The Bears are a Chicago-based American Football Team. They began as the Decatur Staleys, established by Staley Food Starch Company of Decatur, Illinois, to represent the company. The company hired Edward ‘Dutch’ Sternamen and George Halas to run the team in 1920. They competed in the American Professional Football Association, which would become the NFL … Read more
The Colorado Avalanche, also known as the ‘Avs’, is a professional Ice Hockey Team based in Denver, Colorado. The franchise has a spotty history, founded in 1972 under Quebec Nordiques. In their seven WHA seasons, they’d win the Avco World Trophy in 1977 and lose the finals in 1975. In 1979 the franchise entered the … Read more
The Milwaukee Bucks are a professional basketball team based out of Milwaukee, and they compete in the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Bucks were founded as an expansion team in 1968 and play at Fiserv Forum. The group was owned long-term by U.S Senator Herb Kohl until April of 2014 when … Read more
The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional American Football team that plays in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the North Division of the American Football Conference (ACF). They play at the Paul Brown Stadium in Downtown Cincinnati when playing at home. Paul Brown, former Head Coach of the Cleveland Browns, began planning … Read more
The Tampa Bay Rays are a Major League Baseball (MLB) team that competes in the American League (AL) East Division. They are based in St. Petersburg, Florida. The team’s home arena has been Tropicana Field since its inception. After almost 30 years of trying to get an expansion franchise to the Tampa Bay Area, Vince … Read more
The Los Angeles Kings date back to 1966. They began as a National Hockey League (NHL) expansion team awarded to LA-based entrepreneur Jack Kent Cook (who owned the Los Angeles Lakers). The Los Angeles Kings played their debut games at the Long Beach Arena while awaiting their home arena’s construction (The Forum in Inglewood, California). … Read more
When the NBA first expanded into Canada, two expansion teams pushed the league across borders: The Vancouver Grizzlies and Toronto Raptors. The Grizzlies struggled in the first six seasons, losing as many as 24 games in a season despite having top picks such as Mike Bibby as a guard in 1998, Steve Francis in 1999, … Read more
Tiger Woods (born Eldrick Tont Woods in December of 1975) is a professional golfer from the USA. Tiger is best known for being one of the best golfers of all time, and he’s one of the most recognizable athletes today. He came first in the PGA tour. Woods ranked second in men’s major championships and … Read more
The ‘Bolts’ or Tampa Bay Lightning, compete in the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL) in the Atlantic Division. The team has stayed in its home city since its inception in 1992. This team won three Stanley Cups in 2021 after winning the shorter 2020 season (caused by the COVID-19 pandemic). The back-to-back … Read more
The Eagles are a Philadelphia-based professional American Football team. They play their home team at the Lincoln Financial Field as a National Football League (NFL) member in the National Football Conference (NFC) East Division. The franchise was started in 1933 to replace the bankrupt Frankford Yellow Jackets as a group led by Bert Bell secured … Read more
The Charlotte Hornets are an NBA team that plays in the Eastern Conference Southeast Division. Starting as an expansion team in 1988 in Charlotte, the team moved to New Orleans in 2002. In 2004, Charlotte created another expansion team, named the Bobcats since the name Hornets was already in use. The team got to the … Read more
The LA Dodgers are an American professional baseball team from Los Angeles. The Dodgers play in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a National League (NL) member of the West division. The history of the Los Angeles Dodgers spans to 1883 in the city of Brooklyn, which would become part of the Borough of New York … Read more
The Phoenix Suns were founded in 1968, with a public contest giving them their name. They initially began as an expansion team. The Suns are the only team in the NBA Western Conference Pacific Division that isn’t based in California. They are the only Phoenix-based team playing for Phoenix specifically, as most play for Arizona. … Read more
The Vegas Golden Knights are a Las Vegas-based professional ice hockey team that competes in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL)’s Pacific Division. They’re a relatively new team – founded in 2017 as an expansion team. The team is owned by Black Knight Sports, an organization led by Bill Foley and the … Read more
The Dallas Cowboys’ history spans back to 1960; Clint Murchinson Jr brought the Cowboys into the National Football League (NFL), though they could not participate in the 1960 season draft due to a late start. A poor draft meant that their first season wasn’t great. Their record remained relatively poor until 1965 when they finished … Read more
The newest National Hockey League (NHL) team, the Seattle Krakens, just joined the league in the Pacific Division under the Western Conference – just in time for the 21-22 season. The NHL approved the expansion in 2018 and fans were kept waiting until July 2020, when the branding was released. The team’s name was chosen … Read more