Basketball

The Virginia Squires were an American Basketball Association??team based in Norfolk, VA. Founded as the Oakland Oaks in 1967, the team moved to Washington, D.C., in 1970 and were renamed the Caps. They moved across the Potomac the following year to become the Squires....

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, and made the Mid-South Coliseum their home. They were later known...

The New Jersey Meadowlands, also known as the Hackensack Meadowlands after the primary river flowing through it, is the general name for the large ecosystem of wetlands in northeastern New Jersey,?? a few miles west of New York City. Sports fans are familiar with...

The Pittsburgh Rens were members of the American Basketball League, a short-lived circuit that operated for a season and a half starting in 1961. Rens was short for??Renaissance,??a clean air and civic revitalization project launched by city leaders in the late 1940s.??The Rens were...

The Chicago Majors were members of the American Basketball League, a short-lived circuit that operated for a season and a half starting in 1961. The Majors hit the court the same year the city received a franchise in the established National Basketball Association (NBA)....

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The Oklahoma City Cavalry played in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) starting in 1990. The franchise had high hopes of post-season success and a packed home arena. "I predict this will be one of the top franchises in the league," the CBA's VP of marketing...

The Carolina Cougars began as the Houston Mavericks, charter members of the American Basketball Association (ABA) in 1967. The club relocated to North Carolina in 1969, splitting home games between Charlotte, Raleigh, and Greensboro. The latter is where they played most of their games...

The Columbus Comets were a minor league basketball team that played two seasons in the North American Basketball League.

The home of pro basketball and hockey in Dallas opened in 2001. It's nickname is derived from its sponsor.

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The Ohio Mixers were a basketball team based in Lima, Ohio. They began play in December 1982 as an expansion franchise in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA). The spent two seasons in Northwest Ohio before moving south to Cincinnati, where they became known as...

The Oklahoma City 89ers were established in 1962. The city's beloved minor league baseball team kept that name until 1997.

The Big 8 Conference was a college athletic conference formed in 1907 as the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association and included the University of Kansas, University of Missouri, University of Nebraska, Washington University in St. Louis. Additionally, and University of Iowa. Membership grew to 10, but in 1928, it...

The Philadelphia Fox were a short-lived entry in the Women’s Professional Basketball League (WBL) in the fall of 1979. OS15748

The Philadelphia Rage was one of the eight original franchises of the American Basketball League (ABL). The Rage played from 1996 to 1997 in Richmond, Virginia, and from 1997 to 1998 in Philadelphia. OS15754

The California Dreams were a one-year dream in the Women’s Professional Basketball League. They played their home games at Long Beach Arena and the Anaheim Convention Center, which was also home to the ABA’s Amigos. OS15756

The New York Stars were one of the earliest women’s professional basketball teams in the United States, formed in 1978 at the inception of the Women’s Professional Basketball League (1978-1981). Although the Stars existed for just two years, they had a league championship and doubleheaders with...

The Minnesota Fillies were one of eight founding franchises in the Women’s Professional Basketball League in 1978 and was one of only three clubs that survived for all three seasons of the WPBL’s existence. OS15768

The American Basketball League was a professional women's basketball league and began competition in the Fall of 1996. The ABL only lasted two full seasons in 1996–97 and 1997–98.  OS15775

The short-lived Women's American Basketball Association (WABA) was founded in 1984 and the league folded after the season. OS15779

The Women's Professional Basketball League played for three seasons from the fall of 1978 to the spring of 1981 and was the first professional women's basketball league in the US. OS15780

The Atlanta Glory was a women’s basketball team that competed in the American Basketball League for two seasons in the mid-1990’s. OS15807

The Nashville Noise were an expansion team for the ABL’s third and final season in the fall/winter of 1998-99. The league terminated its season on December 22, 1998 leaving the Noise with a 4 wins and 11 losses records when the league folded. OS15851

The Chicago Condors were a part of the women's American Basketball League but after just 12 games into their first season, the team was forced to disband when the league folded. OS15873

The New Orleans Pride was a Women's Professional Basketball League team from 1979 until the league folded following the 1980-81 WBL season. For both seasons, the team was coached by former NBA player and coach Butch Van Breda Kolff.  OS15946

The Toronto Tornados were a professional basketball team in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) that played from 1983 to December 1985. OS16120

The Columbus Minks were one of the debut teams in the Women’s American Basketball Association that started in early October 1984 with six teams: the Atlanta Comets, Chicago Spirit, Columbus Minks, Dallas Diamonds, Houston Shamrocks and the Virginia Wave. OS16151

The New Jersey Gems played in the Women's Professional Basketball League (WBL) and was one of only three teams in the league to survive through all three seasons, from 1978–79 to 1980–81. The team made the league playoffs once, losing in the first round. OS16255

The San Jose Lasers were a member of the women's American Basketball League, playing their home games at either the San Jose State Event Center or the San Jose Arena. The team folded along with the rest of the league during the third ABL season in 1998. OS16281