RATTLEFIELD

Your Humble Narrator wouldn’t have thought anything could have interested him in the Arena Football League. But getting to interview several members of the Arizona Rattlers...

...for this month’s issue of Phoenix Magazine, currently on the stands, proved me wrong; the experience was fascinating, and now I want to go to a game. You can get a taste of my story about the players, who pursue day jobs alongside their gridiron duties, here, or read the whole thing on page 110.

So in honor of the Rattlers, whose season starts this weekend…

Monster-of-the-Week: …let’s give the nod to any of the title characters in the 1976 low-budgeter Rattlers...

...a horde of reptiles gone homicidal after exposure to secret military chemicals. Let’s hope the Arizona Rattlers are every bit as ferocious to the opposition in their upcoming season—without the literal deadliness, of course, and without the chemicals.