Sports Broadcast

The SaberCats beat the Arizona Rattlers 63-43 on Saturday night, but the game was incidental compared to the opening ceremony which included fog machines and pyrotechnics making it feel more like a Prince concert than arena football. Arizona scored early in the first quarter but was trailing the defending ArenaBowl champs 27-7 by halftime. San Jose’s defense was strong in the first half but faltered in the second, allowing Arizona to score 36 points. Quarterback Mark Grieb threw three touchdown passes and two interceptions, The real player of the game however, was kicker A.J. Haglund who scored four field goals, tying the franchise record. The win was welcome but the game didn’t quite compare to the pre-game ceremony.