Havana Sugar Kings
May 6, 2020
International League (1954-1960) Born: 1954 – Re-branded from Havana Cubans Moved: July 8, 1960 (Jersey City Jerseys) First Game: Last Game: Governor’s Cup Champions: 1959 Gran
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Las Vegas Locomotives
April 18, 2020
The Las Vegas Locos were the dominant team in the United Football League, an expensive minor league boondoggle that staggered through parts of four seasons from 2009 to 2012. The Locos were the only team to take part in all four campaigns and won the league championship in 2009 and 2010 with former New York Giants head coach Jim Fassel at the helm.
Providence Grays
April 12, 2020
The Providence Grays were a forlorn minor league baseball outfit in the Class B New England League for a few months during the summer of 1949. The team ran out of money and folded after just two months of play, foreshadowing the disintegration of the rest of the New England League at the end of that summer.
Fort Myers Sun Sox
December 10, 2019
Senior Professional Baseball Association (1989-1990) Born: May 31, 1989 – SPBA founding franchise Folded: December 26, 1990 First Game: November 1, 1989 (W 13-0 vs. Gold
Texas Rowels
October 13, 2019
The Texas Rowels were a co-ed professional team rodeo outfit that played in various cities around Texas in 1978 and 1979. The Rowels were one of six franchises in Major League Rodeo. They competed against rival teams from Denver, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City and Tulsa. Major League Rodeo contests consisted of seven skills: bareback bronc riding, barrel racing, team roping, saddle bronc riding, calf roping, steer wrestling and bull riding. Each team sported a roster of 12 cowboys & 3 cowgirls. Three team members competed in each of the seven events, which were contested twice separated by a 20-minute halftime.