Sports - Defunct Sports Teams, Retro Leagues

Sin City's first pro football team, the Las Vegas Posse played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) in 1994. Their homefield was Sam Boyd Stadium. The team finished with a 5 and 13 record, folding after just one season. The team was supposed to...

The San Antonio Texans played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) in 1995, after relocating from Sacramento where they were known as the Gold Miners. Their homefield was Alamodome. The team finished with a 12 and 6 record but folded when the CFL ended...

The Birmingham Barracudas played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) in 1995. Their homefield was Legion Field. The team finished with a 10 and 8 record but folded when the CFL ended it's American experiment.

The Cleveland Pipers were a pro basketball team founded in the early 1950s and were a company team that played in the Amateur Athletic Union before moving to the National Industrial Basketball League in 1959. In 1961, the team joined the professional American Basketball...

The Memphis Mad Dogs were part of the Canadian Football League's expansion into the United States in the mid-'90s. They played their home games at the Liberty Bowl. They played only one season, 1995, before the league contracted all of its U.S. teams in...

The Shreveport Pirates were part of the Canadian Football League's expansion into the United States in the mid-'90s. It was the first outdoor pro football team to call Shreveport home since the Steamer of the old World Football League. Established in 1994, the Pirates...

The San Antonio Thunder played in the original North American Soccer League in 1975 and 1976 before moving west to become Team Hawaii. Their home pitch was North East Stadium in 1975 and Alamo Stadium in 1976. After a year in the Pacific, they...

The Rojos del guila de Veracruz, or Veracruz Eagle Reds en Ingls, were a Triple-A level baseball team that played in the Mexican Baseball League as part of Minor League Baseball. They played their home games at the Estadio Universitario Beto  vila in Veracruz,...

The Pittsburgh Hardhats played in the??American Professional Slo-Pitch League (APSPL) from 1977 to 1980. The league sought to capitalize on the popularity??of softball as recreational??sport by turning it into a professional spectator sport. Several teams featured several Major League Baseball players??on their rosters.

The Cincinnati Suds were a men's professional softball team and founding members of the American Professional Slow Pitch League (APSPL) where they played for four seasons (1977-1980). In 1981, the Suds then joined the United Professional Softball League (UPSL) for the 1981 and 1982...

The Denver Rockets, first known as the Denver Larks, were charter members of the American Basketball Association in 1967. Originally awarded to Kansas City, the franchise was shifted to Colorado when an arena lease could not be secured in Missouri. Kansas City would eventually...

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...

Built in 1912 as Redland Field, the Cincinnati Reds home ballpark was renamed Crosley Field, in honor of the team's new owner, in 1934. It was the home of the Reds until 1970 when they moved into??Riverfront Stadium. CHECKOUT MORE VINTAGE STADIUMS AND BASEBALL...

You heard them call games every summer for over 30 years. The sweet sounds of Marty & Joe will forever hold a place in the hearts of Cincinnati baseball fans.

Johnny Bench's Home Plate Restaurant opened in the mid '70s at the corner of Colerain and Springdale Avenues near Northgate Mall. In 1977, Johnny Bench's Homestretch opened in Florence. Homestretch closed late in 1978, and Home Plate shut down a few months later when??Frisch's...

After spending one season in Minnesota, the Muskies of the American Basketball Association moved south to become the Miami Floridians for the 1968-69 season. They were known simply as the Floridians for their final two seasons starting in 1970.

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. They were later known as the Tams, and finally the Sounds...

The Oakland Oaks were a basketball team co-owned by singer Pat Boone. They began in 1967 as charter members of the American Basketball Association. They went from worst to first in 1969, capturing the second-ever ABA title. In 1970, the team moved east to...

While the American Basketball Association had teams in over 20 cities over its 10 seasons, it awarded only one expansion franchise, the San Diego Conquistadors. That was in 1972, the start of the rebel league's fifth season. The team made the playoffs its first...

The American Basketball Association team that played in Memphis from 1970 to 1975 was first called the Pros, then the Tams, and finally the Sounds, the latter being their nickname before moving to Baltimore.

Established in 1967, the New Jersey Americans were charter members of the American Basketball Association (ABA). After just one season in the Garden State, they moved to Long Island and became the New York Nets. They returned to New Jersey in 1977 after the...

The San Diego Sails were the renamed San Diego Conquistadors, the American Basketball Association's only expansion franchise, joining the league in 1972. The name change came after original owner, Leonard Bloom, sold the team in 1975 to Frank Goldberg. The team folded a dozen...

GamePro magazine debuted in 1989 covering all aspects of the video game industry. One of its most popular features was its video game reviews which ranked games on a scale of 1 to 5. Starting in October 1990, each score was accentuated with a...

Developed in 1986 by Konami, Double Dribble was one of the first video games to successfully resemble a physical sport. It debuted in arcades and was later offered in a home version for various gaming systems.

They started in 1972 as the New York Raiders, a charter member of the World Hockey Association (WHA). They became the New York Golden Blades a year later, but 20 games into their second season they became the Jersey Knights. In 1974 they became...

The Calgary Cowboys began as the Philadelphia Blazers in the inaugural season of the World Hockey Association in 1972. The team moved to Vancouver in 1973, keeping their nickname. In 1975 they moved to Calgary and became the Cowboys. They folded in 1977.

Vancouver was the the third stop for the charter member of the World Hockey Association (WHA), who began as the Miami Screaming Eagles. The team never played in South Florida and instead moved to Pennsylvania and became the Philadelphia Blazers before the WHA's inaugural...

After debuting with the rest of the World Hockey Association (WHA) in 1972, the financially struggling New York Raiders became the New York Golden Blades in 1973 under new ownership. That lasted just 20 games before the league took over the team and moved...

The Denver Spurs were a bit of an oddity in the World Hockey Association (WHA), which debuted in 1972. The Spurs actually began four years earlier as members of the Western Hockey League. When that league folded in 1974, the Spurs joined the Central...