1981 Ventura County Americans program from the California Football League

Conejo Americans / Ventura County Americans

September 15, 2023

The Ventura County Americans were a minor league football outfit that played at high school football stadiums in Oxnard and Camarillo, California for three seasons between 1979 and 1981. The team’s most accomplished player was former University of Washington quarterback Tom Porras, who went on to a long career in the USFL, Canadian Football League and Arena Football League that lasted until 1996. The Americans disbanded following the 1981 season.

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Patrice Ferri on the cover of a 1994 Montreal Impact program from the American Professional Soccer League

Montreal Impact

May 16, 2023

American Professional Soccer League (1993-1994) A-League (1995-1996) USISL A-League (1997-1998) National Professional Soccer League (1997-2000) USL A-League (2000-2004) USL First Division (2005-2009) USSF Division 2

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1996 Altoona Rail Kings Baseball Scorecard from the North Atlantic League

Altoona Rail Kings

April 16, 2023

The Altoona Rail Kings were a low-level professional baseball team that began play in 1996, amidst the “independent” baseball boom that saw non-Major League affiliated leagues and teams sprout up all across the United States. The team played two summers at Veterans Field in 1996 and 1997 before getting displaced by the impending arrival of a Pittsburgh Pirates Class AAA farm club, the Altoona Curve, set to begin play in 1998. The Rail Kings moved away to Huntington, West Virginia in 1998 and went out of business soon thereafter.

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1996-97 Baton Rouge Kingfish Program from the East Coast Hockey League

Baton Rouge Kingfish

March 30, 2023

The Baton Rouge Kingfish were an East Coast Hockey League team that played seven seasons at the Riverside Centroplex between 1996 and 2003. The team had compelling intra-state rivalries with the Lafayette-based Louisiana IceGators and the New Orleans Brass. But seven straight seasons of declining attendance led the Kingfish to close their doors in 2003. The team had only slight accomplishment in competition, winning just one playoff series in seven seasons.

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1980 Amarillo Gold Sox Baseball Program from the Texas League

Amarillo Gold Sox (1976-1982)

March 17, 2023

Amarillo, Texas was a mainstay on the Class AA Texas League circuit from 1959 through 1982. Yellow City went through several Texas League clubs during the era, starting with the original Gold Sox, followed by the Sonics, the Giants and finally the latter-day Gold Sox.  Today we’ll take a loot at the Gold Sox re-boot that took the field at Potter County Memorial Stadium from 1976 until 1982.

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