Sports - Defunct Sports Teams, Retro Leagues

The Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL) was established in 1993. It's primary purpose was to fill indoor arena's with dates during the off-peak summer months, As such, most of the clubs were owned by groups that also owned NBA and NHL teams. The league...

The Savannah Sand Gnats were a minor league baseball team that played in the Class A South Atlantic League from 1984 to 2015. Up until 1995, they were nicknamed the Cardinals. They were a farm team for several big league club's over their history,...

The L.A. United played one season in the Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL). United were the flagship team as owner Jerry Buss was instrumental in the league's formation. However, after going 6-22 in its lone season, the team moved to Orange County and became...

At the University of Dayton, Rudy flies! CN12069

The Buffalo Blazers competed in the National Soccer League, a Canadian-based circuit, from 1976 through 78 and again in 1980. They originally had hoped to join the North American Soccer League, but the Rochester Lancers already held the rights to Western New York. The...

The Anaheim Bolts played in the Professional Arena Soccer League from 2009 to 2013. The suspended operations and never returned. Their home pitch was the Anaheim Convention Center.  OS15555 - on Grey OS15558 - on Navy

The Toledo Tigers played in the Negro National League in 1923.  *Product is official licensed by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

The St. Louis Stars began play in 1901 as the St. Louis Giants. They changed their nickname in 1922 while playing in the Negro National League. The club won three titles while in the NNL. *Product is official licensed by the Negro Leagues Baseball...

The St. Louis Stars began play in 1901 as the St. Louis Giants. They changed their nickname in 1922 while playing in the Negro National League. The club won three titles while in the NNL. *Product is official licensed by the Negro Leagues Baseball...

The St. Louis Stars began play in 1901 as the St. Louis Giants. They changed their nickname in 1922 while playing in the Negro National League. The club won three titles while in the NNL. *Product is official licensed by the Negro Leagues Baseball...

The Bacharach Giants were a Negro Leagues baseball team established in 1916 in Atlantic City. Until 1923, they were an independent team, save for 1920 when they were members of the Cuban League. In 1923, they joined the Eastern Colored League, In 1929, they...

The Cuban Stars played in various Negro leagues from 1907 to 1930. The spent most of their time in the Negro National League (1920-1930). The were also known as the Cuban Stars of Havana, Stars of Cuba, Cuban All-Stars, Havana Reds, Almendares Blues or...

The Harrisburg Giants were a Negro leagues team established in 1890. In 1924, they joined the Eastern Colored League. Even after the color line was broken, the Giants played on. Unlike fellow surviving Negro leagues teams, they weren't a barnstorming team, but had a...

Jackie Robinson best known for breaking the color barrier in the modern era of baseball, but fans of the sport also recognize his extra ordinary talent. After playing for the Negro American League's Kansas City Monarchs in 1945, he was signed by Brooklyn and...

The Ohio Mixers were a basketball team based in Lima, Ohio. They began play in December 1982 as an expansion franchise in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA). The spent two seasons in Northwest Ohio before moving south to Cincinnati, where they became known as...

The Portland Pride were charter members of the Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL) and played in all five of the league's seasons (1993-1997). They made the play-offs in their first season, but did not qualify in their remaining campaigns. Still, they averaged almost 6,000...

The original Toronto Falcons were established in 1967 and played one season in the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL). After the United Soccer League merged with the NPSL, the Falcons played one season in that circuit. They averaged around 5,500 fans a game at...

The San Antonio Dragons played in the International Hockey League (IHL) from 1996 to 1998. They were established in 1982 as the Peoria Prancers. In 1984 they (wisely) changed their name to the Rivermen. A new version of the Rivermen plays in the Southern...

Lincoln Mall opened in 1973 at the corner of U.S. Route 30 and Cicero Avenue in Matteson, Illinois. For the next 42 years shoppers to roamed its two levels, four anchor stores, and 250,000 square feet of retail space. In 2015, the inside of...

Lincoln Mall opened in 1973 at the corner of U.S. Route 30 and Cicero Avenue in Matteson, Illinois. For the next 42 years shoppers to roamed its two levels, four anchor stores, and 250,000 square feet of retail space. In 2015, the inside of...

Bigg's was on of the country's first hypermarket. Developed by a French conglomerate, it opened it's first location in 1984 in Eastgate area of suburban Cincinnati on Route 32. It grew to seven locations in the Cincinnati area along with one each in Colorado...

The Portland Pride were charter members of the Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL) and played in all five of the league's seasons (1993-1997). They made the play-offs in their first season, but did not qualify in their remaining campaigns. Still, they averaged almost 6,000...

The Big 8 Conference was a college athletic conference formed in 1907 as the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association and included the University of Kansas, University of Missouri, University of Nebraska, Washington University in St. Louis. Additionally, and University of Iowa. Membership grew to 10, but in 1928, it...

The XSL, or Xtreme Soccer League, was founded in 2008 by four surviving members of the second iteration of the Major Indoor Soccer League. The XSL only lasted one seasson.    OS15685

The Philadelphia Firebirds were a minor league professional ice hockey team from 1974 to 1977 in the North American Hockey League (NAHL). The franchise later moved to Syracuse, New York, and played one final season as the Syracuse Firebirds. After the NAHL folded in...

The Philadelphia Bulldogs were an inline hockey team that played in the Roller Hockey International (RHI) league from 1994 to 1996. OS15737

This iconic quote was delivered on February 26, 2012 when this bowler won his 5th U.S. Open championship. OS15740

Beginning as a NPSL expansion franchise, the Philadelphia KiXX was a professional indoor soccer team that played in the Major Indoor Soccer League from 2001 to 2010. OS15750

The Philadelphia Fox were a short-lived entry in the Women’s Professional Basketball League (WBL) in the fall of 1979. OS15748

The Philadelphia Charge was a women's professional soccer team that played in the Women's United Soccer Association and played their home matches at Villanova Stadium. OS15752