The Firebirds returned to Albany and the Arena Football League last season, making it back to the Arena Bowl in year one, suffering a heartbreaking five point loss to Billings. Now in year two of t… ...

Prior to 2023, the Empire had won back-to-back NAL titles in 2021 and 2022. A previous franchise also operating under the Empire name won the Arena Football League title in 2019.

The Albany Firebirds are no longer members of the Arena Football League. NewsChannel 13’s Rodger Wyland was first to break this story, Live at 6 on Wednesday.The AFL went from 16 teams down to ...

The Albany Firebirds came up just short of an Arena Football League championship in 2024. This week, Albany’s road to a title in its new league, Arena Football One, begins in earnest as players ...