USFL kicks off 2023 season as Birmingham Stallions look to repeat

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The USFL will kick off its second season this week.

The revamped spring football league will run the 2023 season from April 15 to July 1, when the championship game will return to Canton, Ohio. The top two teams from each division will play against each other in the playoffs on June 24-25.

There will be a few different changes to the format of the schedule. The USFL moved away from the bubble format as each team played in Birmingham, Alabama, last year. This year, there are four locations for play in what’s being called the hub format. Birmingham, Canton, Detroit and Memphis, Tennessee, will be the hubs. The Tampa Bay Bandits moved to Memphis to become the Showboats.

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Protective Stadium in Birmingham, Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium in Memphis, Ford Field in Detroit and Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton will be the host cities.

Here are more things to know about the 2023 USFL season.

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Philadelphia Stars quarterback Case Cookus (10) carries the football during the second quarter of the USFL Championship Game between the Birmingham Stallions and Philadelphia Stars on July 3, 2022, at the Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, OH. (Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

The Birmingham Stallions won the USFL Championship last summer, holding off Case Cookus and the Philadelphia Stars, 33-30. Cookus broke his leg during the game and his absence may have helped give the Stallions the edge in the game. Victor Bolden Jr. was named the MVP of the championship.

49ers head coach Mike Nolan on the sidelines as the Arizona Cardinals defeated the San Francisco 49ers by a