Sports - Defunct Sports Teams, Retro Leagues

The Big Red Machine dominated the National League from 1970 to 1979 and is widely recognized as being among the best in baseball history.

Cincinnati went wire to wire in 1990 led by this awesome lineup. This lineup is from??Game 7 of the 1990??World Series in Oakland.

The 1998 season saw New York win a then-league-record 114 games and captured a world championship.??

In 1995, Cleveland made it to the postseason for the first time since 1954. Though it didn't end well, it was an exciting season overall, and the players on that team endeared themselves to the city forever.

It's one of the most storied rivals in basketball history, and has gain renewed interest thanks to a 2022 docuseries.

The Dayton Wings played in the World Basketball League during the 1991-92 season. They won the championship and subsequently folded a few months later along with the rest of the league. The home court was the Nutter Center.

The Orlando Thunder were members of the World League of American Football (WLAF) for that circuit's 1991 and 1992 seasons. They played their home games at the Florida Citrus Bowl.

Remember this championship team? When the Canadian Football League (CFL) decided to add teams in the U.S. in the early 1990s, Jim Speros acquired one for Baltimore. Abandoned by the NFL Colts in 1984, and passed over for expansion in 1993 when the Bombers...

The Spirits of St. Louis played in the American Basketball Association (ABA) from 1974 to 1976. They began as the Houston Mavericks in 1967 and became the Carolina Cougars in 1969, before moving to St. Louis. Their most notable player was probably Marvin "Bad...

The Tampa Bay Storm played in the Arena Football League from the league's inception in 1987, until it's demise in 2017. Founded as the Pittsburgh Gladiators, the club moved to Tampa in 1991. The team made the playoffs in 24 of its 26 seasons...

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 Kansas City Monarchs are probably the best-known Negro league baseball team in history, as well as the longest running. In 1942, they finished their season 27-12-0, and finished 2nd in Negro American League and ended up winning the 1942. Negro World Series. CHECKOUT OUR...

Marty Brennaman began doing Reds play-by-play in 1972. He retired at the end of the 2019 season. For most of his time in the broadcast booth he was teamed with former Reds pitching great Joe "The Ole Lefthander" Nuxhall and provided the soundtrack to...

The most appealing part of any rain delay on the Reds Radio Network, the banana phone was the hotline into the broadcast booth by which fans could pose questions to Marty and Joe. *A portion of proceeds benefits The Dragonfly Foundation.

If you love tennis, make a lot of "racquet" in this design from Old School Shirts!

The Indiana Loves??played in the second incarnation of??World Team Tennis??that began in 1981. The original league played from 1974 to 1978. The Loves competed in the 1983 season. They had no home court, instead, playing all matches on the road.

The Portland Beavers were established in 1903 and through several iterations represented the city in the Pacific Coast League. The last team to use the name left Portland after the 2010 season when plans to build a baseball-only park for the team fell through.

The Connecticut Whale was the nickname the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League switched to in 2010. The name honored the departed, and sorely missed, Whalers, who had departed for North Carolina in 1997. In 2013, The Whale switched back to its...

Holy Moly Gargonzoli!??Though he was born and raised in Cleveland, Jim Spagg gained fame in Portland, OR hosting a local cable access show.

The first Derby was held in 1875 in Louisville and is the most famous horse racing event in the world.

The Boston Yanks were established in1944 and brought pro football back to the city for the first time since the city's previous team left for Washington, D.C. in 1937. In 1945, the team temporarily merged with the Brooklyn Tigers (formerly the Dayton Triangles) for...

"Positive waves" was a slogan used by the Indianapolis Racers hockey team who played in the World Hockey Association (WHA) from 1974 to 1978. In 1979, the Indianapolis Checkers were granted an expansion franchise in the Central Hockey League.

The first Derby was held in 1875 in Louisville and is the most famous horse racing event in the world.

Run for fun in the Heffron & Reep classic. Leg warmers optional.

Hit a home run, tie the game, get a waffle iron from your teammates. That's how baseball works on Chicago's Northside.

To a certain generation of Cleveland baseball fans, it will ALWAYS be The Jake!

The Houston Apollos played in the Central Hockey League (CHL) from 1965 to 1969 and were the farm team of the NHL Montreal Canadiens. In 1969, the team was moved to Montreal and renamed the Voyageurs. In 1971, they moved to Halifax, retaining the...

The Louisville Icehawks first hit the ice in 1990 as members of the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL). Their home was Broadbent Arena at the Kentucky Exposition Center. They played for five seasons in Kentucky before moving to Jacksonville, Florida in 1995.

In 1952, a group of Texas millionaires led by brothers Giles and Connell Miller purchased the assets, including the roster, of the New York Yanks football team, which had been sold back to the NFL at the end of the 1951 season. The Millers...

The Long Beach Ice Dogs were established in 1990 as the San Diego Gulls in the International Hockey League. The team moved up the 5 in 1995 and became the Los Angeles Ice Dogs. After one season in the old Los Angeles Memorial Sports...