Sports - Defunct Sports Teams, Retro Leagues

The Grand Rapids Rampage played in??the Arena Football League??from 1998 to 2001. Their home field was the Van Andel Arena. They won the league's championship, the Arena Bowl, in 2001 but folded with the rest of the original league in 2009.??

He's not pulling the strings, he's shredding them to save Hawkins.

He's leading them to the ring and taking them down!

Can you hear me?

The Tulsa Talons played in the Arena Football League?????in 2010 after nine years as members of the minor league af2. The Talons were among a handful of af2 teams that re-established the Arena Football League, after the original ceased operations in 2009. In 2011,...

The Spokane Shock played in the Arena Football League?????from 2010 to 2015 after four years as members of the minor league af2. The Shock were among a handful of af2 teams that re-established the Arena Football League, after the original ceased operations in 2009....

The Tulsa Talons played in the Arena Football League?????in 2010 after nine years as members of the minor league af2. The Talons were among a handful of af2 teams that re-established the Arena Football League, after the original ceased operations in 2009. In 2011,...

The San Antonio Toros began play in 1967 in the Texas Professional Football League (TPFL). In 1969, the teamed joined the Continental Football League (CoFL), along with rest of the TPFL. They also spent time in the??Trans-America Football League, and Southwestern Football League. The...

The Norfolk Neptunes played in the Continental Football League (CoFL) from 1966 to 1969 and the Atlantic Coast Football League (ACFL) in 1970 and 1971. Their home was??Foreman Field??on the campus of??Old Dominion University??in Norfolk. The Neptunes were one of the most successful minor...

The Las Vegas Cowboys played in the Continental Football League (CoFL) in 1968 and 1969. They started in Illinois in 1965 as the Rock Island Raiders in the Professional Football League of America. They became the Quad City Raiders in 1966. In 1968, they...

He's not pulling the strings, he's shredding them to save Hawkins.

The California Redwoods were established in 2009 as charter members of the United Football League. They split home games between San Francisco and San Jose, before relocating to California's capital and becoming the Sacramento Mountain Lions. The team and league folded in 2012.

The Chicago Owls were established in 1967 and played in the Professional Football League of America (PFLA). In 1968, several PFLA teams, including the Owls, joined the Continental Football League (CoFL). The Owls moved into Soldier Field, while the NFL Bears were still playing...

The New York Sentinels were charter members of the United Football League in 2009. They played only one season in the Big Apple and called two different stadiums home. In 2010 the moved to Connecticut and became the Hartford Colonials.

The Virginia Destroyers played in the United Football League in 2011 and 2012. The team was established in 2009 as the Florida Tuskers, a charter member of the league. After the 2010 season, the team relocated to Virginia Beach. The Destroyers won the 2011...

The??Omaha Nighthawks were established in 2010 as an expansion team in the United Football League. Their homefield in 2010 was old??Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium. In 2011 they moved into??TD Ameritrade Park.??They played three seasons before folding along with the rest of the league after the...

The United Football League (UFL) played three seasons and part of a fourth and occupied the second tier of American outdoor football. A total of eight cities were represented, though no more than five teams played at any one time. Unlike many latter day...

The Ohio Cannon played in the 1999 season of the short-lived Regional Football League. The team played it's home games at the Glass Bowl. Former college football star Major Harris was the team's quarterback. They finished with three wins and four losses but still...

The Arizona Sandsharks played in the Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL) from 1992 until 1997 when the league folded. Charter members of the CISL, they were the city's first indoor soccer team since the Phoenix Inferno of the Major Indoor Soccer League. The Sandsharks...

The Dayton Sharks played in the Continental Indoor Football League in 2013 and 2014. Their homefield was Hara Arena.