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Arena football: Blaze’s defense starting to assert itself

As the Blaze offense continues to work out the kinks, it’s been the defense that has kept the team afloat. In fact, it’s been the defense that has dominated offenses over the course of the …

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Published on Mar 1, 2013 11:23AM
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Published on Feb 25, 2013 08:51PM
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