Leagues

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 Big Six Conference membership grew with the addition of Colorado on December 1, 1947 and making the conference's unofficial name the Big Seven Conference. This conference name lasted from 1948 to 1957. OS15776

The Harrisburg Capitols were members of the Atlantic Coast Football League (ACFL) from 1963 to 1969. For most of their existence, they were a farm team for the Baltimore Colts. The ACFL was a minor professional football league that operated from 1962 until 1973....

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 Southern League was the only major black league in operation in 1932. The league began its seasons with only five teams: Chicago American Giants, Cleveland Cubs, Detroit Stars, Indianapolis ABCs and Louisville White Sox. *Design is officially licensed from the Negro Leagues...

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 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 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 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