Sports - Defunct Sports Teams, Retro Leagues

Boston's third pro football team, after the Braves/Redskins (1933-1936) and Yanks (1944-1948), were founded in 1959 as charter members of the new AFL. In 1970, the team changed it's geographical name to Bay State, before switching to New England a few months later, the...

Green Bay's football team is the second-oldest pro club in America after the Cardinals. They hold the distinction having played the longest in one city than any other pro football team in the U.S. and are one the league's most storied franchises.

The original Bills football team was established in 1946 in Buffalo as the Bisons in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). In 1947, after a name-the-team contest, the new name was selected. In 1949, the NFL absorbed several AAFC teams but, oddly, the Bills were...

Thwarted in his attempt to buy and move pro football's Cardinals to Dallas, and later denied an expansion team for his hometown, Dallas oil heir Lamar Hunt formed his own league which began play in 1960. His team was the Dallas Texans (a name used...

Boston fans are always ready for October baseball.??

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Toronto fans are always ready for October baseball.

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The Denver Dynamite??were one of four teams established for the inaugural season of the Arena Football League in 1987.??The franchise suspended operations for the 1988 season but returned in 1989 playing until 1991. Their home field was McNichols Arena.??

The Denver Dynamite??were one of four teams established for the inaugural season of the Arena Football League in 1987.??The franchise suspended operations for the 1988 season but returned in 1989 playing until 1991. Their home field was McNichols Arena.??

The Chicago Bruisers were one of four teams established for the inaugural season of the Arena Football League in 1987. Their homefield was the Rosemont Horizon. After three seasons the team folded.

The Chicago Bruisers were one of four teams established for the inaugural season of the Arena Football League in 1987. Their homefield was the Rosemont Horizon. After three seasons the team folded.

The Sacramento Mountain Lions were established as the California Redwoods in 2009, charter members of the United Football League (UFL). The Redwoods split home games between San Francisco and San Jose, before relocating to California's capital, and rebranding, in 2010. The team and league...

The San Antonio Riders??were charter members of the NFL-run World League of American Football (WLAF) in 1991. After the 1992, the team and league suspended operations. The league was restarted as NFL Europe a few years later with no North American teams. The Riders,...

The Birmingham Fire??were charter members of the NFL-run World League of American Football (WLAF) in 1991. In their first season the Fire finished with a 5 and 5 record but qualified for the playoffs. They lost to the Barcelona Dragons in the semi-final. The...

The Birmingham Iron were charter members of the short-lived Alliance of American Football (AAF), a league that launched in spring 2019. It folded halfway through its inaugural season.??

The Ottawa Rough Riders were established in 1876 and were one of the longest running professional sports teams in North America. They adopted the Rough Riders nickname in 1931, they were charter members of the Canadian Football League (CFL) formed in 1958. The club...

The original San Diego Sockers began as the Baltimore Comets in the old North American Soccer League (NASL) in 1974. The team moved to San Diego in 1976, becoming the Jaws. A year later, they were the Las Vegas Quicksilvers, before returning to Southern...

The Salt Lake Stallions were charter members of the short-lived Alliance of American Football (AAF), a spring football league launched in 2019.

The San Diego Fleet were charter members of the short-lived Alliance of American Football (AAF), a spring football league launched in 2019.

The Memphis Express were charter members of the short-lived Alliance of American Football (AAF), a league that launched in spring 2019. It folded halfway through its inaugural season.??

The Orlando Apollos were charter members of the short-lived Alliance of American Football (AAF), a league that launched in spring 2019. It folded halfway through its inaugural season. At the time of the league's demise, Orlando had the best record and is considered to...

The Ottawa Renegades were a Canadian Football League (CFL) expansion team established in 2002. The city's previous team, the Rough Riders, folded after the 1996 season. The new team only lasted four seasons before being suspended. After two years the franchise was awarded to...

The San Antonio Commanders were charter members of the short-lived Alliance of American Football (AAF), a spring football league launched in 2019. It folded halfway through it's inaugural season.

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 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...

Everyone knows about "The Drive," but do you know about the ORIGINAL Drive that took place one week earlier?

The Nets began their journey as a charter member??World Team Tennis??(WTT)??that began in 1974. The franchise was originally awarded to Bill DeWitt Jr., who planned to place the team in Cincinnati, where he already owned the Stingers of the WHA. Before the start of...