News & notes

The Tri-City Valleycats snapped a four game losing streak Sunday, beating Connecticut, 5-1, scoring four runs in the eighth to pick up the victory. Tri-City had been swept by Hudson Valley, losing 13-3 on Saturday night, before rebounding against the Tigers. The 'Cats return home Wednesday for a return match vs. Aberdeen.
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Albany native Bobby Fish failed in his quest to regain the NXT tag titles on Saturday in Toronto, as the Undisputed Era fell to current champs the Street Profits at the latest Takeover event. The Undisputed Era was also on the losing end of a tag match at the Capital Center on Thursday, and, to be honest, with the Profits (Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins) appearing on Monday Night Raw of late, I'd thought there'd be a title change on Saturday. Didn't happen.
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It wasn't exactly 20 years to the day, but the Albany Empire completed "unfinished business" Sunday, beating Philadelphia, 45-27, before more than 12,000 fans at Times Union Center to bring the ArenaBowl home for the first time since the Firebirds pulled off the same feat on August 21, 1999. Ryan Grady threw 5 TD passes, and the other touchdown was scored on defense. Congratulations to the Empire, only in their 2nd season in the AFL.