Michigan's Newest Football Team Might Actually Win

The Muskegon Thunder, a member of the Indoor Football League, announced
its plan to move to Grand Rapids and become the West Michigan ThunderHawks. The team will play its 7 home games in the DeltaPlex Arena when the season kicks off in March. Rich Baylie, the arena's executive director, says he believes "in this team and I am proud that they'll be calling the DeltaPlex their home."

The Indoor Football League currently has 19 teams ranging from Alaska to Texas to New York to Colorado. Michigan has one other team, the Saginaw Sting. Indoor football is played in a similar style to arena football, in an 8-on-8 format with 50 yard fields and walls for sidelines. The Grand Rapids Rampage was an arena football team, but the Arena Football League went bankrupt in 2008. The original IFL existed for one year, from 1999 to 2000 before going under. It was recreated in 2008 out of a merger between two smaller indoor leagues.

Season tickets can be purchased now; individual tickets will be available in December. For tickets or more info, visit the ThunderHawks' Web site.