KENNEWICK — Teri Carr's decision to take the Tri-Cities Fever from the Arena Football One league to the Indoor Football League on Thursday was about survival in every way.

Teri Carr jumped back into the indoor football business in September to save the sport in the Tri-Cities.

KENNEWICK -- The Arena Football One league — of which the Tri-Cities Fever is a member — lost another team this week.

KENNEWICK -- Tri-Cities Fever coach Pat O'Hara added two more players to his 2010 roster Monday, including his first offensive player.

KENNEWICK -- Tri-Cities Fever coach Pat O'Hara returned home to Orlando, Fla., on Saturday after spending two busy weeks in the Tri-Cities.

KENNEWICK -- Slowly, but surely the pieces to this new Arena Football One league are surfacing.

KENNEWICK -- The Tri-Cities Fever roster added another familiar face, signing linebacker/receiver Chris Hemphill.

The Tri-Cities Fever roster added another familiar face Friday, signing linebacker/receiver Chris Hemphill.

YAKIMA -- The American Infoor Football Association is coming to Yakima.

Adam Shackleford wants to be a head coach again in the arena football league. But, at this point, he just wants to coach again.

There he was, standing behind the podium being introduced as the coach of the Tri-Cities Fever.

Pat O'Hara will be back as the head coach of the Tri-Cities Fever, general manager Teri Carr confirmed in an e-mail Monday.

The Tri-Cities Fever will hold a press conference Nov. 2 at Toyota Center to announce the signing of its new head coach.

What's in a deadline? For arena football, apparently, not much.

The Tri-Cities Fever appears to have the island all to itself -- at least for right now.

The Tri-Cities Fever was officially announced as a member of the new Arena Football 1 league at a press conference in Tulsa., Okla., on Monday.

Some answers are coming -- finally.

KENNEWICK -- Teri Carr wants to put an end to all the rumors.

SPOKANE -- Nothing is finalized, but there are growing indications that the Spokane Shock soon will be part of the top tier of a revamped arena football league.

The Tri-Cities Fever is staying in the family.

Tri-Cities Fever owner Doug MacGregor was very vague and short on details when talking about the future of the franchise.

Doug MacGregor's search for a local ownership partner for the Tri-Cities Fever has apparently come to an end.

KENNEWICK — Kevin Jinks has had to wait more than a week to see if his offer to buy the Tri-Cities Fever would be accepted.

Kevin Jinks said he has done everything he can do to keep the Tri-Cities Fever afloat, and now it's up to owner Doug MacGregor to see if he wants to do the same.

LAS VEGAS — The Spokane Shock rode a huge second half to a 74-27 victory Saturday night in front of an announced crowd of 5,846 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, giving the Shock its second ArenaCup title in four years and easing some of the pain of last year’s loss in the championship game.

The deadline to sell the Tri-Cities Fever is less than 10 days away.

As President Obama searches for support for his public health care option, the Tri-Cities Fever's public option is over before it was even unveiled.

Just how serious is the community about keeping the Tri-Cities Fever in town?

KENNEWICK -- The calendar has been flipped to August, meaning time is running out on the Tri-Cities Fever.

Like most of the players before him, Tri-Cities Fever coach Pat O'Hara left the Tri-Cities on Thursday, heading home to Orlando, Fla., with a lot of uncertainty.

Tri-Cities Fever linebacker Chris Hemphill was named the areanfootball2 league's defensive player of the week.

Tri-Cities Fever linebacker Chris Hemphill was named the areanfootball2 league's defensive player of the week Tuesday.

Sure, predicting a win for the Tri-Cities Fever on Saturday night was not that big of a longshot.

Sure, predicting a win for the Tri-Cities Fever on Saturday night was not that big of a longshot.

The future of the Tri-Cities Fever will not be decided by one victory or one night when more than 3,600 fans came out to Toyota Center.

Randy Schillinger has known for a while that he would not be back next season with the Tri-Cities Fever.

KENNEWICK -- Pat O'Hara is on the verge of having selective amnesia.

HIDALGO, Texas -- The Tri-Cities Fever is typically a country mile from victory in the closing minutes of its games this season.

If there was any question if the players and coaches have phoned in the season, take five seconds to talk to Tremayne Kirkland.

KENNEWICK -- With the clock ticking on the future of the Tri-Cities Fever, general manager Randy Schillinger said he is increasingly optimistic indoor football will stay in the Tri-Cities next season.

KENNEWICK -- Receiver Tremayne Kirkland will return to the field Saturday for the Tri-Cities Fever when it takes on Rio Grande Valley (7-7) in Hidalgo, Texas.

BOISE -- The Boise defense picked off Tri-Cities quarterback Colin Drafts five times and Burn quarterback Taylor Tharp threw for six touchdowns and set the team record in passing yards (2,682) as the Burn swept the four-game series with the Fever 63-21 on Saturday night.

The idea to have Boise and Tri-Cities play four times this season was set up for convenience. Which in theory, with the economy the way it is and given the Fever looking for a new owner to avoid extinction, it made sense.

KENNEWICK -- It's no secret that this season has been filled with some not-so-memorable firsts for the Tri-Cities Fever.

KENNEWICK -- It took nearly two years, but Colin Drafts finally got his first victory in a Tri-Cities Fever uniform.

KENNEWICK -- Here is a preview of today's af2 indoor football game, which begins at 7 p.m. at the Toyota Center:

KENNEWICK -- It took a little convincing to get Colin Drafts back to the Tri-Cities, but now that he's here, he knows he made the right choice.

This has not been the Tri-Cities Fever's year, and the evidence kept coming Thursday.

KENNEWICK -- The Tri-Cities Fever could soon be right behind its fans, heading for the Toyota Center exits.

SPOKANE -- Colin Drafts bailed out the Tri-Cities Fever in the second half Saturday night.