandatory in articles. This mainly applies to the project's pay-per-view expanded articles. Please take this regulation in notice and apply it to the project's expanded pay-per view articles.

• New parameters have been added to the {{tl|Infobox Wrestling event}} template, for the discussion explaining these parameters, see the discussion here

• Ashley Massaro was released from WWE on July 9.

• Taylor Wilde won the TNA Women's Championship on the July 10 edition of TNA Impact!, defeating Awesome Kong.

• July 9, 2000 - Booker T defeated Jeff Jarrett for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.
• July 11, 1961 - Gene Kiniski defeated Verne Gagne for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship.
• July 12, 1992 - Jimmy Snuka defeated Johnny Hot Body for the ECW Heavyweight Championship.
• July 12, 1999 - Hulk Hogan defeated Randy Savage for the WCW World Heavyweight title.
• July 16, 2001 - Terry Gordy died of a heart attack at age 40.
• July 17, 1988 - Bruiser Brody died in Puerto Rica after being stabbed, aged 42.

• Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is 625. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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The LGBT studies WikiProject Newsletter!
Issue XVI: July 23, 2008

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• Arena Football League only infoboxes have been created and need to be added to ALL AFL players. This infobox is for active AFL players only. However, this one is for players who retired from the AFL and NOT another league.
• Infoboxes are currently being worked on for af2.
• A few new templates have been created and added to the appropriate articels, however if you have ideas for a template leave them here.
• The assessment function has been added and the count is over 300 articles at the moment.
• Articles for the more popular and "star" players of the league need to be expanded, have citations added to them and hopefully we can get some GA's out of them.
• All articles on active players and coaches need to be updated with stats, news, and all things important. (Note: For stats it's best to use [http://www.arenafanonline.com ArenaFan].)
• Also, we NEED to get things done so we can take them off of the to do list.

• After an almost 20 year wait, former Washington Redskins wide reciever Art Monk will finally be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday, August 2, 2008, along with Fred Dean, Darrell Green, Emmitt Thomas, Andre Tippett, and Gary Zimmerman.
• The Philadelphia Soul and the San Jose SaberCats faced each other in the Virgin Mobile ArenaBowl XXII on July 27, 2008. The Soul defeated the SaberCats by a final score of 59-56. A big congratulations goes out to all the players and coaches who had a great season this year.
• It was reported by the [http://www.philly.com/dailynews/sports/20080716_AFL_seeking_cities_to_host_ArenaBowl_2009.html Philadelphia Daily News] that Philadelphia was still in the hunt to host the 2009 ArenaBowl, though it wasn't alone. In fact, interest has been shown by Hawaii to host the event.
• Will Pettis was announced as the AFL's 2008 [http://www.arenafan.com/news/?page=pressrel&article=9407 IronMan of the Year].
• The Columbus Destroyers [http://www.arenafan.com/news/story.php?story=76839 named Pat Sperduto] head coach.
• On July 26, 2008 AFL commissioner C. David Baker [http://sports.espn.go.com/extra/afl/news/story?id=3505580 resigned] after 12 years.
• Pat O'Hara [http://sports.espn.go.com/extra/afl/news/story?id=3505596 was hired] as the head coach of the Los Angeles Avengers on July 25, 2008.
• Cleveland Gladiators head coach Mike Wilpolt [http://sports.espn.go.com/extra/afl/news/story?id=3479871 was named] coach of the year.

• Every year in August, in Canton, Ohio the Pro Football Hall of Fame inducts a new class.
• On August 31, 1997, Eddie George ran for 216 yards on 35 carries and one touchdown as the Tennessee Oilers, playing their first game in Tennessee, beat Oakland 24-21 in overtime at the Liberty Bowl in Memphis.

• Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles down to 0, in due time. The current count is 185, and will probably be growing in the near future. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list is provided in the stub-class category of stub articles that need to be improved, and some should be fairly easy.

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• Featured news
• SummerSlam (2003) {{small|(link)}} is a current Featured Article candidate
• December to Dismember (2006) {{small|(link)}} is currently under Featured Article review.
• WWE No Way Out {{small|(link)}} has been elevated to Featured List status.
• 2008 WWE Draft {{small|(link)}} was not promoted to Featured List status, though it has been renominated as a Featured List candidate, here
• IWGP Tag Team Championship {{small|(link)}} is a current Featured List removal candidate.

• Good article news
• Armageddon (2006), Dark Angel (wrestler), Juggernaut (wrestler), and Lockdown (2008) are currently Good article candidates.
• Cyber Sunday (2007) {{small|(link)}}, Lipstick and Dynamite, Piss and Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling {{small|(link)}}, Royal Rumble (2007) {{small|(link)}}, Stacy Carter {{small|(link)}}, SummerSlam (1988) {{small|(link)}}, The Great American Bash (2004) {{small|(link)}} and Vengeance: Night of Champions {{small|(link)}} have been elevated to Good Article status.
• SummerSlam (2004) {{small|(link)}} failed its Good Article nomination.

• Other project news
• Sacrifice (2008) {{small|(link)}} and The Great American Bash (2005) {{small|(link)}} are currently under Peer Review.
• A fact from Lipstick and Dynamite, Piss and Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling (July 20), The Great American Bash (2004) (July 21), C.W. Bergstrom (July 22), Survivor Series (1993) (July 23), The Great American Bash (2005) (July 25), No Mercy (2005) (July 30) and New Year's Revolution (2005) (August 1) were featured on the Main Page in the Did you know? column.
• Hell in a Cell has been proposed to be merged into Professional wrestling match types, the discussion can be found here.
• WWE World Tag Team chamiopship, a current redirect to World Tag Team Championship (WWE) is currently a RfD. It's deletion page can be found here.

• July 23, 1984 - Wendi Richter defeated The Fabulous Moolah for the WWF Women's Championship.
• June 26, 1992 - Buddy Rogers died of a stroke aged 71.
• July 27, 1963 - Fritz Von Erich defeated Verne Gagne for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship.
• July 27, 2002 - Low-Ki defeated Christopher Daniels, Spanky, and Doug Williams to become the inaugural ROH World Heavyweight Champion.
• July 27, 2002 - Eddie Guerrero defeated Chris Benoit in a tournament final to win the reinstated WWE United States Championship.
• August 3, 1997 - Bret Hart defeated The Undertaker for the WWF Heavyweight title.

• Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is 625. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

• Featured news
• SummerSlam (2003) {{small|(link)}} is a current Featured Article candidate.
• December to Dismember (2006) {{small|(link)}} is currently under Featured Article review.
• 2008 WWE Draft {{small|(link)}}. has been elevated to Featured List status.
• IWGP Tag Team Championship {{small|(link)}} is a current Featured List removal candidate.

• Good article news
• Armageddon (2006) {{small|(link)}}, Bad Blood (2003), Chyna, In Your House 2: The Lumberjacks, Juggernaut (wrestler) {{small|(link)}}, Lockdown (2008) {{small|(link)}}, No Mercy (2005), SummerSlam (1992) and The Great American Bash (2005) are currently Good article candidates.
• Sarah Stock {{small|(link)}} has been elevated to good article status.

• Other project news
• Matt Sydal {{small|(link)}} is currently under Peer Review.
• A fact from SummerSlam (1992)‎, Armageddon (2003), and Bad Blood (2003) were featured on the Main Page in the Did you know? column on August 9, 11, and 14 respectively.
• Hell in a Cell has been proposed to be merged into Professional wrestling match types, the discussion can be found here.
• The guidelines for writing pay-per-view articles has been updated, see here. The new guidelines should be followed in order for an article to be nominated for Good article or Featured article status.
• The project has had a cleanup listing generated here. It details all the article within the project that are tagged as having problems. Please help to fix the problems outlined.

• August 3, 1997 - Bret Hart defeated The Undertaker for the WWF Heavyweight championship.
• August 4, 1997 - Lex Luger defeated Hulk Hogan to win the WCW Heavyweight title.
• August 7, 2002 - Ron Killings defeated Ken Shamrock for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
• August 8, 1963 - Verne Gagne defeated Fritz Von Erich for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship.
• August 9, 1999 - Jackie Sato died of stomach cancer at age 41.
• August 12, 1995 - Brad Armstrong defeated Buddy Landel for the Smokey Mountain Heavyweight Championship.
• August 15, 2004 - Randy Orton defeated Chris Benoit to win the World Heavyweight Championship and become the youngest World Champion in WWE history.
• August 16, 1992 - The Great Muta defeated Riki Chōshū for the IWGP Heavyweight title.

• Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is 625. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

• Featured news
• SummerSlam (2003) {{small|(link)}} has been elevated to Featured Article status.
• The Great American Bash (2005) {{small|(link)}} is a current Featured Article candidate.
• December to Dismember (2006) {{small|(link)}} was under Featured Article review, the result was to keep it as a Featured Article.
• List of celebrities involved at WrestleMania {{small|(link)}} is a current Featured List candidate.
• IWGP Tag Team Championship {{small|(link)}} has been demoted from Featured List status.

• Good article news
• Bad Blood (2003), Bad Blood (2004), Chyna, Lockdown (2008) {{small|(link)}}, No Mercy (2005), Sacrifice (2008), SummerSlam (1992), Survivor Series (1993), and WrestleMania (1985) are currently Good article candidates.
• Armageddon (2006) {{small|(link)}}, Juggernaut (wrestler) {{small|(link)}}, and The Great American Bash (2005) {{small|(link)}} have passed their Good Article nominations.

• Other project news
• Matt Sydal {{small|(link)}}, Judgment Day (2005) {{small|(link)}}, and Unforgiven (2005) {{small|(link)}} are currently under Peer Review.
• Hell in a Cell has been proposed to be merged into Professional wrestling match types, the discussion can be found here.
• The Future class rating has been incorporated into the project's assessment. It's intended use is for pay-per-views articles or video games that have not occurred or have been released, respectively.
• A fact from List of celebrities at WrestleMania was featured on the Main Page in the Did you know? column on August 28.

• August 17, 1997 - Shane Douglas defeated Sabu and Terry Funk in a triangle match for the ECW Heavyweight title.
• August 19, 2001 - The Rock defeated Booker T to win the WCW Championship.
• August 21, 1979 - Dusty Rhodes defeated Harley Race for the NWA Heavyweight Wrestling title.
• August 22, 2000 - Lita defeated Stephanie MaMahon-Helmsley for the WWF Women's Championship.
• August 27, 1994 - "Eastern Championship Wrestling" was renamed "Extreme Championship Wrestling".
• August 31, 1997 - Kensuke Sasaki defeated Shinya Hashimoto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.

• We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is 596. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

• Articles for the more popular and "star" players of the league need to be expanded, have citations added to them and hopefully we can get some GA's out of them.
• All articles on active players and coaches need to be updated with stats, news, and all things important. (Note: For stats it's best to use [http://www.arenafanonline.com ArenaFan].)
• Also, we NEED to get things done so we can take them off of the to do list.
• Project members are currently working to decide on a roster template to use on all arena football team pages.
• The infobox that is for af2 players only is completed and working well. If anyone notices that colors are not correct, please find the hex code for the proper colors and let me (Crash Underride) know. I have currently place in the closest colors I could find.

• It has been [http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_579893.html confirmed] that Pittsburgh is a strong candidate for a new Arena Football League team, along with Boston and South Florida, although there is no timeline on the league's expansion.
• The Intense Football League merged with the United Indoor Football to for the "new" IFL, the Indoor Football League, and announced that they plan too [http://www.keloland.com/Sports/NewsDetail7986.cfm?Id=0,72552 surpass] af2.
• Chavis McCollister [http://www.arklatexsports.com/news/McCollister-Talks-About-Record-Breaking-Night-14965/ returned] three straight kick-off returns for a touchdown on Saturday night (August 2, 2008) against the Lubbock Renegades. The Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings have said that it's the first time a player has done this in Arena Football and af2 history.
• The Spokane Shock and the Tennessee Valley Vipers competed for the ArenaCup on August 25, 2008. The Vipers [http://www.pjstar.com/sports/x499363208/Tennessee-Valley-gamble-in-OT-pays-off-in-ArenaCup defeated] the Shock by a score of 56-55, in overtime. Congratulations go out to the players, staff, and families, for a great season.
• Mike Bawden and Friday Night Football Inc. [http://www.qctimes.com/articles/2008/08/25/sports/football/doc48b32501b0d89952669287.txt transferred] majority ownership of the Quad City Steamwheelers to Alan Millage and Joe Sisler and A&J Football Inc.

• The Grand Rapids Rampage have [http://www.arenafan.com/news/story.php?story=77908 re-hired] Assistant Coach Rod Miller.
• The Chicago Rush have [http://www.arenafan.com/news/story.php?story=77876 promoteed] Brian Schwartze to Defensive Coordinator.
• Gino Guidugli [http://www.arenafan.com/news/?page=origcol&writer=136&article=2934 returned] to the Green Bay Blizzard after playing in the Canadian Football League.
• James MacPherson and wide receiver Cole Magner [http://www.mlive.com/rampage/index.ssf/2008/08/macpherson_magner_resign_with.html re-signed] with the Grand Rapids Rampage.
• Wide receiver Aaron Boone [http://www.ksl.com/?nid=294&sid=3964357 signed] a three-year contract with the Utah Blaze.
• The Miami Dolphins [http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/football/pro/dolphins/sfl-dollb081108,0,2732076.story signed] Utah Blaze rookie linebacker Maurice Fountain.
• The New York Dragons [http://www.prweb.com/releases/New_York_Dragons/quarterback/prweb1223734.htm re-signed] veteran quarterback Aaron Garcia.
• The Chicago Rush have [http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=229024&src=159 named] Ernesto Purnsley as their defensive line coach.

• On September 1, 1996 the Carolina Panthers beat the Atlanta Falcons 29-6 in their first regular season game at Ericsson Stadium.
• On September 2, 1966 Joe Auer returns the opening kickoff 95 yards for a Miami Dolphins touchdown in the Dolphins' first regular-season game, but Oakland wins the game, 23-14 at the Orange Bowl before 26,776 spectators.
• On September 3, 1970 the sports world lost Vince Lombardi who died at age 57.
• On September 4, 1994 Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino throws five touchdown passes in the Dolphins' 39-35 win over New England to set an NFL record with his 18th game of four-or-more touchdown passes.
• On September 5, 1994 San Francisco wide receiver Jerry Rice caught two touchdown passes and ran for another in a 44-14 victory over the Raiders to surpass Jim Brown as the NFL's career touchdowns leader with 127.
• On September 6, 1946 the All-America Football Conference begins regular season play as the Cleveland Browns beat the Miami Seahawks 44-0 in front of 60,135 at Cleveland's Municipal Stadium. The Browns, coached by future Hall of Famer Paul Brown, go on to a 12-2 record and win the first of their four AAFC championships before four of the league's teams join the NFL in 1950.

• Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles down to 0, in due time. The current article count is listed below, I have placed the forumla that is on the project page that is updated everytime the bot is run and it tallies up our articles and where they are and lists them as seen below, so that no one has to worry about making sure it's updated manually before the newsletter is sent out. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list is provided in the stub-class category of stub articles that need to be improved, and some should be fairly easy.

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• Based on the members list, there are currently 28 members participating in WikiProject Arena Football League.

• On the calendar:

• September
• 4: NFL regular season kicks off with the New York Giants vs. Washington Redskins.

• The article collaboration is currently suspended until we obtain more members who are active in the project.

• Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an ideal Wikipedia American football related article.

• The next articles for collaboration will be chosen once we have a sufficient number of active project members.
  

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• Featured news
• The Great American Bash (2005) {{small|(link)}} and No Mercy (2005) {{small|(link)}} are current Featured Article candidates.
• List of celebrities involved at WrestleMania {{small|(link)}} has been elevated to Featured List status.

• Good article news
• Chyna, No Mercy (2007), Rhonda Sing, Sacrifice (2008), Survivor Series (1993), WrestleMania (1985), and WrestleMania XXIV are currently Good article candidates.
• No Mercy (2005) {{small|(link)}}, Bad Blood (2003) {{small|(link)}}, Bad Blood (2004) {{small|(link)}}, Lockdown (2008) {{small|(link)}}, and SummerSlam (1992) {{small|(link)}} have been elevated to Good article status.

• Other project news
• Judgment Day (2005) {{small|(link)}}, Lockdown (2008) {{small|(link)}}, and Shawn Michaels {{small|(link)}} are currently under Peer Review.
• Hell in a Cell has been proposed to be merged into Professional wrestling match types, the discussion can be found here; and it has been proposed to merge Road agent (professional wrestling) into List of professional wrestling terms. The discussion can be found here.
• Facts from Antonio Pugliese and Millennium Wrestling Federation were featured on the Main Page in the Did You Know? column on September 4.

• September 1, 1992 - Ric Flair defeated Randy Savage for the WWF Heavyweight Championship.
• September 2, 2002 - Eric Bischoff created the World Heavyweight Championship and awarded it to Triple H.
• September 6, 2000 - Rob Conway defeated Nick Dinsmore for the Ohio Valley Heavyweight Championship.
• September 9, 1993 - Shane Douglas won the ECW Heavyweight title by forfeit from Tito Santana.
• September 10, 1997 - Fritz Von Erich died of cancer at age 68.
• September 12, 1991 - Chris Von Erich died in a suicide shooting at 21.
• September 12, 1999 - Sting defeated Hulk Hogan to win the WCW Heavyweight Championship.
• September 14, 1999 - Vince McMahon defeated Triple H for the WWF Heavyweight title.

• We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is 586. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

• Featured news
• The Great American Bash (2005) {{small|(link)}} was promoted to Featured Article status.
• No Mercy (2005) {{small|(link)}} is a current Featured Article candidate.

• Good article news
• Antonio Pugliese, Hornswoggle, No Mercy (2007), Rhonda Sing, Sacrifice (2008), WrestleMania IX, and WrestleMania XXIV are currently Good article candidates.
• Chyna {{small|(link)}}, Survivor Series (1993) {{small|(link)}}, and WrestleMania (1985) {{small|(link)}} have been elevated to Good Article status.

• Other project news
• Armageddon (2006) {{small|(link)}}, Bad Blood (2003) {{small|(link)}}, Bad Blood (2004) {{small|(link)}}, Hard Justice (2008) {{small|(link)}}, List of WWE pay-per-view events {{small|(link)}}, Lockdown (2008) {{small|(link)}}, and No Way Out (2004) {{small|(link)}} are currently under Peer Review.
• Hell in a Cell has been proposed to be merged into Professional wrestling match types, the discussion can be found here; and it has been proposed to merge Road agent (professional wrestling) into List of professional wrestling terms. The discussion can be found here. Likewise it has been proposed to merge McMahon (documentary) to Vince McMahon, that discussion can be found here.
• A fact from WrestleMania IX was listed on the Main Page in the Did You Know? colum on September 15.

• September 15, 1998 - Jacquelyn defeated Sable for the vacant WWF Women's Championship.
• September 17, 1981 - Ric Flair defeated Dusty Rhodes for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
• September 17, 2000 - Booker T defeated Kevin Nash for the WCW Heavyweight Championship
• September 17, 2003 - Brock Lesnar defeated Kurt Angle for the WWE Championship.
• September 19, 1999 - Mike Awesome defeated Taz and Masato Tanaka for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship.
• September 21, 2003 - Goldberg defeated Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship.
• September 22, 1967 - Stanislaus Zbyszko died at age 88.
• September 23, 2001 - Kurt Angle defeated Steve Austin to win the WWF Championship.
• September 24, 1992 - Roy Heffernan died of a heart attack at age 67.
• September 25, 2000 - Vince Russo defeated Booker T for the WCW Heavyweight Championship.
• September 25, 2000 - Raw Is War debuts on TNN.

• We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is 586. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

• Articles for the more popular and "star" players of the league need to be expanded, have citations added to them and hopefully we can get some GA's out of them.
• All articles on active players and coaches need to be updated with stats, news, and all things important. (Note: For stats it's best to use [http://www.arenafanonline.com ArenaFan].)
• Also, we NEED to get things done so we can take them off of the to do list.

• The Kansas City Brigade will [http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/30200/ hold] open tryouts on Sunday, October 12, beginning at 8a.m. at the Kansas City SoccerDome.
• The Utah Blaze will be [http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700257389,00.html holding] a player combine on October 17, at the University of Utah.
• Darion Conner, a former member of the Tampa Bay Storm [http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/sep/09/me-ex-storm-player-wins-retrial-in-dui-death/ won] the right to a retrial in his DUI Manslaughter case. He is currently serving the maximum sentence for the crime, 15 years in state prison. It was also his fifth DUI conviction since 1990, first since 1993.
• In the NFL, Matt Millen has been [http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3606294&campaign=rss&source=NFLHeadlines removed] as the Detroit Lions' team president, and CEO.
• Billy Parker of the New York Dragons, alongside new Dragons Advisory Board members Kerry Rhodes of the New York Jets and Danny Clark of the New York Giants, [http://www.arenafan.com/news/?page=pressrel&article=9465 unveiled] the teams new logo on September 23, 2008.
• On September 22, it was [http://www.arenafan.com/news/?page=pressrel&article=9466 announced] that Toledo, Ohio will receive and af2 team begining in 2010.
• Dean Cokinos has [http://www.whnt.com/Global/story.asp?S=9033884&nav=menu108_4 agreed] to a two year contract to remain the head coach of the Tennessee Valley Vipers.
• On September 24, 2008 the Colorado Crush have [http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/sep/24/regional-scene-crush-hires-mackeown-to-offense/ hired] Chris MacKeown as their new offensive coordinator.

• On September 3, 2008 the Chicago Rush released DL James Baron.
• The New York Jets [http://www.philly.com/dailynews/sports/20080828_Bringing_Soul_to_NFL.html signed] Philadelphia Soul wide reciever and Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2005 fifth round pick Larry Brackins, however he was released before the start of the regular season and then on September 2, signed to their practice squad.
• Thursday September 11, 2008 the San Jose SaberCats waived OL Walter Curry. And the New York Dragons waived K Chris Onorato.
• On Monday September 15, 2008 the Kansas City Brigade waived FB/LB Chris Avery.
• On Wednesday September 17, 2008 The Los Angeles Avengers waived DL Joe Bradley.
• The New Orleans VooDoo [http://www.nola.com/voodoo/t-p/?/base/sports-0/1221629412104570.xml&coll=1 hired] Derek Stingley as their new defensive coordinator. Stingley had been last season's coach of the Year for the South Georgia Wildcats. He is the son of former New England Patriots player Darryl Stingley, as well as an AFL defensive back.
• On September 19, 2008 the Rattlers released FB/LB Dane Krager, and waived LB Lance Mitchell.
• On September 22, 2008 the Arizona Rattlers activated DL Darrell Shropshire, and placed DL Mkristo Bruce on the exempted list.
• Also on September 22, the VooDoo activated OL Rob Hunt. The Soul activated OL Phil Bogle and WR Larry Brackins. The SaberCats activated WR Burl Toler. The Tampa Bay Storm activated WR Hank Edwards. The Blaze activated OL Jesse Boone and DL Maurice Fountain.
• On September 24, 2008 the VooDoo traded future considerations to the Philadelphia Soul for WR Michael Lewis.

• October 1, 1955 - Baltimore Colt Alan Ameche became the first rookie in NFL history to rush for more than 100 yards in his first two games after totaling 153 yards against Detroit. He had 194 yards in his debut against Chicago.
• October 2, 1950 - Bob Shaw set an NFL record with five touchdown catches as the Chicago Cardinals defeated the Baltimore Colts 55-13. The record was tied in 1981 by Kellen Winslow and again in 1990 by Jerry Rice.
• October 3, 1920 - The Dayton Triangles defeated the Columbus Panhandles 14-0 and the Rock Island Independents defeated the Muncie Flyers 45-0 in the first ever games between NFL (then the American Pro Football Association) clubs.
• October 4, 1992 - Miami's Louis Oliver returned an interception a record-tying 103 yards for a touchdown against Buffalo, tying the mark set by Vencie Glenn against Denver on November 29, 1987.
• October 5, 1986 - Eric Dickerson ran for an overtime-record 42-yard touchdown as the Los Angeles Rams defeat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 26-20.

• Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles down to 0, in due time. The current article count is listed below, I have placed the forumla that is on the project page that is updated everytime the bot is run and it tallies up our articles and where they are and lists them as seen below, so that no one has to worry about making sure it's updated manually before the newsletter is sent out. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list is provided in the stub-class category of stub articles that need to be improved, and some should be fairly easy.

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• Based on the members list, there are currently 28 members participating in WikiProject Arena Football League.

• On the calendar:

• October
• 15: AFL Free agency period begins.
• 26: San Diego Chargers vs. New Orleans Saints at London's Wembley Stadium. (The second NFL regular-season game to be played outside of North America.)

• The article collaboration is currently suspended until we obtain more members who are active in the project.

• Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an ideal Wikipedia American football related article.

• The next articles for collaboration will be chosen once we have a sufficient number of active project members.
  

{{center|1=Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next month! — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!}}

• Current:
• Kept:
• Redirected/Merged:
• Deleted:

• Derek Stingley
• Dan Alexander (Arena football)

Contributors to this Issue:

• Crash Underride

----

{{center|1=Discussion • Suggestions • Feedback}}

----

• Articles for the more popular and "star" players of the league need to be expanded, have citations added to them and hopefully we can get some GA's out of them.
• All articles on active players and coaches need to be updated with stats, news, and all things important. (Note: For stats it's best to use [http://www.arenafanonline.com ArenaFan].)
• Also, we NEED to get things done so we can take them off of the to do list.

• The Kansas City Brigade will [http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/30200/ hold] open tryouts on Sunday, October 12, beginning at 8a.m. at the Kansas City SoccerDome.
• The Utah Blaze will be [http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700257389,00.html holding] a player combine on October 17, at the University of Utah.
• Darion Conner, a former member of the Tampa Bay Storm [http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/sep/09/me-ex-storm-player-wins-retrial-in-dui-death/ won] the right to a retrial in his DUI Manslaughter case. He is currently serving the maximum sentence for the crime, 15 years in state prison. It was also his fifth DUI conviction since 1990, first since 1993.
• In the NFL, Matt Millen has been [http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3606294&campaign=rss&source=NFLHeadlines removed] as the Detroit Lions' team president, and CEO.
• Billy Parker of the New York Dragons, alongside new Dragons Advisory Board members Kerry Rhodes of the New York Jets and Danny Clark of the New York Giants, [http://www.arenafan.com/news/?page=pressrel&article=9465 unveiled] the teams new logo on September 23, 2008.
• On September 22, it was [http://www.arenafan.com/news/?page=pressrel&article=9466 announced] that Toledo, Ohio will receive and af2 team begining in 2010.
• Dean Cokinos has [http://www.whnt.com/Global/story.asp?S=9033884&nav=menu108_4 agreed] to a two year contract to remain the head coach of the Tennessee Valley Vipers.
• On September 24, 2008 the Colorado Crush have [http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/sep/24/regional-scene-crush-hires-mackeown-to-offense/ hired] Chris MacKeown as their new offensive coordinator.

• On September 3, 2008 the Chicago Rush released DL James Baron.
• The New York Jets [http://www.philly.com/dailynews/sports/20080828_Bringing_Soul_to_NFL.html signed] Philadelphia Soul wide reciever and Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2005 fifth round pick Larry Brackins, however he was released before the start of the regular season and then on September 2, signed to their practice squad.
• Thursday September 11, 2008 the San Jose SaberCats waived OL Walter Curry. And the New York Dragons waived K Chris Onorato.
• On Monday September 15, 2008 the Kansas City Brigade waived FB/LB Chris Avery.
• On Wednesday September 17, 2008 The Los Angeles Avengers waived DL Joe Bradley.
• The New Orleans VooDoo [http://www.nola.com/voodoo/t-p/?/base/sports-0/1221629412104570.xml&coll=1 hired] Derek Stingley as their new defensive coordinator. Stingley had been last season's coach of the Year for the South Georgia Wildcats. He is the son of former New England Patriots player Darryl Stingley, as well as an AFL defensive back.
• On September 19, 2008 the Rattlers released FB/LB Dane Krager, and waived LB Lance Mitchell.
• On September 22, 2008 the Arizona Rattlers activated DL Darrell Shropshire, and placed DL Mkristo Bruce on the exempted list.
• Also on September 22, the VooDoo activated OL Rob Hunt. The Soul activated OL Phil Bogle and WR Larry Brackins. The SaberCats activated WR Burl Toler. The Tampa Bay Storm activated WR Hank Edwards. The Blaze activated OL Jesse Boone and DL Maurice Fountain.
• On September 24, 2008 the VooDoo traded future considerations to the Philadelphia Soul for WR Michael Lewis.

• October 1, 1955 - Baltimore Colt Alan Ameche became the first rookie in NFL history to rush for more than 100 yards in his first two games after totaling 153 yards against Detroit. He had 194 yards in his debut against Chicago.
• October 2, 1950 - Bob Shaw set an NFL record with five touchdown catches as the Chicago Cardinals defeated the Baltimore Colts 55-13. The record was tied in 1981 by Kellen Winslow and again in 1990 by Jerry Rice.
• October 3, 1920 - The Dayton Triangles defeated the Columbus Panhandles 14-0 and the Rock Island Independents defeated the Muncie Flyers 45-0 in the first ever games between NFL (then the American Pro Football Association) clubs.
• October 4, 1992 - Miami's Louis Oliver returned an interception a record-tying 103 yards for a touchdown against Buffalo, tying the mark set by Vencie Glenn against Denver on November 29, 1987.
• October 5, 1986 - Eric Dickerson ran for an overtime-record 42-yard touchdown as the Los Angeles Rams defeat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 26-20.

• Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles down to 0, in due time. The current article count is listed below, I have placed the forumla that is on the project page that is updated everytime the bot is run and it tallies up our articles and where they are and lists them as seen below, so that no one has to worry about making sure it's updated manually before the newsletter is sent out. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list is provided in the stub-class category of stub articles that need to be improved, and some should be fairly easy.

|valign=top style="border:1px solid black; -moz-border-radius: 10px; background-color:#EEEEEE;"|

• Based on the members list, there are currently 28 members participating in WikiProject Arena Football League.

• On the calendar:

• October
• 15: AFL Free agency period begins.
• 26: San Diego Chargers vs. New Orleans Saints at London's Wembley Stadium. (The second NFL regular-season game to be played outside of North America.)

• The article collaboration is currently suspended until we obtain more members who are active in the project.

• Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an ideal Wikipedia American football related article.

• The next articles for collaboration will be chosen once we have a sufficient number of active project members.
  

{{center|1=Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next month! — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!}}

• Current:
• Kept:
• Redirected/Merged:
• Deleted:

• Derek Stingley
• Dan Alexander (Arena football)

Contributors to this Issue:

• Crash Underride

----

{{center|1=Discussion • Suggestions • Feedback}}

----

• Articles for the more popular and "star" players of the league need to be expanded, have citations added to them and hopefully we can get some GA's out of them.
• All articles on active players and coaches need to be updated with stats, news, and all things important. (Note: For stats it's best to use [http://www.arenafanonline.com ArenaFan].)
• Also, we NEED to get things done so we can take them off of the to do list.

• The Kansas City Brigade will [http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/30200/ hold] open tryouts on Sunday, October 12, beginning at 8a.m. at the Kansas City SoccerDome.
• The Utah Blaze will be [http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700257389,00.html holding] a player combine on October 17, at the University of Utah.
• Darion Conner, a former member of the Tampa Bay Storm [http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/sep/09/me-ex-storm-player-wins-retrial-in-dui-death/ won] the right to a retrial in his DUI Manslaughter case. He is currently serving the maximum sentence for the crime, 15 years in state prison. It was also his fifth DUI conviction since 1990, first since 1993.
• In the NFL, Matt Millen has been [http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3606294&campaign=rss&source=NFLHeadlines removed] as the Detroit Lions' team president, and CEO.
• Billy Parker of the New York Dragons, alongside new Dragons Advisory Board members Kerry Rhodes of the New York Jets and Danny Clark of the New York Giants, [http://www.arenafan.com/news/?page=pressrel&article=9465 unveiled] the teams new logo on September 23, 2008.
• On September 22, it was [http://www.arenafan.com/news/?page=pressrel&article=9466 announced] that Toledo, Ohio will receive and af2 team begining in 2010.
• Dean Cokinos has [http://www.whnt.com/Global/story.asp?S=9033884&nav=menu108_4 agreed] to a two year contract to remain the head coach of the Tennessee Valley Vipers.
• On September 24, 2008 the Colorado Crush have [http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/sep/24/regional-scene-crush-hires-mackeown-to-offense/ hired] Chris MacKeown as their new offensive coordinator.

• On September 3, 2008 the Chicago Rush released DL James Baron.
• The New York Jets [http://www.philly.com/dailynews/sports/20080828_Bringing_Soul_to_NFL.html signed] Philadelphia Soul wide reciever and Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2005 fifth round pick Larry Brackins, however he was released before the start of the regular season and then on September 2, signed to their practice squad.
• Thursday September 11, 2008 the San Jose SaberCats waived OL Walter Curry. And the New York Dragons waived K Chris Onorato.
• On Monday September 15, 2008 the Kansas City Brigade waived FB/LB Chris Avery.
• On Wednesday September 17, 2008 The Los Angeles Avengers waived DL Joe Bradley.
• The New Orleans VooDoo [http://www.nola.com/voodoo/t-p/?/base/sports-0/1221629412104570.xml&coll=1 hired] Derek Stingley as their new defensive coordinator. Stingley had been last season's coach of the Year for the South Georgia Wildcats. He is the son of former New England Patriots player Darryl Stingley, as well as an AFL defensive back.
• On September 19, 2008 the Rattlers released FB/LB Dane Krager, and waived LB Lance Mitchell.
• On September 22, 2008 the Arizona Rattlers activated DL Darrell Shropshire, and placed DL Mkristo Bruce on the exempted list.
• Also on September 22, the VooDoo activated OL Rob Hunt. The Soul activated OL Phil Bogle and WR Larry Brackins. The SaberCats activated WR Burl Toler. The Tampa Bay Storm activated WR Hank Edwards. The Blaze activated OL Jesse Boone and DL Maurice Fountain.
• On September 24, 2008 the VooDoo traded future considerations to the Philadelphia Soul for WR Michael Lewis.

• October 1, 1955 - Baltimore Colt Alan Ameche became the first rookie in NFL history to rush for more than 100 yards in his first two games after totaling 153 yards against Detroit. He had 194 yards in his debut against Chicago.
• October 2, 1950 - Bob Shaw set an NFL record with five touchdown catches as the Chicago Cardinals defeated the Baltimore Colts 55-13. The record was tied in 1981 by Kellen Winslow and again in 1990 by Jerry Rice.
• October 3, 1920 - The Dayton Triangles defeated the Columbus Panhandles 14-0 and the Rock Island Independents defeated the Muncie Flyers 45-0 in the first ever games between NFL (then the American Pro Football Association) clubs.
• October 4, 1992 - Miami's Louis Oliver returned an interception a record-tying 103 yards for a touchdown against Buffalo, tying the mark set by Vencie Glenn against Denver on November 29, 1987.
• October 5, 1986 - Eric Dickerson ran for an overtime-record 42-yard touchdown as the Los Angeles Rams defeat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 26-20.

• Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles down to 0, in due time. The current article count is listed below, I have placed the forumla that is on the project page that is updated everytime the bot is run and it tallies up our articles and where they are and lists them as seen below, so that no one has to worry about making sure it's updated manually before the newsletter is sent out. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list is provided in the stub-class category of stub articles that need to be improved, and some should be fairly easy.

|valign=top style="border:1px solid black; -moz-border-radius: 10px; background-color:#EEEEEE;"|

• Based on the members list, there are currently 28 members participating in WikiProject Arena Football League.

• On the calendar:

• October
• 15: AFL Free agency period begins.
• 26: San Diego Chargers vs. New Orleans Saints at London's Wembley Stadium. (The second NFL regular-season game to be played outside of North America.)

• The article collaboration is currently suspended until we obtain more members who are active in the project.

• Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an ideal Wikipedia American football related article.

• The next articles for collaboration will be chosen once we have a sufficient number of active project members.
  

{{center|1=Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next month! — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!}}

• Current:
• Kept:
• Redirected/Merged:
• Deleted:

• Derek Stingley
• Dan Alexander (Arena football)

Contributors to this Issue:

• Crash Underride

----

{{center|1=Discussion • Suggestions • Feedback}}

----

• Articles for the more popular and "star" players of the league need to be expanded, have citations added to them and hopefully we can get some GA's out of them.
• All articles on active players and coaches need to be updated with stats, news, and all things important. (Note: For stats it's best to use [http://www.arenafanonline.com ArenaFan].)
• Also, we NEED to get things done so we can take them off of the to do list.

• The Kansas City Brigade will [http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/30200/ hold] open tryouts on Sunday, October 12, beginning at 8a.m. at the Kansas City SoccerDome.
• The Utah Blaze will be [http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700257389,00.html holding] a player combine on October 17, at the University of Utah.
• Darion Conner, a former member of the Tampa Bay Storm [http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/sep/09/me-ex-storm-player-wins-retrial-in-dui-death/ won] the right to a retrial in his DUI Manslaughter case. He is currently serving the maximum sentence for the crime, 15 years in state prison. It was also his fifth DUI conviction since 1990, first since 1993.
• In the NFL, Matt Millen has been [http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3606294&campaign=rss&source=NFLHeadlines removed] as the Detroit Lions' team president, and CEO.
• Billy Parker of the New York Dragons, alongside new Dragons Advisory Board members Kerry Rhodes of the New York Jets and Danny Clark of the New York Giants, [http://www.arenafan.com/news/?page=pressrel&article=9465 unveiled] the teams new logo on September 23, 2008.
• On September 22, it was [http://www.arenafan.com/news/?page=pressrel&article=9466 announced] that Toledo, Ohio will receive and af2 team begining in 2010.
• Dean Cokinos has [http://www.whnt.com/Global/story.asp?S=9033884&nav=menu108_4 agreed] to a two year contract to remain the head coach of the Tennessee Valley Vipers.
• On September 24, 2008 the Colorado Crush have [http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/sep/24/regional-scene-crush-hires-mackeown-to-offense/ hired] Chris MacKeown as their new offensive coordinator.

• On September 3, 2008 the Chicago Rush released DL James Baron.
• The New York Jets [http://www.philly.com/dailynews/sports/20080828_Bringing_Soul_to_NFL.html signed] Philadelphia Soul wide reciever and Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2005 fifth round pick Larry Brackins, however he was released before the start of the regular season and then on September 2, signed to their practice squad.
• Thursday September 11, 2008 the San Jose SaberCats waived OL Walter Curry. And the New York Dragons waived K Chris Onorato.
• On Monday September 15, 2008 the Kansas City Brigade waived FB/LB Chris Avery.
• On Wednesday September 17, 2008 The Los Angeles Avengers waived DL Joe Bradley.
• The New Orleans VooDoo [http://www.nola.com/voodoo/t-p/?/base/sports-0/1221629412104570.xml&coll=1 hired] Derek Stingley as their new defensive coordinator. Stingley had been last season's coach of the Year for the South Georgia Wildcats. He is the son of former New England Patriots player Darryl Stingley, as well as an AFL defensive back.
• On September 19, 2008 the Rattlers released FB/LB Dane Krager, and waived LB Lance Mitchell.
• On September 22, 2008 the Arizona Rattlers activated DL Darrell Shropshire, and placed DL Mkristo Bruce on the exempted list.
• Also on September 22, the VooDoo activated OL Rob Hunt. The Soul activated OL Phil Bogle and WR Larry Brackins. The SaberCats activated WR Burl Toler. The Tampa Bay Storm activated WR Hank Edwards. The Blaze activated OL Jesse Boone and DL Maurice Fountain.
• On September 24, 2008 the VooDoo traded future considerations to the Philadelphia Soul for WR Michael Lewis.

• October 1, 1955 - Baltimore Colt Alan Ameche became the first rookie in NFL history to rush for more than 100 yards in his first two games after totaling 153 yards against Detroit. He had 194 yards in his debut against Chicago.
• October 2, 1950 - Bob Shaw set an NFL record with five touchdown catches as the Chicago Cardinals defeated the Baltimore Colts 55-13. The record was tied in 1981 by Kellen Winslow and again in 1990 by Jerry Rice.
• October 3, 1920 - The Dayton Triangles defeated the Columbus Panhandles 14-0 and the Rock Island Independents defeated the Muncie Flyers 45-0 in the first ever games between NFL (then the American Pro Football Association) clubs.
• October 4, 1992 - Miami's Louis Oliver returned an interception a record-tying 103 yards for a touchdown against Buffalo, tying the mark set by Vencie Glenn against Denver on November 29, 1987.
• October 5, 1986 - Eric Dickerson ran for an overtime-record 42-yard touchdown as the Los Angeles Rams defeat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 26-20.

• Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles down to 0, in due time. The current article count is listed below, I have placed the forumla that is on the project page that is updated everytime the bot is run and it tallies up our articles and where they are and lists them as seen below, so that no one has to worry about making sure it's updated manually before the newsletter is sent out. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list is provided in the stub-class category of stub articles that need to be improved, and some should be fairly easy.

|valign=top style="border:1px solid black; -moz-border-radius: 10px; background-color:#EEEEEE;"|

• Based on the members list, there are currently 28 members participating in WikiProject Arena Football League.

• On the calendar:

• October
• 15: AFL Free agency period begins.
• 26: San Diego Chargers vs. New Orleans Saints at London's Wembley Stadium. (The second NFL regular-season game to be played outside of North America.)

• The article collaboration is currently suspended until we obtain more members who are active in the project.

• Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an ideal Wikipedia American football related article.

• The next articles for collaboration will be chosen once we have a sufficient number of active project members.
  

{{center|1=Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next month! — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!}}

• Current:
• Kept:
• Redirected/Merged:
• Deleted:

• Derek Stingley
• Dan Alexander (Arena football)

Contributors to this Issue:

• Crash Underride

----

{{center|1=Discussion • Suggestions • Feedback}}

----

• Articles for the more popular and "star" players of the league need to be expanded, have citations added to them and hopefully we can get some GA's out of them.
• All articles on active players and coaches need to be updated with stats, news, and all things important. (Note: For stats it's best to use [http://www.arenafanonline.com ArenaFan].)
• Also, we NEED to get things done so we can take them off of the to do list.

• The Kansas City Brigade will [http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/30200/ hold] open tryouts on Sunday, October 12, beginning at 8a.m. at the Kansas City SoccerDome.
• The Utah Blaze will be [http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700257389,00.html holding] a player combine on October 17, at the University of Utah.
• Darion Conner, a former member of the Tampa Bay Storm [http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/sep/09/me-ex-storm-player-wins-retrial-in-dui-death/ won] the right to a retrial in his DUI Manslaughter case. He is currently serving the maximum sentence for the crime, 15 years in state prison. It was also his fifth DUI conviction since 1990, first since 1993.
• In the NFL, Matt Millen has been [http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3606294&campaign=rss&source=NFLHeadlines removed] as the Detroit Lions' team president, and CEO.
• Billy Parker of the New York Dragons, alongside new Dragons Advisory Board members Kerry Rhodes of the New York Jets and Danny Clark of the New York Giants, [http://www.arenafan.com/news/?page=pressrel&article=9465 unveiled] the teams new logo on September 23, 2008.
• On September 22, it was [http://www.arenafan.com/news/?page=pressrel&article=9466 announced] that Toledo, Ohio will receive and af2 team begining in 2010.
• Dean Cokinos has [http://www.whnt.com/Global/story.asp?S=9033884&nav=menu108_4 agreed] to a two year contract to remain the head coach of the Tennessee Valley Vipers.
• On September 24, 2008 the Colorado Crush have [http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/sep/24/regional-scene-crush-hires-mackeown-to-offense/ hired] Chris MacKeown as their new offensive coordinator.

• On September 3, 2008 the Chicago Rush released DL James Baron.
• The New York Jets [http://www.philly.com/dailynews/sports/20080828_Bringing_Soul_to_NFL.html signed] Philadelphia Soul wide reciever and Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2005 fifth round pick Larry Brackins, however he was released before the start of the regular season and then on September 2, signed to their practice squad.
• Thursday September 11, 2008 the San Jose SaberCats waived OL Walter Curry. And the New York Dragons waived K Chris Onorato.
• On Monday September 15, 2008 the Kansas City Brigade waived FB/LB Chris Avery.
• On Wednesday September 17, 2008 The Los Angeles Avengers waived DL Joe Bradley.
• The New Orleans VooDoo [http://www.nola.com/voodoo/t-p/?/base/sports-0/1221629412104570.xml&coll=1 hired] Derek Stingley as their new defensive coordinator. Stingley had been last season's coach of the Year for the South Georgia Wildcats. He is the son of former New England Patriots player Darryl Stingley, as well as an AFL defensive back.
• On September 19, 2008 the Rattlers released FB/LB Dane Krager, and waived LB Lance Mitchell.
• On September 22, 2008 the Arizona Rattlers activated DL Darrell Shropshire, and placed DL Mkristo Bruce on the exempted list.
• Also on September 22, the VooDoo activated OL Rob Hunt. The Soul activated OL Phil Bogle and WR Larry Brackins. The SaberCats activated WR Burl Toler. The Tampa Bay Storm activated WR Hank Edwards. The Blaze activated OL Jesse Boone and DL Maurice Fountain.
• On September 24, 2008 the VooDoo traded future considerations to the Philadelphia Soul for WR Michael Lewis.

• October 1, 1955 - Baltimore Colt Alan Ameche became the first rookie in NFL history to rush for more than 100 yards in his first two games after totaling 153 yards against Detroit. He had 194 yards in his debut against Chicago.
• October 2, 1950 - Bob Shaw set an NFL record with five touchdown catches as the Chicago Cardinals defeated the Baltimore Colts 55-13. The record was tied in 1981 by Kellen Winslow and again in 1990 by Jerry Rice.
• October 3, 1920 - The Dayton Triangles defeated the Columbus Panhandles 14-0 and the Rock Island Independents defeated the Muncie Flyers 45-0 in the first ever games between NFL (then the American Pro Football Association) clubs.
• October 4, 1992 - Miami's Louis Oliver returned an interception a record-tying 103 yards for a touchdown against Buffalo, tying the mark set by Vencie Glenn against Denver on November 29, 1987.
• October 5, 1986 - Eric Dickerson ran for an overtime-record 42-yard touchdown as the Los Angeles Rams defeat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 26-20.

• Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles down to 0, in due time. The current article count is listed below, I have placed the forumla that is on the project page that is updated everytime the bot is run and it tallies up our articles and where they are and lists them as seen below, so that no one has to worry about making sure it's updated manually before the newsletter is sent out. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list is provided in the stub-class category of stub articles that need to be improved, and some should be fairly easy.

|valign=top style="border:1px solid black; -moz-border-radius: 10px; background-color:#EEEEEE;"|

• Based on the members list, there are currently 28 members participating in WikiProject Arena Football League.

• On the calendar:

• October
• 15: AFL Free agency period begins.
• 26: San Diego Chargers vs. New Orleans Saints at London's Wembley Stadium. (The second NFL regular-season game to be played outside of North America.)

• The article collaboration is currently suspended until we obtain more members who are active in the project.

• Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an ideal Wikipedia American football related article.

• The next articles for collaboration will be chosen once we have a sufficient number of active project members.
  

{{center|1=Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next month! — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!}}

• Current:
• Kept:
• Redirected/Merged:
• Deleted:

• Derek Stingley
• Dan Alexander (Arena football)

Contributors to this Issue:

• Crash Underride

----

{{center|1=Discussion • Suggestions • Feedback}}

----

• Featured news
• Armageddon (2006) {{small|(link)}}, Lockdown (2008) {{small|(link)}}, and No Way Out (2004) {{small|(link)}} are current Featured article candidates.
• No Mercy (2005) {{small|(link)}} was was not promoted to Featured Article status.
• AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship has been nominated for removal as a Featured Article. The discussion can be found here.

• Good article news
• Antonio Pugliese, Hornswoggle, King of the Ring (1993), Lisa Moretti, Mike Lockwood, No Mercy (2007), Rhonda Sing, Royal Rumble (1995), WrestleMania XI, and WrestleMania XXIV are currently Good article nominees.
• WrestleMania IX {{small|(link)}} and Sacrifice (2008) {{small|(link)}} have been elevated to Good Article status.

• Other project news
• Bad Blood (2004) {{small|(link)}} and TNA Bound for Glory {{small|(link)}} are currently under Peer Review.
• McMahon (documentary) has been proposed to be merged with Vince McMahon, the discussion can be found here.
• Facts from Royal Rumble (1995), WrestleMania XI and King of the Ring (1993) were listed on the Main Page in the Did You Know? column on October 3, October 5 and October 10 respectively.

• September 29, 1997 - Ric Flair officially disbands the Four Horsemen.
• October 1, 2000 - Jerry Lynn defeated Justin Credible for the ECW Heavyweight title.
• October 2, 2000 - Vince Russo vacated the WCW World Heavyweight Championship and Booker T defeated Jeff Jarrett to win it.
• October 3, 1999 - Vince Russo and Ed Ferrara leave the WWF for WCW
• October 5, 1997 - Brian Pillman died of arteriosclerotic heart disease aged 35.
• October 6, 1999 - Gorilla Monsoon died following a heart attack, aged 62.
• October 7, 1957 - Lou Thesz wrestled Rikidōzan to a one hour time limit draw in first ever NWA World Title match held in Japan.
• October 7, 2000 - Juventud Guerrera arrested following a drug induced rage in Australia and is fired by WCW
• October 8, 2001 - Steve Austin defeated Kurt Angle for the WWF Heavyweight Championship.
• October 9, 2002 - Syxx-Pac won a seven-man ladder match for the vacant NWA-TNA X Divsion Championship.
• October 12, 1992 - Bret Hart defeated Ric Flair for the WWF Heavyweight Championship.