The Detroit Tigers took the field in 1901, facing off against Milwaukee for their American League opener in front of 10,000 fans. The team has come a long way since, and has drawn in over 120 million fans to home games throughout its history. Fans flock to Comerica Park from all over the country to witness the … Read more
The Minnesota Vikings kicked things off as an expansion team in 1960, and first took the field for their season opener in 1961. It all began, however, when a group of five businessmen were granted a franchise in the newly formed AFL in 1959. The Vikes would forfeit their AFL membership the following year to become the NFL’s 14th … Read more
The Washington Redskins are one of the older NFL franchises around, but they didn’t get their start as the Redskins, nor were they even in D.C. at the time. In fact, businessmen George Preston Marshall, Vincent Bendix, Jay O’Brien, and Dorland Doyle bought a NFL franchise for Boston in 1932. The team played at Braves Field and were then known … Read more
The Phoenix Suns were born in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1968 as the city’s first professional sports franchise. The team was the result of the efforts of Richard Bloch, who formed the Suns’ ownership group. Bloch had a discussion with NBA Commissioner Walter Kennedy about expanding the NBA to Phoenix. Kennedy, however, thought this was a crazy idea … Read more
A history of sports jerseys is not something to be neglected. Sports fans who have been in this field for so long might notice several changes in the jerseys as the seasons go by. Jersey is not only something the team would wear for the match. It reflects the team’s core values and identity that … Read more
Vintage Teams: Houston Colt .45s Before you knew them as the Houston Astros, baseball fans in Houston were heading out to watch the Colt .45s play ball against the rest of the National League. The existence of this team out of southeast Texas was short-lived – they would only carry the name of the Colt Firearms Company’s … Read more
Based out of New York, the Buffalo Bills are an NFL team that joined the league as a product of the AFL-NFL merger. The team spent the ’60s in the American Football League (AFL) before joining the National Football League (NFL) in 1970. The Bills have not been the luckiest team in the league. … Read more
The Atlanta Falcons are a member of the NFL’s National Football Conference (NFC). They joined the league as an expansion team in 1965. Along with the Miami Dolphins, the Falcons are one of the oldest teams in the South. The Falcons, known as the Dirty Birds, reached the Super Bowl just once in 1998; they have yet to win the … Read more
The San Francisco 49ers got their start in the ’40s – not in the NFL, but in the All-America Football Conference, a rival league to the NFL and one of its early competitors. Founder Tony Morabito worked hard to bring his idea of a San Francisco football team to fruition, and once he joined forces with a few … Read more
Ohio’s Cincinnati Bengals are a part of the NFL’s American Football Conference (AFC) and are a product of Pro Football Hall of Famer and Cleveland Browns founder Paul Brown. Under the ownership and guidance of Brown, Cincinnati was granted an expansion franchise in 1967 to bring the team back from a complicated history; the team stuck with the “Bengals” name as a … Read more