"At Shady Sports Network, our mission is to provide our audience with unbiased and in-depth coverage of all sports while also maintaining journalstic integrity and accuracy."
The American Arena League rebooted for the first season of play since 2021. Fans from across the country had mixed feelings on what they saw as just another fly-by-night league that will be gone in a year, but skepticism is slowly turning to trust, read on and find out how!
Columbus-Wheeling gave us a look into how wild things can get in the future, while Mississippi showed promise, and Jersey showed us what three-quarters of dominance can really look like! We cover all of this, and even the AAL2 Playoffs. All in this week’s Everything AAL!
The Playoffs are always exciting; the finality of the final score will be talked about for years to come, and the 2026 NAL playoffs have been no different! Check out the heart stopper in Pueblo and the end of a Cinderella run in Dodge City! All in this week's NAL Review!
If you wanted intense, down to the last drive football, the first round of the NAL playoffs gave you all you could have possibly asked for! We had the Beef run over the Bandits, and the Spartans took the Liberty down to the wire! It was everything we could have asked for, and only sets up for an even more enticing Semi-final round! We cover it all in this week's NAL Review!
If you love watching insane score totals, watching defenses score, and just blood bath blow out football, this was your kind of weekend in the AAL! We saw Columbus set the league high for scoring and a wheeling pitch a 71-point shutout. It was an absolutely insane weekend of arena football! We cover all of this- the race to the end and the upcoming AAL2 playoffs all in this week’s Everything AAL.
The Columbus Lions are built around their fans, everything boils down to its entertainment value. Bang for your buck is the name of the game for the Lions.
The regular season is over, folks; it's been an absolute ride… The 2026 season has been everything you could ask for. We cover everything from crushed perfection, sad endings, and the first round of the playoffs, all in NAL review!
As far as the American Arena League goes, this was a quiet week; only a single AAL game was played due to the issues with the Wesbanco and the Wheeling Nailers hockey game. As far as the American Arena League goes, this was a quiet week; only a single AAL game was played due to the issues with the Wesbanco and the Wheeling Nailers hockey game. All in all, it wasn't the most entertaining weekend, but not every week can be a nail-biter and instant classics. As we wind down into the final three weeks, the games will get more intense, especially considering the Battle for those coveted top two sports! While the game wasn't the most intense, the news for 2027 was absolutely mind-blowing: two new expansion teams!
The National Arena League season has been a lot of things… and most of all, it has been absolutely unpredictable. Week 12 only reminded us of that. Who could have seen this hard a fall from grace as the Bandits did? Or Omaha and their last-second heroics coming? Not us! And we cover it all in this week's NAL review!
After a wild week of Pro versus developmental thrashings and a somewhat needed break, we get another weekend of elevated against established. Considering that all four have had weeks to regroup and come together as teams, we are certain this round will be much closer! We cover the fun, the games, and the drama all in this week's Everything AAL.
