Ottawa Rough Riders
July 3, 2020
The history of the Ottawa Rough Riders Canadian football team stretches back to 1876 with the formation of an amateur rugby side known as the Ottawa Football Club. The team folded in 1996 after 120 years.
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Tulsa Zone
April 27, 2020
During the late 1980’s, Tulsa had a championship minor league basketball team known as the Fast Breakers, named for the chain of convenient stores operated by the team’s owner. When the team was sold in 1991, the new owners changed the name and logo to this Twilight Zone-inspired double entendre. Ironically, the zone defense was illegal in the Continental Basketball Association.
Indianapolis Ice
April 22, 2020
International Hockey League (1988-1999) Central Hockey League (1999-2004) Born: June 9, 1988 – The IHL’s dormant Indianapolis Checkers franchise is purchased & re-activated Folded: April
Amarillo Dillas
April 5, 2020
The Amarillo Dillas were an independent minor league baseball club that toughed it out for 16 seasons in a series of ramshackle indy leagues. After the original version of the ball club went out of business at the end of the 2004 season, a new version of the Dillas began play in 2006 and continued until 2010.
Ottawa Loggers
July 25, 2019
Roller Hockey International (1995-1997) Born: 1995 Folded: June 1997 First Game: June 7, 1995 (L 8-6 vs. Philadelphia Bulldogs) Last Game: June 1, 1997 (L