Sport: Basketball (Men's)

1977-1978 Eastern Basketball Association media guide

Brooklyn Dodgers (1977-1978)

October 7, 2020

The Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team recorded its final out at Ebbets Field on September 24th, 1957 and left Crown Heights for Los Angeles soon afterwards.  The beloved ballpark met the wrecking ball in February 1960. The baseball Dodgers, of course, are whom everyone talks about when they speak of the Brooklyn Dodgers these days. But the name was actually used by a variety of teams over the years across various sports. Today we’ll look at (to my knowledge) the last team to adopt the “Dem Bums” identity: the minor league Brooklyn Dodgers basketball team of 1977-1978.

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1972-73 Virginia Squires Media Guide from the American Basketball Association

Virginia Squires

October 4, 2020

The Virginia Squires of the American Basketball Association (ABA) began as the Oakland Oaks. After two seasons they were sold and moved to Washington, D.C., for one year, before moving to the Tidewater region of Eastern Virginia. They folded in 1976, just a month shy of the NBA-ABA merger.

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Memphis Sounds American Basketball Association

Memphis Sounds

September 30, 2020

The last of Memphis’ three short-lived entries in the iconic American Basketball Association of the 1970’s, the Sounds counted Stax Records soul music legend Isaac Hayes among the team’s investors.

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Texas Chaparrals American Basketball Association

Dallas Chaparrals

September 29, 2020

American Basketball Association (1967-1973) Born: February 2, 1967 – American Basketball Association founding franchise Relocated: April 6,1973 (San Antonio Spurs) First Game: October 16, 1967

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Memphis Pros American Basketball Association

Memphis Pros

September 29, 2020

The Pros, with their monumentally boring name, were the first of three short-lived American Basketball Association franchises to set up shop at the Mid-South Coliseum during the 1970’s. The Pros preceded the Tams (1972-1974) and the Sounds (1974-1975) in this iconic league with its red, white & blue ball.

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