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Michigan wide receiver Siaosi Mariner (14) is pulling away from defenders in the UFL's USFL Conference Championship Game at Birmingham's Protective Stadium on Saturday. (Photo by ALEX NABOR - THE FOOTBALL BEAT)
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Michigan leads B’ham at half

BIRMINGHAM – The UFL’s conference championship games are this weekend, and in the first one, here at Protective Stadium, one-loss Birmingham is in trouble – although they did make a late comeback in the second quarter. The Stallions, 9-1 and

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UFL Conference Championship Games this weekend

Is football supposed to be fun? Well, of course it is. Remember Petey from “Remember The Titans?” Of course, remember coach Herman Boone’s answer? Football Zero Fun Sir (youtube.com). In spite of Coach Boone, we’re all going to have a

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Michigan Panthers defensive lineman Breeland Speaks (57) is the United Football League's Defensive Player of the Year. Other award winners: Hakeem Butler, the wide receiver from St. Louis, is the league's offensive player of the year; St. Louis' Chris Garrett is the special teams player of the year; and Michigan's Mike Nolan is the coach of the year. The All-UFL Team was also announced. The conference title games are this weekend (Birmingham-Michigan in Birmingham on Saturday; San Antonio and St. Louis in St. Louis on Sunday) and the UFL Championship is Sunday, June 16. (Photo by ALEX NABOR - THE FOOTBALL BEAT)
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UFL releases postseason awards

The very first version of the United Football League’s postseason honors are out, including the first All-UFL Team, and while all of the teams are represented, the honors sort of look like a mini-version of the four teams in the

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Michigan kicker Jake Bates (above) hit seven field goals to help the Panthers beat Arlington, 28-27. (Photo courtesy of the HOUSTON CHRONICLE)
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Stallions clinch conference title berth; Bates hits 7 FG

For the first time this season, The Football Beat crew did not have anyone at a United Football League venue this weekend. And Birmingham made history. The Stallions, defending USFL champions and now defending USFL Conference champions, defeated Memphis, 39-21,

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San Antonio's A.J. Hendy (29) blocks a field goal by Arlington kicker Jonathan Garibay. San Antonio got a fourth-quarter touchdown run by John Lovett and a 31-yard field goal by Ryan Santoso to beat Arlington, 25-15, on Saturday. (Photo by DENNIS JACOBS - THEFOOTBALLBEAT.COM)
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Brahmas escape Arlington; Renegades remain winless

ARLINGTON – It’s a bit shocking because of how well quarterback Luis Perez has played this season, and because their coach is probably the most famous, and winningest, coach in the United Football League. But the Arlington Renegades remained winless

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Houston running back T.J. Pledger IV (5) looks for running room against Arlington, but Renegades linebacker Colin Schooler (36, right) isn't about to give an inch. The Renegades did, though, as Houston won the battle between the two teams Sunday, 17-9. (Photo by ALEX NABOR - THEFOOTBALLBEAT.COM)
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Houston holds off Arlington, 17-9

HOUSTON – Two teams looking for their first win of the season, and their first-ever United Football League win, met here at Rice Stadium Sunday, in a game where defense was king (at least in the first half). In the

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