Colorado Crush quarterback John Dutton needs 96 yards passing to become the first Arena Football League quarterback to throw for at least 4,100 yards in five consecutive seasons. Dutton and the Crush take on the Arizona Rattlers tonight at 8 p.m. at the U.S. Airways Center in Phoenix (TV: ESPN2).
While Dutton zeroes in on the record, the 4-10 Crush needs a victory to keep alive its hopes of reaching the playoffs. After playing the Rattlers, the Crush returns to the Pepsi Center on Saturday to face the Kansas City Brigade in the regular-season finale.
Dutton passed for 4,195 yards in 2004; 4,143 in 2005; 4,421 in 2006; and 4,320 in 2007. He has 4,004 yards going into tonight’s game. Irv Moss, The Denver Post
Former Crush lineman dies.
Johnathan Goddard, a defensive lineman who had a short stint with the Crush this year, died Saturday in a motorcycle crash in Florida.
The Crush signed Goddard, 27, as a free agent in May, and he played in two games before being released early this month.
Goddard, who played for Marshall University in 2004, was drafted by the Detroit Lions in 2005 and also was on the roster of the Indianapolis Colts, according to , a website dedicated to Marshall’s sports teams.
Vail triathlete wins Xterra event in Virginia.
Josiah Middaugh of Vail won the Xterra East Championships triathlon Sunday in Richmond, Va.
The event consisted of a 0.7-mile swim, an 18-mile mountain bike race and a 6.2-mile trail run. Middaugh is the first American man to win since Michael Tobin in 2000.
