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The 2019 AAF season was the only season in the history of the Alliance of American Football (AAF), which began on February 9, 2019. A ten-week regular season was scheduled for each of the league's eight teams. (AAF-1128; 0:59 sec.) Women's Race of the 1954 Open North American Sled Dog Championship with winner, Effie Kokrine, holding the trophy. (AAF-8746; 0:52 sec.) George Attla winning the 1975 Open North American Sled Dog Championship. (AAF-1591; 0:53 sec.) Men making a dog sled using the techniques of cutting, steaming, and bending. The American Football League (AFL) was a major professional American football league that operated for ten seasons from 1960 until 1970, when it merged with the older National Football League (NFL), and became the American Football Conference. One of the AAF’s major objectives is to recognize excellence and encourage high standards among industry professionals. The National Club Achievement Competition is designed to recognize outstanding accomplishments of its affiliated advertising clubs and to showcase the programs and projects that these clubs undertake each year.

It’s been a rough few months for Johnny Manziel.

The former Heisman Trophy winner was banned from the CFL, saw his marriage fall apart and lost another chance at a professional football career following the AAF’s collapse. He signed with the Memphis Express three weeks before league football operations were suspended.

Manziel now finds himself at a crossroads in his life and football career, which has apparently inspired him to change his name to … John Manziel.

The ex-Memphis Express quarterback joined The Dan Patrick Show on Monday to announce the name change. The show even changed their graphic to “John” for him. It doesn’t get more official than that.

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Manziel said:

“I have a little update for you. I actually go by John these days. So, I’m kind of just turning over the page and moving forward a little bit.”

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John Manziel. That’s going to take some getting used to.

Manziel did say that he hopes to continue his football career and that his time in Memphis was the most fun he’s had playing football since his days at Texas A&M (despite only appearing for parts of two AAF games).

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He declined to go into detail about what happened that led to his departure from the CFL and subsequent banning from the league.

But hey, his name is John now.

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Historic Dog Mushing Films from the Alaska Film Archives. Click on a thumbnail to view the movie.

1959 Open North Sled Dog Championship at Fairbanks, Alaska.
(AAF-1135; 4:22 min.)

Pulling harnesses from cache and hooking dogs up.
(AAF-1128; 0:59 sec.)

Women's Race of the 1954 Open North American Sled Dog Championship with winner, Effie Kokrine, holding the trophy.
(AAF-8746; 0:52 sec.)

George Attla winning the 1975 Open North American Sled Dog Championship.
(AAF-1591; 0:53 sec.)

Men making a dog sled using the techniques of cutting, steaming, and bending.
(AAF-1136: 4:03 min.)

Man making a sled dog harness.
(AAF-1136: 3:28 min.)

Dog sleds being used to haul logs 30 to 35 miles up the John River for construction of the first Chapel at Anaktuvuk.
(AAF-7950; 1:25 min.)

Dog team hauling logs for firewood.
(AAF-7619; 0:54 sec.)

Hooking up sled dogs and travel in McKinley Park.
(AAF-9485; 1:32 min.)

Mushing in McKinley Park.
(AAF-9485; 1:31 min.)

Interview with Joe Redington Jr. in Nome after the 1975 Iditarod.
(AAF-1795; 1:54 min.)

Joe Redington, Jr. at the start of the 1975 Iditarod sled dog race.
(AAF-5691; 0:52 sec.)

Anaktuvuk Pass, 1950.
(AAF-96: 0:66 sec.)

Hunter mushing on spring pack ice near Unalakleet.
(AAF-1100; 0:55 sec.)

Leonhard Seppala mushing dogs near Chatanika, 1947-1952.
(AAF-2240; 84 sec.)

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