After a season of heart-stopping finishes and miracle comebacks, the luck ran out and the clock struck midnight for the Cleveland Gladiators on Saturday night as the Arizona Rattlers ascended to dynasty status with a dominating 72-32 victory in ArenaBowl XXVII at Quicken Loans Arena.
It's been a pretty abysmal start to the 2015 season for the Jacksonville Sharks special teams. Shortfalls in the kicking game have contributed heavily in these one point losses as the Sharks have started 0-2 for the first time in franchise history.
Cleveland has made winning look hard of late, whether it was having to come back late against Philadelphia or trailing all evening in Pittsburgh.
It doesn't have to be.
It seems that the city of Cleveland is all the sports world is talking about lately. From the return of LeBron James to the NBA Cleveland Cavaliers to the minute-by-minute coverage of everything that rookie quarterback Johnny Manziel is doing at the Cleveland Browns NFL training camp. But where is the national coverage of the most exciting sports story to come out of The Forest City so far this year, the incredible season of the AFL Cleveland Gladiators?
Three times this season, the buzzer has sounded with the Cleveland Gladiators losing and then seconds later, they still pull out the win. It seems like the Gladiators have destiny on their side, having beaten the Soul on three different buzzer beaters.