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UFL’s Robert Griffith on MuscleSport Radio 12/1

Published: November 30, 2009

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On Tuesday, December 1, MuscleSport Radio will welcome Robert Griffith to the show to talk a little football. Griffith, a former NFL safety, is the defensive assistant coach of the California Redwoods of the new United Football League. In it’s inaugural season, the UFL is fielding four teams. Besides the California squad, there are the [...]


UFL Needs to Promote League More to Succeed

Published: November 10, 2009

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The United Football League has been playing games for five weeks now in their inaugural season and unless you’re a die-hard gridiron fan, you would be hard pressed to even know that they are in existence. As far as the Tri-State area goes, nary a mention has been made of the league itself or the [...]


UFL Signing Former NFL Players, Coaches to Gain Credibility

Published: October 3, 2009

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Secondary football leagues have not exactly had the best track record. Back in the 1970s, the World Football League tried to survive by raiding the rosters of NFL teams but folded after less than two seasons. A decade later, the United States Football League played a spring schedule and was fairly popular until they made [...]


UFL Kicks Off on October 8th

Published: March 12, 2009

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Geography has not exactly been a strong point with football teams in the Tri-state area. Not one, but two teams play their games in the heart of the Garden State but still call themselves New York, the state where they were born. They are obviously the Giants and Jets, who are in New Jersey to [...]


New USFL – Spring Football Returns in 2010

Published: January 10, 2009

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Rival League from the ’80s on the Table Again; All it Takes is $1 and a Dream
Are you ready for some (more) football? I’m sure the answer is ‘yes,’ especially with the “one-year hiatus” of the Arena Football League. Back from the dead comes the reincarnation of perhaps the best rival to the NFL since [...]