Tag: HemisFair Arena

San Antonio Force Arena Football

San Antonio Force

The San Antonio Force, who lasted only a single season at HemisFair Arena, is infamous among the ever-dwindling core of indoor football obsessives for absorbing the only shutout loss in the 30+ year history of the high-scoring Arena Football League.

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Houston E-Z Riders World Team Tennis

Houston E-Z Riders

The Houston E-Z Riders were a co-ed tennis promotion that competed in the first season of World Team Tennis in 1974.  The Riders’ top attraction was Aussie star John Newcombe, a 7-time Grand Slam champion. The team’s logo was an endearingly goofy ripoff of Yosemite Sam. The mustachioed outlaw toted a pair of smoking tennis racquets in his hip holsters.

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