Homestead Grays (1912-1951)
May 14, 2025
The Homestead Grays are one of the best known teams to have played in the Negro Leagues, though they were an independent team for much of their existence.
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Seattle Steelheads
April 21, 2025
The Seattle Steelheads were members of the West Coast Negro Baseball Association (WCNBA) in that circuit’s only season, 1946. The team was actually the Harlem Globetrotters baseball club and returned to barnstorming when the WCNBA ceased operations.
San Francisco Sea Lions (WCNBA)
March 29, 2025
The San Francisco Sea Lions were members of the West Coast Negro Baseball Association (WCNBA) in that circuit’s only season, 1946. After the WCNBA folded, the Sea Lions continued on as a barnstorming team until the spring of 1949.
Oakland Seals / California Golden Seals (1961-1976)
February 10, 2025
What happened to the Oakland Seals National Hockey League team that played at the Oakland Arena from 1966 to 1976? It’s fascinating tale of hockey from the Bay Area to Cleveland to Minnesota and back to Oakland.
Memphis Tams
February 22, 2023
The Tams were the middle entry of three Memphis entries in the American Basketball Associations during the early 1970’s, taking the floor at the Mid-South Coliseum from 1972 through 1974. The team’s odd name was an acronym for Tennessee-Arkansas-Mississippi and the club used a tam o’ shanter cap as its logo. Charles O. Finley, the outspoken owner of the Oakland A’s of Major League Baseball and the NHL’s California Golden Seals, owned the club but seemingly took little interest in it. Like the A’s and the Golden Seals, the Tams wore Finley’s preferred colors of green, gold and white.