CLEVELAND GLADIATORS

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The Gladiators and coach Steve Thonn opened training camp with a two-practice day. Camp runs until March 26. The season opener is April 3 against Arizona at The Q.  Full story »

The Gladiators will open training camp Monday at the MultiPlex Events & Sports Center in Warrensville Heights. Full story »

The Arena Football League is looking to expand, with Pittsburgh a candidate. The Gladiators' scheduled April 11 game at Chicago is moved to April 9 to be shown as one of the NFL Network's prime-time Friday night "Game of the Week" telecasts. Full story »

The Gladiators have signed John Dutton, one of the arena game's all-time great quarterbacks. Full story »

Cleveland's indoor football team will audition local athletes at Feb. 7 event in Warrensville Heights. Full story »

The Gladiators will open their Arena Football One season April 3 against Arizona at home. Full story »

Former Arena League coach at Grand Rapids is eager to revive the excitement of indoor football with the Cleveland franchise. Full story »

Team owner Jim Ferraro officially announced that the Cleveland Gladiators will join Arena Football 1, a league based in Tulsa, Okla., that begins play in April. Full story »

Arena Football will return to Cleveland in 2010 with a team in Arena Football 1, a source close to the situation told The Plain Dealer. Full story »

The Columbus Dispatch is reporting today that the Arena Football League has suspended operations indefinitely. A formal announcement is expected within the next day or two. The AFL includes the Cleveland Gladiators, which moved from Las Vegas and played one season at The Q in 2008. Former Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar was team president. Jim Renacci, the Columbus Destroyers... Full story »

Gladiators owner Jim Ferraro said the franchise lost $2 million to $2.5 million last season in its inaugural season in Cleveland. Add relocation fees from Las Vegas, and the loss was about $4 million, Ferraro said. The franchise failed to make money despite the Gladiators reaching the Arena Football League's National Conference championship game and averaging 14,017 fans in... Full story »

At least six Cleveland Gladiators office employees lost their jobs Monday as part of the fallout from the Arena Football League's decision Sunday to cancel the 2009 season. Another Gladiator, quarterback Raymond Philyaw, fears he might have thrown his last pass as a professional. The layoffs primarily involved the sales staff and also included Phil Tesar, the club's director... Full story »

CLEVELAND -- Raymond Philyaw, spectacular at quarterback for the Gladiators last season, fears he might have thrown his last professional pass. Monday's announcement that the Arena Football League officially suspended operations for 2009 hit Philyaw like a lineman coming clean off the edge. Philyaw, 34, made his AFL debut with Albany in 2000. He ranks as one of the... Full story »

CLEVELAND -- At least six Cleveland Gladiators employees lost their jobs Monday as part of the immediate fallout from the Arena Football League's decision Sunday night to cancel the 2009 season pending an agreement with its players union. The firings primarily involved the sales staff and also included Phil Tesar, the club's media relations director. Tesar said in a statement:... Full story »