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Texas Terror Arena Football

Texas Terror

December 2, 2018

The Texas Terror were an Arena Football League based in Houston that played two seasons in 1996 and 1997. The team was owned by the management of the Houston Rockets and, like their NBA parent, played at the Compaq Center (formerly the Houston Summit). After a dreadful sophomore season in 1997 that saw the team’s attendance plummet by over 50%, ownership abandoned the “Terror” identity and re-branded the team as the Houston ThunderBears in 1998. The ThunderBears eventually went out of business in 2001, closing the book on this indoor football franchise.

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Gordie Howe on the cover of a 1976 Houston Aeros program from the World Hockey Association

Houston Aeros (1972-1978)

January 25, 2015

The Houston Aeros were a powerhouse club in the World Hockey Association, a 1970’s-era rival to the NHL. The Aeros are best remembered for luring pro hockey’s all-time leading scorer, Gordie Howe, out of retirement in 1973 and signing him to play alongside his sons Mark and Marty Howe.  There was little rust on the 45-year old star.  Mr. Hockey won league MVP honors in 1974 as the Aeros won the first of two straight AVCO Cup championships that spring.

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1994-95 Houston Aeros Media Guide from the International Hockey League

Houston Aeros (1994-2013)

January 25, 2014

The minor league Houston Aeros of 1994-2013 were a brand revival of the popular World Hockey Association club of the 1970’s, who famously featured ageless Hall-of-Famer Gordie Howe and his sons Mark and Marty. During the 1990’s, the Aeros operated as a non-NHL affiliated independent club in the ambitious International Hockey League. The Aeros were always a strong club and won the IHL’s Turner Cup championship in 1999 and the American Hockey League’s Calder Cup in 2003, following the IHL’s demise in 2001. In their final decade, the Aeros were acquired by the NHL’s Minnesota Wild and became the Wild’s top farm team in the AHL. After 19 seasons in Houston, the franchise moved to Des Moines, Iowa in 2013.

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1996 Houston Hotshots Media Guide from the Continental Indoor Soccer League

Houston Hotshots

February 12, 2013

The Houston Hotshots were an expansion franchise in the Continental Indoor Soccer League for the league’s sophomore season in the summer of 1994. The Hotshots appeared in the CISL Championship Series in back-to-back seasons, losing to Monterrey La Raza in 1996 and to the Seattle Seadogs in 1997. The team disbanded after six seasons in February 2001.

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Houston Angels Women's Basketball League

Houston Angels

January 9, 2013

The Houston Angels were the first ever championship club in American women’s professional basketball. Paced by top stars Belinda Candler and Paula Mayo, the Angels captured the inaugural championship of the Women’s Basketball League in the spring of 1979. One year later, however, the team found itself out of business.

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