XTREME UPDATE: MADDOX TO START FOR XTREME.Byline: Steve Irvine Staff Writer Tommy Maddox Thomas (Tommy) Alfred Maddox (born September 2, 1971 in Shreveport, Louisiana) was a football quarterback in the NFL who most recently played for the Pittsburgh Steelers. High school career At L.D. will get the nod as the starting quarterback for the L.A. Xtreme when the team plays its first regular-season XFL XFL Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada - Shawinigan / via Rail Service (Airport Code) XFL X-Treme Football League XFL Exit Flight Level XFL X Football League game Sunday in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden . Xtreme coach Al Luginbill said he selected Maddox over Scott Milanovich because the former UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX quarterback ``moved us a little better and got us in the end zone (during training camp).'' Luginbill added Milanovich will probably see action when the Xtreme plays the San Francisco Demons Demons See also devil; evil; ghosts; hell; spirits and spiritualism. ademonist one who denies the existence of the devil or demons. bogyism, bogeyism recognition of the existence of demons and goblins. at 1 p.m. Sunday at Pacific Bell Park. ``We'll go with one quarterback and we will not have a quick hook,'' Luginbill said. ``But if that doesn't work, I'm not against playing two quarterbacks. I don't like it as well, but I'm certainly not against it.'' Maddox said after practice Wednesday he was happy he won the job but also is glad the Xtreme has an experienced backup. ``It will help me considerably to have a guy of his caliber and experience on the sideline to talk to during the game,'' Maddox said. ``It also helps the team to have confidence in him, which they do, in case he needs to come in.'' The 29-year-old Maddox, a first-round pick by the Denver Broncos in 1992, last played in an NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga regular-season game in 1995 and spent last season with the New Jersey Red Dogs in the Arena Football League. The 27-year-old Milanovich, a third-string quarterback in Tampa Bay for three seasons, threw for 1,651 yards and 12 touchdowns in NFL Europe last season. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: TOMMY MADDOX The former UCLA quarterback will start for the L.A. Xtreme in the regular season opener of the XFL. |
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