Sports - Defunct Sports Teams, Retro Leagues

They'll be buzzin' around the bases and the ball park this spring! Cicadas are winged insects, known for the songs sung by most, but not all, males of the species. They are better known for their swarming behavior which occurs every 13 to 17...

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The Tampa Bay Mutiny were charter members of MLS and took the field for the league's inaugural season in 1996. The team was owned by the league and at first was quiet successful both on the pitch and at the gate. However, onerous lease...

The San Jose Clash joined the MLS in that league's inaugural 1996 season. After five years, the team changed it's name to Earthquakes after the city's popular original outdoor (and indoor) soccer team that played in the old NASL, the MISL, and the WSA...

The Checker Motors Corporation was a Kalamazoo-based vehicle manufacture best known for making taxi cabs. The iconic, boxy sedans, roamed the streets of America's cities for most of the 20th century, before ceasing production in 1982. Though widely used by cab companies, Checker cars...

The Hollywood Stars were a Pacific Coast League baseball team based in Southern California. The first iteration played in L.A. from 1926 to 1935 before moving to San Diego. The second Stars team played from 1938 to 1957 and the arrival of big league...

The Los Angeles Blades played in the Pacific Coast Hockey League for the 1978-79 season. They took their name from the city's old Western Hockey League team that played in L.A. from 1961 to 1967 and the arrival of the big league Kings.

The Los Angeles Bulldogs were formed in 1936 with hopes of joining the National Football League. When their efforts were rebuffed, they played as in independent team before joining the rival American Football League (II) for the 1937 season. They proceeded to run the...

Northland Mall opened in 1964 as an open-air, plaza-style shopping center. It was enclosed in 1975 and became a proper mall. The subsequent opening of three other large shopping centers close by led to the mall's demise. It closed in 2002 and demolished in...

The Chicago Fire were charter members of the World Football League in 1974. The team started off well, posting a 7-2 record in the first half of the season and drawing an average of 34,000 fans to Soldier Field. However, after a 10-game losing...

The Chicago Whales of the Federal League were originally called the Chicago Federals and the Chi-Feds as they lacked an official nickname. They became the Whales in their second season and were the first team to call what is now Wrigley Field home. The...

The Corpus Christi Sharks joined af2, a minor league run by the Arena Football League (AFL), in 2007. Their homefield was the American Bank Center. Their head coach was San Antonio native, and AFL veteran Michael Trigg. The team folded in 2009.

The Honolulu Sharks were members of the Hawaii Winter Baseball league, a developmental circuit that played on and off from 1993 to 2008. Partially funded by Major League Baseball, it featured players from Japan, Korea, and North America.

The original Los Angeles Blades played in the Western Hockey League (WHL), a minor league circuit based on the West Coast,?? from 1961 to 1967. The team began as the Victoria (B.C.) Cougars in 1949. They were sold and moved to Los Angeles in...

The Waikiki BeachBoys were members of the Hawaii Winter Baseball league, a developmental circuit that played on and off from 1993 to 2008. Their name was derived from a group credited with popularizing the sport of surfing in Hawaii. Partially funded by MLB, the...

The Hilo Stars were members of the Hawaii Winter Baseball league, a developmental circuit that played on and off from 1993 to 2008. They split home games between Vulcan Field and Wong Stadium. Partially funded by the big leagues, the league featured players from...

The North Shore Honu were members of the Hawaii Winter Baseball league, a developmental circuit that played on and off from 1993 to 2008. Their homefield was Hans L'Orange Stadium in Waipahu on Oahu. Partially funded by MLB, the league featured players from Japan,...

The Maui Stingrays were members of the Hawaii Winter Baseball league, a developmental circuit that played on and off from 1993 to 2008. Their homefield was Maehara Stadium in Wailuku, Maui. Partially funded by MLB, the league featured players from Japan, Korea, and North...

The Metrodome, officially the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, opened in Minneapolis 1982, replacing Metropolitan Stadium in suburban Bloomington as the home of the city's pro baseball and pro football teams. The baseball team left after the 2009 season and moved into their own place....

The Metrodome, officially the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, opened in Minneapolis 1982, replacing Metropolitan Stadium in suburban Bloomington as the home of the city's pro baseball and pro football teams. The baseball team left after the 2009 season and moved into their own place....

Three Rivers Stadium opened in 1970 as the new home of the city's pro football and pro baseball teams. Similar to other so-called cookie-cutter stadiums of the era (The Vet in Philadelphia, Riverfront in Cincinnati, etc.), Three Rivers closed in 2000. Mired in mediocrity,...

The Pontiac Silverdome, better known as just the Silverdome, opened in 1975 in suburban Detroit. Its primary tenant was Detroit's pro football team. They left for a new downtown stadium in 2001. The city's pro basketball team played there for a decade (1978-1988). Other...

The Pontiac Silverdome, better known as just the Silverdome, opened in 1975 in suburban Detroit. Its primary tenant was Detroit's pro football team. They left for a new downtown stadium in 2001. The city's pro basketball team played there for a decade (1978-1988). Other...

Memorial Stadium in Baltimore was an iconic sports venue that hosted a number of baseball, soccer, and football teams, and held many great memories for the town's sports fans. It's most notable tenants were the Baltimore Colts football team, as well as the city's...

Memorial Stadium in Baltimore was an iconic sports venue that hosted a number of baseball, soccer, and football teams, and held many great memories for the town's sports fans. It's most notable tenants were the original Baltimore Colts football team and the one that...

Jimmy "Chicken" Wolf was a nineteenth century baseball player who played 11 seasons in the bigs. He played for his hometown Louisville Eclipse (later called the Colonels) as well as the St. Louis Browns.

The Pittsburgh Crawfords, also known as the Craws, were a professional Negro league baseball team that played from 1931-1940. They were named after the Crawford Bath House, a recreation center in the Crawford neighborhood of Pittsburgh's Hill District. After playing in several different leagues,...

The first American Basketball Association (ABA) All-Star Game was played January 9, 1968 at the Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. A crowd of 10,872 watched as the East topped the West 126-120.

Brian "The Loose Cannon" Pillman was a pro wrestler from Norwood,??best known for his appearances in??Stampede Wrestling as well as stints with WCW, ECW, and WWF. He also had a brief career in pro football, playing for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football...

The first American Basketball Association (ABA) Slam Dunk contest was held during halftime of the 1976 All-Star game in Denver.?? It was won by Julius Erving.