Flint Fuze
January 13, 2021
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
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Atlantic City Blackjacks
January 13, 2021
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.
Sacramento Steelheads
January 7, 2021
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.
Montreal Express
December 31, 2020
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.
Cincinnati Swarm
December 27, 2020
The Cincinnati Swarm were a Arena Football 2 franchise that played a single season at the U.S. Bank Arena (AKA Riverfront Coliseum) during the summer of 2003. The Swarm were just another chapter in that building’s grim history with indoor football, following the Cincinnati Rockers (1991-1992) and preceding the Marshalls (2005-2006) and the Jungle Kats (2007).