San Diego Clippers
May 25, 2015
National Basketball Association (1978-1984) Born: July 7, 1978 – The Buffalo Braves relocate to San Diego Moved: May 1984 (Los Angeles Clippers) First Game: October
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San Diego Hawks
March 18, 2014
The San Diego Hawks were a minor league ice hockey team that lasted just one winter in the Pacific Hockey League in 1978-79. The Hawks were notable for featuring hockey pioneer Willie O’Ree, the first black player to skate in the NHL twenty years earlier in 1958. The 42-year old scored 21 goals for the Hawks in his final professional season.
San Diego Buds
July 30, 2013
The San Diego Buds were a co-ed pro tennis team that existed for two seasons in World Team Tennis in the summers of 1984 and 1985. The 1984 “season”, in fact, was just a single weekend tournament held at The Forum in Los Angeles. The league devised the format to squeeze a reminder of its existence into the narrow spaces around Wimbledon, the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics, and the U.S. Open. The San Diego Buds won the tournament and were named the 1984 champions of TeamTennis without ever appearing in San Diego itself. In 1985, the Buds played their first and only matches in San Diego at the Sports Arena, repeated as league champions, and then disbanded.
San Diego Wildcards
July 4, 2013
The San Diego Wildcards were an ill-conceived Continental Basketball Association franchise that set up shop at the Sports Arena in the fall of 1995. The CBA was the official developmental league of the NBA at the time. The Wildcards lasted just 21 games before folding in midseason.
San Diego Sockers (1978-1996)
February 10, 2013
The greatest indoor soccer dynasty of all time started out as a struggling outdoor soccer team that couldn’t find a home. As outdoor soccer faltered in San Diego and nationwide in the early 1980’s, the Sockers found new life in the air conditioned confines of the San Diego Sports Arena, winning 10 indoor titles between 1982 and 1992. At the time the original Sockers closed their doors in 1996, they were the oldest continuously operating professional soccer club in the United States.