Continental Divide

NFL Europe and the AFL just ended their seasons. A look at the leagues

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NFL EUROPE	 	ARENA LEAGUE
Amsterdam Admirals. Beat Berlin Thunder 27-21 on Saturday	CHAMPION	Colorado Crush. Beat Georgia Force 51-48 on Sunday
$10,000 (10 regular-season games)	AVERAGE LEAGUE SALARY	$72,000 (16 regular-season games)
Bratwurst and beer	BUSIEST CONCESSION	Hot dogs and nachos
Boris Becker and Klitschko brothers, Vladimir and Vitali	FAMOUS FANS	Tobey Maguire, Snoop Dogg
The Rhein Fire's Pyromaniacs	MOST POPULAR CHEERLEADERS	Los Angeles Avengers' A-Team.
Reggae's Shaggy, 1,000 dancing kids and 180 cheerleaders	TITLE GAME HALFTIME SHOW	Bryan Adams (Kool and the Gang played postgame)
Frankie the Dinosaur (Frankfurt Galaxy), known for his theatrical dives	MOST BELOVED MASCOT	Kid Coyote (Dallas Desperados), famous for his silent howl
Kurt Warner	MOST FAMOUS ALUM	Kurt Warner
Hamburg Sea Devils. Named for creature who has reputedly wreaked havoc in the city's ports for centuries	COOLEST NICKNAME	New Orleans VooDoo. So popular that locals once petitioned to get the NBA's Hornets to adopt VooDoo too

 

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WAYNEPAULO.COM (MAN EATING BRATWURST, RHEIN CHEERLEADER, WARNER NFL EUROPE)

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BRUCE PEEBLES/CORBIS (BEER)

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BRAND X PICTURES/GETTY IMAGES (NACHOS)

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NAM Y. HUH/AP (SNOOP DOGG)

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JON SOOHOO/WIREIMAGE.COM (AVENGERS CHEERLEADER)

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ERIC DROTTER/AP (WARNER AFL)

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COURTESY OF ARENA FOOTBALL LEAGUE (VOODOO)