Usually, when a professional sports league decides to expand and add a new team, early results are not great for the franchise. An expansion draft takes place, where the newly-added team gets to pick from a handful of players that the rest of the league did not want to keep. This means low talent, which translates to low success. This …
Bud Adams Contribution to Professional Football
Kenneth Stanley “Bud” Adams Jr. made many contributions to professional football as an owner and literally changed the landscape of the National Football League forever. At the time of his death in 2013 at age 90, he led all active owners with 409 wins. His long life of dedication to football and football fans led to many accomplishments. The Beginnings of …
ABA and USFL Teams Map
Two historical professional leagues that have a huge place in sports history is the ABA – American Basketball Association and USFL – United State Football League. These two leagues have left a mark in both professional basketball and football. While one league ABA was able to accomplish their goal of merging with stronger NBA and the other USFL was not …
Mercedes-Benz Stadium Set To Open
Video by Atlanta Falcons Rise Up Construction of the Atlanta Falcons‘ new-state-of-the-art Mercedes-Benz Stadium is getting closer to completion. Sports Team History Atlanta United FC Primary Logo 2017 – Present The $1.5 billion facility is the new home venue for the Falcons and Major League Soccer’s Atlanta United and is expected to open August 26, for the Falcons first preseason home game against the Arizona Cardinals. The …
Epic Conclusion – Cavs vs Warriors
It feels like history is beginning to repeat itself a little in the world of the NBA. For the third year in a row, we’re going to see the Golden State Warriors take on the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals. Having been excellent and awesome finals in 2014 – 2015 and 2015 – 2016, we are expecting this third …
Long Shots: The Life and Times of the American Basketball Association
Sports Team Long Shots The video called “Long Shots: The Life and Times of the American Basketball Association” is a funky documentary about the old funky ABA League. If you understand the whole purpose of why the ABA league officials created the ABA; which was to gain access into the NBA; you will understand what I mean by the funky …
Brooklyn Dodgers Ghosts Of Flatbush
| Sports Team History Brooklyn Dodgers Ghosts Of Flatbush What a great account of the Brooklyn Dodgers in the documentary called “Brooklyn Dodgers Ghosts Of Flatbush.” We thoroughly enjoyed the complete history of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Growing up on the west coast and not knowing why the Brooklyn Dodgers moved to Los Angeles, this documentary tells you everything that went …
Baseball Road Trip
Sports Team History Baseball Road Trip Well, growing up in Southern California in the ’70s and I have always wanting to go on a stadium road trip. Reading an article from the LA Times about a LA Times reporter who had traveled to several cities to see as many baseball games as possible. This was a west coast start in …