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Seattle Cascades World Team Tennis

Sea-Port Cascades / Seattle Cascades

May 28, 2019

The Cascades were a co-ed tennis promotion that arrived in the Pacific Northwest in the spring of 1977 after relocating from Honolulu. Known at first as the “Sea-Port” Cascades, the team split their 1977 home dates between the NBA arenas in Seattle and Portland. Though the team had relatively few stars of its own, opposing World Team Tennis clubs brought major stars of the day such as Chris Evert, Billie Jean King and Bjorn Borg to town for league competition. The Cascades committed more fully to Seattle for their second and final season in 1978, dropping the “Port” from their name. The team disbanded along with the rest of World Team Tennis in late 1978.

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Marc Boileau on the cover of a 1959-60 Seattle Totems program from the Western Hockey League

Seattle Totems

August 3, 2014

Western Hockey League (1958-1974) Central Hockey League (1974-1975) Born: 1958 – The Seattle Americans are re-branded as the Seattle Totems Folded: Postseason 1975 First Game:

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Seattle Seadogs Continental Indoor Soccer League

Seattle SeaDogs

May 26, 2013

The Seattle SeaDogs played three seasons in the Continental Indoor Soccer League between 1993 and 1997. The CISL was a summertime league that attracted investment from a number of NBA franchise owners.  The SeaDogs were backed by Seattle Sonics owner and billboard magnate Barry Ackerley. After two seasons of mediocrity, the SeaDogs won the final CISL championship in 1997. But the league closed its doors in December 1997 before the Seattleites could defend their title.

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