Leagues

The All-America Football Conference, or AAFC, was founded in 1945 by Chicago Tribune sports editor Arch Ward in 1944 to challenge the established National Football League. Ward's new circuit debuted in 1946 with eight teams and played for three seasons before the NFL absorbed...

The Northern Kentucky River Monsters were an indoor football team that played their home games at??NKU's Bank of Kentucky Center (now BB&T Arena). For their inaugural season in 2011, they were part of the Ultimate Indoor Football League (UIFL), before going on a two-year...

The Ft. Wayne Freedom was an indoor football team established in 2003. In their seven seasons, they played in three different leagues: The National Indoor Football League, United Indoor Football, and the Continental Indoor Football League. The team also operated as the Fusion and...

The??Negro American League??was one of several circuits that operated during the time organized American baseball was segregated. The league was established in??1937 and disbanded after the 1962 season. This is the logo the league used in its latter years. *Design is officially licensed from...

The Negro American League was formed on May 9, 1937 and brought together the best teams from the West and South. The NAL began its inaugural season with just seven teams: Kansas City Monarchs, Chicago American Giants, Cincinnati Tigers, Memphis Red Rox, Detroit Stars,...

The Negro National League (NNL) was established in 1920 and was one of several Negro circuits established during the period in the United States in which organized baseball was segregated. It dissolved in 1931. *Design is officially licensed from the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum...

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 Atlantic Coast Football League (ACFL) was a minor professional football league that operated from 1962 until 1973. Many of the clubs had agreements with pro organizations to be farm teams. In 1969, after the collapse of the Continental Football League, the ACFL absorbed...

Seven years after the departure of the city's team for Washington, Boston got a new pro football team in 1944. For four years the Yanks called the city home and formed quite a rivalry with Philadelphia.

Not long after Dallas joined the league, Chicago became a key rival, even though they were in different divisions. Remember the glory days of one of pro football in this fun design from Old School Shirts.

The??Negro National League??(NNL) was established in 1920 and was one of several Negro circuits established during the period in the United States in which organized baseball was segregated. It dissolved in 1931. *Design is officially licensed from the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum ??

The Grand Rapids Flight played in the International Basketball League from 2005 to 2010. Their first home court was the gym at Northpointe High School, then the DeltaPlex Arena the following year, and finally the Davenport University's arena for its final two seasons.

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 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...

The Fort Wayne Flash played in the National Women's Football Association in 2007 and 2008 before moving to the Women's Football Alliance in 2009. They folded before the 2010 season.

The??East???West League??was a Negro baseball league organized by Cum Posey in 1932. The league did not last the full season and folded in June of that year. It did, though,?? feature one of the strongest teams in the history of Negro league baseball, the??Detroit...

The Western Baseball League was an independent baseball league that operated from 1995 to 2002. OS15781

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