The Mississippi Coast Gamblers were a penniless minor league basketball outfit that staggered through a single campaign in the low budget United States Basketball League during the summer of 1994. The Gamblers played at Biloxi’s Mississippi Coast Coliseum. 8-year NBA veteran Terry Catledge was the team’s best known player.
Continental Basketball Association (2001-2002) Born: August 2001 – CBA expansion franchise Moved: September 4, 2002 (Great Lakes Storm) First Game: December 1, 2001 (L 107-106
The Atlantic City Blackjacks were an Arena Football League expansion club that played for one season during the summer of 2019. After the New Jersey Casino Reinvestment Development Authority committed a half million dollars to outfit Boardwalk Hall for Arena Football, the Blackjacks would play just six home games in the building before the Arena Football League declared bankruptcy and disbanded in November 2019.
The Sacramento Steelheads were an independent professional baseball team that existed for only season in the California capital before getting displaced by the return of Class AAA baseball to the city in the year 2000. The 1999 Steelheads set up shop on the campus of Sacramento City College. The team played one season in the six-team Western Baseball League, competing against teams from California, Nevada, Utah and Washington. They finished in last place with a 36-54 record.
Deposited into the Molson Centre during the National Lacrosse League’s Canadian expansion spree of the early 2000s, the Montreal Express were a box-office bust that came and went in just one season. The Express were competitive on the carpet (8-8) during the 2001-02 NLL season, but heavy financial losses led to the team’s closure during the summer of 2002.
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