Portland Thunder WR/KR Duane Brooks (5-10, 185, Stephen F. Austin) has broken the Arena Football League record for kickoff return touchdowns in a season with his eighth runback, a 56 yard return coming at the 14:46 mark of the third quarter against the Las Vegas Outlaws Saturday evening.

Last week was one of the most unusual weeks in the history of the Arena Football League. One third of the teams were scheduled to be out on a bye when the league also cancelled the Las Vegas-New Orleans game and declared it a tie. It made for a bizarre week in Quickplay where successful teams had to put two players from the East Division into their lineups despite the fact none of them played in Week 18.

The Sharks savaged Tampa Bay and moved to the grownups table this week, entering just 0.02 points behind Philadelphia in the latest weighted rankings. Arizona also saw a nice uptick, and the Shock didn’t go up much, but jumped from 12th to ninth in the rankings.

Tim Capper and Adam Markowitz are back with the 18th episode of AFL Tonight for the 2015 season. We discuss the aftermath of the Outlaws-VooDoo cancellation, playoff race, Tampa Bay rant and much more. Our interview this week is AFL Commissioner Scott Butera.

PORTLAND – The Portland Thunder host the expansion Las Vegas Outlaws in their 2015 home finale this Saturday at Moda Center. Kickoff is set for 7:00PM. Fans can listen on 750 AM The GAME starting at 6:30pm, and also watch live on CSNNW, or stream via ESPN3 and the WatchESPN.com app.

PORTLAND – The Portland Thunder are set to host ‘Fan Appreciation Night, presented by Aaron’s’ at their final home game of the 2015 AFL schedule, this Saturday night against the Las Vegas Outlaws, from Moda Center. Kickoff is set for 7:00pm.

Despite a light schedule in Week 18 of the Arena Football League schedule, the postseason lineup came into sharper focus with Jacksonville locking up an appearance in the American Conference while Spokane doing the same in the National Conference.