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San Jose has hosted multiple minor league baseball teams throughout its history. In 1982 the club became affiliated with the Montreal Expos and was known as the San Jose Expos. The Expos ended their affiliation after one year and the renamed Bees became an independent club.
Tags: baseball, bees, cali, california, dodgers
The Pittsburgh Condors were a professional basketball team in the original American Basketball Association from 1971-72. Originally called the Pittsburgh Pipers, they were a charter franchise of the ABA and captured the first league title. The team played their home games in Pittsburgh's Civic Arena.
Tags: 76ers, aba, condors, local, nba
The New York Stars were a team that played for the first two of three seasons in the Women's Professional Basketball League. The team won the 1979-80 league championship in its second season, defeating the Iowa Cornets.
Tags: basketball, brooklyn, classic sports, girl, harlem
The Tacoma Tugs was the name of the minor league baseball team in Tacoma, Washington in 1979. The team had formerly been named directly after the major league affiliated teams, the Tigers, Giants, Cubs, Twins, and Yankees. Following an affiliation change to the Cleveland Indians, a local contest was held and long-time Tacoma resident, Gary W. Grip won with his entry, the Tacoma Tugs. Grip drew his inspiration for the name from the many tugboats in the Tacoma waters. The franchise was renamed the Tacoma Tugs, marking the first time the team's nickname did not align with its major league club. After one season as the Tugs, the team returned to the Tigers nickname in 1980.
Tags: baseball, baseball team, minor league baseball, mlb, seattle
The Detroit Lightning were a U.S. Junior A hockey team based in Fraser, MI playing in the Continental Elite Hockey League from 2001 to 2004.
Tags: city, detroit michigan, hockey, home, ice hockey
The Tupelo T-Rex was a professional ice hockey team in the Western Professional Hockey League in Tupelo, Mississippi from 1998 to 2001. The franchise was originally owned by Bill MacFarlane and was later taken over by a local ownership group in January 2000.[2] During the 2000–01 season, the team brought in key play makers including Jason Firth, Brant Blackned, and Barry McKinley who helped lead the T-Rex to a regular season championship.
Tags: 90s, dinosaur hockey, hockey, hockey player, ice hockey
In 1933, the American Soccer League was established, surviving until 1983. The league included teams like Chicago Americans, Cincinnati Comets, Cleveland Stars, Detroit Mustangs, and St. Louis Frogs. ASL went national in 1976, expanding to the Western United States by adding teams in Los Angeles, Oakland, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, and Tacoma.
Tags: america, connecticut, copa du mundo, fifa, futbol
The Atlantic City Hi-Rollers, also known as the Wildwood Hi-Rollers, were an American basketball team based in Atlantic City, New Jersey and later Wildwood, New Jersey. The team were members of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) from 1980 to 1982. The team was previously known as the Utica Olympics.
Tags: aba, atlantic city nj, basketball, city, classic
The Anaheim Amigos were a charter member American Basketball Association (ABA) team based in Southern California. After their first season in Anaheim, the team moved to Los Angeles to become the Los Angeles Stars. In 1970, it moved to Salt Lake City and became the Utah Stars. The Amigos were the first professional team in any sport to bill themselves as representing the city of Anaheim, California, and were the only team to do so until the National Hockey League's Mighty Ducks of Anaheim began play in 1993. The California Angels of Major League Baseball played at Anaheim Stadium during the Amigos' existence, but they would not use "Anaheim" in their name until 1997.
Tags: 1970s, 70s, aba, amigos, anaheim
A team known as the Jacksonville Suns competed in the Triple-A International League from 1962 to 1968. The franchise was relocated to Norfolk, Virginia, as the Tidewater Tides in 1969. After one season without professional baseball, a different Suns team came to the city in 1970 as members of the Double-A Southern League (SL). From 1985 to 1990, the team was known as the Jacksonville Expos during an affiliation with the Montreal Expos, but they returned to the Suns moniker in 1991. The club rebranded as the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp before the 2017 season.
Tags: 70s, 80s, baseball, expos, fan
The Hawaii Islanders were a minor league baseball team based in Honolulu, Hawaii, that played in the Triple-A Pacific Coast League for 27 seasons, from 1961 through 1987. Originally an affiliate of the Kansas City Athletics, the Islanders played their home games at Honolulu Stadium, Aloha Stadium, and Les Murakami Stadium. After being one of the most successful minor league teams, the Islanders faltered and ultimately moved to the mainland as the Colorado Springs Sky Sox in 1988.
Tags: baseball, beach, home, honolulu, island life
The Chicago Express was a professional basketball franchise based in Chicago, Illinois. The team was one of the original franchises of the World Basketball League, which began play in 1988. After the 1988 season, the franchise moved to Springfield, Illinois and played two more seasons as the Illinois Express before folding for good in late 1990.
Tags: basketball, chi town, chicago bulls, chicity, hoops
The Kentucky Colonels were a member of the American Basketball Association for all of the league's nine years (1967-1976). The name is derived from the historic Kentucky colonels, a honorary title given by the state to people with noteworthy accomplishments. The Colonels won the most games and had the highest winning percentage of any franchise in the league's history, but the team did not join the NBA in the 1976 ABA–NBA merger.
Tags: aba, basketball, basketball player, big blue nation, bluegrass state
In 1960, Portland was granted a franchise in the minor league Western Hockey League (WHL) for its newly built 10,500 seat Memorial Coliseum, and the Buckaroos name was reincarnated. The new Buckaroos were composed mostly of players and coaches from the New Westminster Royals, including its head coach Hal Laycoe. The Buckaroos went on to beat the Seattle Totems in the league championship and win the Lester Patrick Cup in its first season of existence. That 1960–61 Buckaroos team was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1990.
Tags: carrie brownstein, fred armisen, hockey, ice hockey, lester patrick cup
In 1972, the Seneca Flyers became a part of the OPJHL. In 1975, they bought out the Newmarket Redmen of the Mid-Ontario Junior B Hockey League and moved to become the Newmarket Flyers. The Redmen dated back to the 1920s and were at one point a top level Junior "C" team. In 1986, the Newmarket Flyers folded.
Tags: canada, canadian, hockey, hockey player, ice hockey
The New Orleans Buccaneers were a charter member of the American Basketball Association. After three seasons in New Orleans, Louisiana (1967-1970) the franchise moved to Memphis, Tennessee, where it became the Pros, Tams and Sounds for four years.
Tags: 60s, 70s, aba, ad, anthony davis
The Iowa Cornets was a team that played for two seasons (1978-1979) in the Women's Professional Basketball League. The team made it to the league's championship series both seasons, falling to the Houston Angels in 1978-79 and to the New York Stars in 1979–80. The team played their games at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines, Iowa and at the Five Seasons Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The team was disbanded after the 1979–80 season.
Tags: cornbelt, des moines, des moines iowa, des moines iowa gifts, iowa state
The Denver Bears were a minor league professional baseball team dating from the 50's until 1983 when the team was renamed the Zephyrs. There was an earlier Denver Bears team playing in the Western League from 1901 to 1954, but this logo is from the later team that played at what became known later as Mile High Stadium, but was originally known as Bears Stadium.
Tags: 80s, baseball, bears stadium, classic sports, colorado
World Team Tennis (WTT) was a professional tennis league that was founded in 1973 by a group including Larry King, who, at the time, was married to Billy Jean King, herself the most famous female tennis player. The league grew to as many as 10 teams during the 1975 season but eventually folded in 1978.
Tags: 70s, billy jean king, boston, doubles, philadelphia
The Houston Aeros were a professional ice hockey team in the World Hockey Association (WHA) from 1972 to 1978. The Aeros became one of the most successful franchises in the WHA. They won four consecutive Western Division titles, from 1973–74 to 1976–77 seasons, and finished second in the Western Division in 1972–73 and third in the league in 1977–78. They won the AVCO World Trophy in 1974 over the Chicago Cougars and in 1975 over the Quebec Nordiques, winning both series in four-game sweeps; and lost in the 1976 AVCO finals to the Winnipeg Jets, also in a sweep.
Tags: city, dont mess with texas, hockey, home, houston
The Seattle Rainiers, originally named the Seattle Indians and also known as the Seattle Angels, were a Minor League Baseball team in Seattle, Washington, that played in the Pacific Coast League from 1903 to 1906 and 1919 to 1968. They were initially named for the indigenous Native American population of the Pacific Northwest, and changed their name after being acquired by the Rainier Brewing Company, which was in turn named for nearby Mount Rainier.
Tags: america, baseball, baseball design, home, local
The Boston Astros was an American soccer club based in Boston, Massachusetts, that was a member of the American Soccer League from 1969 to 1975.
Tags: america, asl, fifa, futbol, home
The Baltimore Claws was an American basketball team which was supposed to appear in the 1975–76 season in the American Basketball Association. The team collapsed before the season started, playing only three exhibition games, all losses, in its brief history. The team that eventually became the Baltimore Claws had earlier competed in the ABA as the New Orleans Buccaneers from 1967 through 1970, as the Memphis Pros from 1970 through 1972, as the Memphis Tams from 1972 through 1974 and as the Memphis Sounds during the 1974–75 season.
Tags: aba, basketball, basketball player, classic, game
The Pipers were one of the ABA's inaugural franchises in 1967. The team had great success on the court, posting the league's best record during the regular season (54-24, .692) and winning the league's first ABA Championship. The Pipers were led by their star player, ABA MVP and future Hall-of-Famer Connie Hawkins, who led the ABA in scoring at 26.8 ppg. The Pipers swept through the 1968 ABA Playoffs and defeated the New Orleans Buccaneers 4 games to 3 to take the title, with Hawkins earning Finals MVP honors. The ABA title remains Pittsburgh's only pro basketball championship
Tags: aba, basketball, basketball player, basketball team, classic
The Maine Mariners were an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League from 1977 to 1992. They played in Portland, Maine. The Mariners are the only franchise in league history to win the Calder Cup title in their first two seasons (1977–78, 1978–79) and at the time were the only team to ever capture the Calder Cup during their inaugural season.
Tags: calder cup, classic, hockey, hockey fans, hockey life
The Cleveland Barons were a professional ice hockey team in the NHL from 1976 to 1978. They were a relocation of the California Golden Seals franchise that had played in Oakland since 1967. After just two seasons, the team merged with the Minnesota North Stars (now the Dallas Stars). As a result, the NHL operated with 17 teams during the 1978–79 season. As of 2024, the Barons remain the last franchise in the four major North American sports leagues to cease operations. Ohio did not have another NHL team until the Columbus Blue Jackets joined the league 22 years later in 2000.
Tags: cavaliers, cavs, cleveland cavaliers, community, hockey
The Tallahassee Tiger Sharks were a minor league professional ice hockey team that played in Tallahassee, Florida, from 1994 to 2001 as members of the East Coast Hockey League. The franchise started in 1981 as the Nashville South Stars in Nashville, Tennessee, in the Central Hockey League and later moved to Huntsville, Alabama. The team was affiliated with the NHL's New York Islanders, Florida Panthers, and Montreal Canadiens.
Tags: 80s, 90s, beach, hockey, ice hockey
The Denver Dynamite were an arena football team based in Denver, Colorado. The team began play in 1987 as a charter member of the Arena Football League. The team achieved success instantly, winning the first ever ArenaBowl. The Dynamite would return to the playoffs every season, but failed to return to the ArenaBowl.
Tags: arena football, broncos, broncos football, denver, denver broncos
The Baltimore Terrapins were one of the most successful teams in the short-lived Federal League of professional baseball from 1914 to 1915. The new club chose to call itself the Baltimore Terrapins, after the diamondback terrapin, the state reptile of Maryland, especially around to the Chesapeake Bay region.. That nickname would later become primarily associated with the University of Maryland, College Park sports teams called the Maryland Terrapins. The team played its home games at Terrapin Park.
Tags: baltimore orioles, baltimore ravens, baseball, diamondback terrapin, federal league
The Rochester Lancers were a soccer team based in Rochester, New York that played in the American Soccer League from 1967 until 1969 and the North American Soccer League from 1970 to 1980. The name was also used by a team in the MISL and MASL from 2011-2015, and is now being used by a team in the NPSL.
Tags: america, asl, fifa, futbol, home
The Providence Reds were a hockey team that played in the Canadian-American Hockey League (CAHL) between 1926 and 1936 and the American Hockey League (AHL) from 1936 to 1977, the last season of which they played as the Rhode Island Reds.
Tags: ahl, american hockey, cincinnati reds, city, hockey
The Kentucky Colonels was a member of the American Basketball Association for all of the league's nine years (1967-1976). The name is derived from the historic Kentucky colonels, a honorary title given by the state to people with noteworthy accomplishments. The Colonels won the most games and had the highest winning percentage of any franchise in the league's history, but the team did not join the NBA in the 1976 ABA–NBA merger. The Colonels' playoff record was 55–46 (.545). Only the Indiana Pacers won more ABA playoff games.
Tags: aba, basketball, bluegrass state, calipari, hubie brown
The Philadelphia Rockets were a minor professional ice hockey team based in the Philadelphia Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Rockets played for three seasons in American Hockey League from 1946 to 1949. Previously another Rockets team existed for the 1941–42 AHL season, formerly known as the Philadelphia Ramblers.
Tags: eagles, fan, hockey, hockey player, ice hockey
The Carolina Cougars were a basketball franchise in the American Basketball Association that existed from 1969 through 1974. The Cougars were originally a charter member of the ABA as the Houston Mavericks in 1967. The Mavericks moved to North Carolina in late 1969 after two unsuccessful seasons in Houston at the Sam Houston Coliseum.
Tags: aba, basketball, carolina, charlotte, classic
The Nashville Stars was a professional basketball franchise based in Nashville, Tennessee in 1991. The team played its inaugural season in the World Basketball League (WBL) before folding. The Stars played their home games at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium. The franchise was originally known as the Las Vegas Silver Streaks (1988–1990) before relocating for the 1991 season.
Tags: basketball, community, country, home, hoops
The Portland Beavers was the name of separate minor league baseball teams, which represented Portland, Oregon, in the Pacific Coast League (PCL). The team was established in 1903, the first year of the PCL, until the last iteration ended playing in 2010. Players who got their start with the Beavers include Stan Coveleski, Jim Thorpe, Mickey Cochrane, Ted Williams. An 56 year old Satchel Paige even pitched for them in 1961.
Tags: baseball, baseball team, beavers, home, local