Basketball

After spending one season in Minnesota, the Muskies of the American Basketball Association moved south to become the Miami Floridians for the 1968-69 season. They were known simply as the Floridians for their final two seasons starting in 1970.

The Memphis Pros were originally the New Orleans Buccaneers, a charter member of the American Basketball Association. After three years in New Orleans, they moved to Memphis in 1970 and became the Pros. They were later known as the Tams, and finally the Sounds...

The Oakland Oaks were a basketball team co-owned by singer Pat Boone. They began in 1967 as charter members of the American Basketball Association. They went from worst to first in 1969, capturing the second-ever ABA title. In 1970, the team moved east to...

The Minnesota Muskies were charter members of the American Basketball Association. After one season in the Twin Cities, they moved to Miami to become the Floridians. A few months later, the league champion Pittsburgh Pipers moved to Minnesota for the 1968-69 season, before moving...

While the American Basketball Association had teams in over 20 cities over its 10 seasons, it awarded only one expansion franchise, the San Diego Conquistadors. That was in 1972, the start of the rebel league's fifth season. The team made the playoffs its first...

The American Basketball Association team that played in Memphis from 1970 to 1975 was first called the Pros, then the Tams, and finally the Sounds, the latter being their nickname before moving to Baltimore.

Established in 1967, the New Jersey Americans were charter members of the American Basketball Association (ABA). After just one season in the Garden State, they moved to Long Island and became the New York Nets. They returned to New Jersey in 1977 after the...

The San Diego Sails were the renamed San Diego Conquistadors, the American Basketball Association's only expansion franchise, joining the league in 1972. The name change came after original owner, Leonard Bloom, sold the team in 1975 to Frank Goldberg. The team folded a dozen...

Developed in 1986 by Konami, Double Dribble was one of the first video games to successfully resemble a physical sport. It debuted in arcades and was later offered in a home version for various gaming systems.

The New Orleans Buccaneers were founded in 1967 and were charter members of the American Basketball Association. The spent three years in the Big Easy before moving to Memphis in 1970.

The Pittsburgh Ironmen were a charter member of the Basketball Association of America, playing their home games at Duquesne Gardens. The team ended their only season in 1946-47 with a record of 15 & 45, finishing worst overall in the league.

The National Basketball League (NBL) was a professional men's basketball??league that was established in 1937. After the 1948-49 season, the league merged with the Basketball Association of America??(BAA) to create the National Basketball Association (NBA).

The Cleveland Rebels played in the Basketball Association of America,??forerunner of the NBA, for the 1946/47 season. The city would return to the NBA fold in 1970 with the formation of the Cavaliers.

The Basketball Association of America (BAA) was founded in 1946 and featured teams such as the Toronto Huskies, New York Knickerbockers, Chicago Stag, and more. Following its third season, 1948-49, the BAA and the National Basketball League (NBL) merged to create the National Basketball...

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The original American Basketball Association (ABA) was founded in 1967 as a challenger to the established NBA. After fierce competition between the two for fans and players, 4 ABA teams were absorbed by the NBA in 1976. The Kentucky Colonels, the league's most successful...

The Indianapolis Olympians were formed in 1949, the same year the combined Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League became the National Basketball Association or NBA. They folded in 1953. Pro basketball would not return to the city until 1967 when the...

Though he's most famous for coaching UCLA to 10 Divisions I men's basketball championships, John Wooden??was an Indiana native who played his collegiate ball at Purdue. He coached at Indiana State before heading west.

The Kentucky Colonels were a professional basketball team that played in the American Basketball Association from 1967 until 1976, first at the Convention Center, now known as the Gardens, and later at Freedom Hall. The team had the highest winning percentage of any franchise...

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