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Brigade quarterback Randy Hippeard: "There's always a story, and I think everybody that plays in these smaller leagues are hoping they're that next story.”

 The newest game in town finally has a name. Baltimore, meet the Brigade.

On Wednesday morning, Omarr Smith took the lectern at the arena in a city he had never visited and said he was humbled to be named the first head coach of a

The former Maryland running back and Mount St. Joseph standout is going to play linebacker for the Alabama Hammers after signing Thursday with the Professional Indoor Football Team franchise, which is based in Huntsville.

Jimmy Lewis couldn't be more excited about the two teams that will play in the inaugural Baltimore Indoor Football League championship game on Saturday, May 30 at the Williams J. Myers Pavilion at 6:30 p.m. One is the Arbutus Firebirds, coached by Lewis. The other is the Towson Thundercats, coached by Butch Mullin, who was Lewis' teammate with the Arbutus Big Red semipro football team in the late 1990s.