Storm season starts today without coach

Without their head coach, the Tampa Bay Storm begin the 2006 season Sunday at Philadelphia. The game will air on sister station 1250 WHNZ. Pregame is 2:45 then Jack Harris and Jason Dixon have all the play-by-play starting at 3 p.m.

Coach and GM Tim Marcum is serving the last half of a four-game suspension that the Arena League slapped on the franchise for salary cap violations.

The Storm on Tuesday signed former Tampa Bay Buccaneer Kevin Dogins Dogins, a Divion II NCAA All-American at Texas A&M-Kingsville, spent six seasons with the Buccaneers, Chicago Bears, Atlanta Falcons, and Philadelphia Eagles. He played in 47 NFL games, starting 17.