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Last Man Standing

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The Soul did little wrong en route to their first AFL championship.

From the start of the season, the Soul had one goal -- win a ring. With an explosive offense and dominating defense, Philadelphia took everyone's best shot and stood tall at the end. Final Power Rankings

• Soul win ArenaBowl XXII | Watch: Highlights | How Soul did it
• Buckheit: Watch: Pop the champagne | Celebrating with Bon Jovi
• Watch: Mike Brown's video blog: We made it | Perks of the job

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The visit to the Children's Hospital made a difference for both the kids and the players.
• Watch: Haglunds | Converting Christopher
• Watch: Rings | CJ | Mary & Miss America
• Soul's Brown works to do more for charity

So how do you find out just how good San Jose and Philadelphia are? Simple. Ask someone who played them.
• Crush DB Rashad Floyd on offenses
• Rush WR Damian Harrell on defenses

San Jose's Mark Grieb and Philadelphia's Matt D'Orazio took different paths to ArenaBowl XXII, but both know about winning titles. Grieb's smarts | D'Orazio pays off
• Horton: Who has the advantage at QB?

The Soul's road to ArenaBowl XXII wasn't always a smooth one, but ESPN.com was there and offers a look back at their season. Watch: Last Man Standing
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The phone didn't ring any differently, but everything changed once I heard "Mary, hey, Jon Bon Jovi." Yup ... it's my life, and Bon Jovi is in it. Mary Buckheit