Tag: Casey Wasserman

2002 Fresno Frenzy Media Guide from Arena Football 2

Fresno Frenzy

The Fresno Frenzy were a One-Year Wonder in the small market indoor football league known as Arena Football 2. The Frenzy were an expansion team during AF2’s third season of play in 2002. They joined the 34-franchise league’s West Division, which also included teams in Bakersfield, Hawaii and San Diego. The Frenzy went out of business after one last-place season at Selland Arena. Arena Football 2 returned to Selland Arena two years later in 2004 with a new franchise, the Central Valley Coyotes.

Read More »
2006 Los Angeles Avengers Media Guide from the Arena Football League

Los Angeles Avengers

The Avengers, who played at STAPLES Center from 2000 through 2008, were L.A.’s second and most popular go-round with the sport of Arena Football. The team benefitted from deep pocketed owners and played during the height of the sport’s prominence in the early 2000’s when the Arena Football League boasted a national broadcast contract with NBC and investment from numerous NFL owners. The Avengers era was also marked by a terrible tragedy. On April 10th, 2005, Avengers lineman Al Lucas died after suffering a spinal cord injury while making a tackle during a game against the New York Dragons at STAPLES Center.

Read More »