Sports - Defunct Sports Teams, Retro Leagues

In 1991, Minnesota went from worst to first to capture the pennant. They beat Atlanta in the championship, a team that had also gone from worst to first.??

In 1993, finished with a record of??95 wins and 67 losses. They won their second consecutive championship and remain one of the most beloved sports teams in Canadian history.

In 1997, Cleveland won the pennant and returned to the championship where they lost to Florida in a heartbreaking Game 7. The club, though, is one of the most beloved teams in Cleveland sports history.??

In 1998,??Atlanta finished with a record of 106 and 56. They won the pennant but lost the championship. Despite not winning a title, they are regarded as one of the best teams ever.??

In 1990, Cincinnati went wire to wire and won the championship, sweeping heavily favored Oakland.??

After beating San Francisco in the league championship series, Pittsburgh went on to win the 1971 world championship.??

After beating Cincinnati in the league championship series, Pittsburgh went on to win the 1979 world championship. The team called itself The Family after a popular song of the day. That same year, the city's football team also won a world championship, making Pittsburgh...

Though they finished second in their division, San Francisco went on to capture the 2014 pennant and the world championship.??

The 1994 baseball season was cut short by a player's strike that dragged on into fall and resulted in the cancellation of the post season. When the strike began, Montreal was in first place with a record of 74-40, the best record in the...

"The Trop" opened in 1990 as the Suncoast Dome in St. Petersburg, Florida. The facility didn't have a permanent tenant until 1991 when the Arena League Tampa Bay Storm moved in. Two years later, the area's pro hockey team moved in. In 1998, big...

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...

One day it's a great promotion, and before you know it, it's old school.??Why eat hot dogs, when you can hurl them around the ball park? After all, they're only a dollar. It's not like they're cheesesteaks.

In 1998,??Atlanta finished with a record of 106 and 56. They won the pennant but lost the championship. Despite not winning a title, they are regarded as one of the best teams ever.??

The Buffalo Central Terminal was Western New York's main train station from the time it opened in 1923 until 1979. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. The building is currently being redeveloped. *A portion of proceeds benefits the??Central...

The Charleston Charlies were members of the International League and played in West Virginia's capital from 1971 to 1983, although as to different incarnations. The Columbus Jets relocated to Charleston in 1971 to establish the first edition of the Charlies. They moved back to...

The Chicago Ravens were founding members of the??International Women???s Professional Softball Association??(WPS) in 1976.??The team played at the Windy City Softball Complex, a facility with temporary seating for 4,000 fans in suburban Bridgeview, Illinois.??

The Orlando Americans??were a minor league football??team playing??for one season in the somewhat obscure??American Football Association (AFA), playing at??Orlando Stadium also known as the Citrus Bowl.??

The Columbus Comets were a minor league basketball team that played two seasons in the North American Basketball League.

The Columbus All-Americans were??one of??the founding men???s softball??teams in the?? American Professional Slo-Pitch League??in??1977.??Columbus finished their only season in last place in the APSPL???s Central Division with a 16-40 record.??

The Charleston Rockets played their first season in the original United Football League in 1964, In 1965, they became charter members of the Continental Football League (CFL). The team played a total of five seasons and ceased operations in January 1969.