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The USFL and XFL officially announce intention to merge.
September 28, 2023 |
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The United States
Football League and the XFL have officially announced their
intention to merge.
According to the press release, the merge is subject to customary
regulatory approvals and if the transaction is consummated, the new
league will establish best-in-class operations based on the most recent
seasons of both leagues.
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Magic City SC names Jennifer Pfeiffer as head coach for both
teams.
September 27, 2023 |
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Magic
City SC has named Jennifer Pfeiffer as head coach.
She will be head coach for both the men's and women's teams.
Pfeiffer has been involved in soccer as a player or coach for most of
her life.
Pfeiffer currently serves as the Executive Director of Alabama Soccer
Association and has over 30 years of experience as a coach at various levels of
the game from youth, to college, to professional teams.
Pfeiffer is the first ever female head coach in the Mens Division of the NISL.
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Tennessee Smokies win 2023 Southern League title.
September 26, 2022 |
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The Tennessee Smokies defeated the Pensacola Blue Wahoos to win the 2023
Southern League
championship.
This is the Smokies first true championship, but in 2004 due to
Hurricane Ivan the Southern League decided to award co-championships to
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BirminghamProSports.com debuts official logo.
September 18, 2023 |
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After years of tinkering with ideas, I finally decided on a logo for
this website!
I wanted to incorporate a few city symbols in the logo... the Vulcan
statue, the old train station sign, and the "All American City" logo the
city earned in the 1970's. I never could find a way to incorporate a
"Magic City" image, sadly. Vulcan in a top hat was not going to happen.
I also didn't want an exact copy of the Vulcan statue... I think he is
quite boring. In mythology Vulcan was ugly, so I made my Vulcan a little
wilder looking but tried to accurately copy the statue's hammerhead and
apron.
I kept him a grey tone like the statue, and I wanted him to be popping
out of the logo. I thought I'd make the train station sign a rusty color
to play off Vulcan's grey and if the original sign had never been torn
down, I'd think it would have a fair amount of rust on it today.
I've always like the font used at the Vulcan statue and wanted to use
something similar, so Art Deco was used. It looks old timey but still
looks cool to me.
The bottom portion was taken from the All-American City shield logo. The
vertical lines also remind me of the old TCI smokestacks I saw as a
youngster growing up in Ensley.
So, that's it. I hope everyone likes it.
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Birmingham Barons end 2023 season with 51-87 record and miss
playoffs.
September 17, 2023 |
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The
Birmingham Barons
ended their 2023 season with a win but fail to make the Southern League
playoffs with a 51-87 record.
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Birmingham Barons sold to Diamond Baseball Holdings.
September 11, 2023 |
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The
Birmingham Barons
announce they have been sold to Diamond Baseball Holdings.
The club will remain the Double-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox,
led by General Manager & President Jonathan Nelson.
Former owners Jeff and Stan Logan will remain involved with the club in
an advisory capacity.
DBH owns and operates select minor league baseball clubs affiliated with
Major League Baseball across the country. One of those teams is the
Southern League's Mississippi Braves.
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Will Birmingham play in the National Indoor Soccer League?
August 17, 2023 |
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The National Indoor Soccer League announces that Birmingham will join
their league in 2024. "Magic
City SC" will field both men and women's teams in the league.
The Pelham Civic Center's Ice Arena will be their home facility, with
both teams playing doubleheaders for eight home matches and eight away
matches. The next season will begin in January 2024.
The NISL's first season was in 2021-22 and there are currently seven
teams in the league. Last season's playoffs were cancelled just days
before play was to begin. No reason was given but the league awarded
championships to the men's and women's teams with the best regular
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Major League Football postpones inaugural season to 2024.
August 7, 2023 |
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The proposed Major League Football has
postponed their inaugural season to the fall of 2024.
No reason was given. |
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Southern Professional Hockey League rebrands as SPHL.
August 1, 2023 |
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The Southern Professional Hockey League announces that effective
immediately it will simply be known as the SPHL.
The league has branched out in recent years to include teams in both the
southeast and midwest United States and feels the old name was too
restrictive. Similar to what the ECHL did in changing from the East
Coast Hockey League, our continued success and expansion outside of the
original footprint of the league has allowed the hockey world to
recognize us simply as the SPHL, stated Commissioner Doug Price.
The original league logo will continue to be used, but the words
Southern Professional Hockey League has been removed. |
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Birmingham Legion WFC end inaugural season with a draw.
July 2, 2023 |
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The Birmingham Legion
WFC closed out their inaugural season in the United
Soccer League W League with a 1-1 draw.
The Three Sparks went 5-4-3 for the season. |
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Birmingham Stallions win back-to-back USFL Championships.
July 1, 2023 |
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The Birmingham
Stallions defeated the Pittsburgh Maulers 28-12 to win their second
USFL Championship in a row.
The game's MVP was Birmingham's Deon Cain, who had
171 receiving yards and three touchdown catches.
The Stallions have gone 21-3 with two Championships in the two years the
league has existed. |
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NBA great Dominique Wilkins joins Birmingham Legion ownership
group.
June 20, 2023 |
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The Birmingham Legion announce that a new investor has joined their ownership group, National
Basketball Association Hall-of-Famer Dominique Wilkins.
Wilkins spent the majority of his NBA career with the Atlanta Hawks in 1982 to 1994.
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Florida Everblades win back-to-back ECHL Kelly Cups.
June 9, 2023 |
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The Florida Everblades won the 2023 ECHL Kelly Cup, defeating the Idaho
Steelheads in the fourth game of the series.
It was the first sweep in the Kelly Cup Finals since 2017, and the fifth
in the 34 all-time Riley/Kelly Cup Finals series.
The Everblades won the Kelly Cup title for the second consecutive season
and the third time overall.
They are the fifth team in ECHL history to claim back-to-back titles,
joining Hampton Roads (1991 and 1992), Toledo (1993 and 1994), Allen
(2015 and 2016), and Colorado (2017 and 2018).
The Birmingham Bulls
were members of the ECHL from 1992-93 to 2000-01. |
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Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs win 2022-23 SPHL President's Cup.
May 2, 2023 |
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The Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs defeat the Birmingham Bulls
three games to one to win the 2022-23 Southern Professional Hockey
League President's Cup.
This is Roanoke's first SPHL championship. |
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Birmingham Bulls lose SPHL President's Cup championship
series.
May 2, 2023 |
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The Birmingham Bulls
advanced to the Southern Professional Hockey League President's Cup
series for a second time.
Unfortunately, they lost the series once again.
The Bulls have never won an SPHL championship but competed for one at
the end of the 2018-19 season, their second year in the league.
This time, they lost 3 games to one against the Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs. |
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Delaware Blue Coats win 2022-23 NBA G League
championship.
April 6, 2023 |
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The Delaware Blue Coats defeated the Rio Grande Valley Vipers in two
games to win their first
NBA G League
championship. |
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Birmingham Barons begin 2023 season with road victory.
April 6, 2023 |
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The
Birmingham Barons
began their 2023 season with a 6-2 road victory over the Tennessee
Smokies. |
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Beltway Bombers win 2022-23 Triple Threat Basketball League
championship.
April 2, 2023 |
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The Beltway Bombers won the 2022-23
Triple Threat
Basketball League
championship by defeating the Fredericksburg Grizzlies 86-81. |
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Birmingham Squadron end 2022-23 season with 11-21 record.
March 25, 2023 |
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The
Birmingham Squadron wrapped up their 2022-23 season with a victory
but were left with a dismal 11-21 record for the season.
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Birmingham Outlaws lose in quarterfinal round of TTBL playoffs.
March 18, 2023 |
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The Birmingham Outlaws
lost in the Triple Threat Basketball League's quarterfinal playoff
round, 134-117 to the Atlanta Storm.
The Outlaws end their season with a 13-5 record. |
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Birmingham Legion open 2023 season with a draw at home.
March 11, 2023 |
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The Birmingham Legion
begin their 2023 season with a 1-1 draw against the Pittsburgh
Riverhounds at Protective Stadium. |
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NEWLY DISCOVERED FROM 2017!
February 1, 2023 |
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The Iron City
Dragons announce they will be joining the North American Basketball
League for the 2018 season.
No other information is known about the new semi-pro basketball team.
The NABL's first season was in 2016. |
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Toronto Argonauts win 2022 Canadian Football League Grey Cup.
November 21, 2022 |
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The Toronto Argonauts defeated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 24-23 for the
109th Grey Cup.
It was the Argos 8th time to win the Grey Cup.
In 1995 the
Birmingham Barracudas were members of the Canadian Football League
for a single season before folding. |
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San Antonio FC wins 2022 United Soccer League Championship title.
November 13, 2022 |
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San Antonio FC defeated Louisville City FC 3-1 to win the 2022
United Soccer League
Championship title. |
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NEWLY DISCOVERED FROM 1972!
October 19, 2022 |
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The American Basketball
Association held a regular season game in Birmingham on March 24,
1972 between the Pittsburgh Condors and the Kentucky Colonels.
The Condors will be relocating after the season and the team says the
Magic City is on their radar.
The Colonels won the game 134-107 and 3,000 fans attended the game.
Four days later, the Condors hosted the Colonels again, this time in
their last "home" game, in Tucson, Arizona where they drew an estimated
5,000 fans. The Birmingham and Tucson games drew significantly better
than their final home game in Pittsburgh, however, where the Condors
drew only 689 fans.
Ultimately, the traveling "home" games did not help the Condors. In June
1972 the ABA canceled the Condors franchise, ending Birmingham's hopes
for a team. |
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| Team Names List |
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For the teams that suited up and played, you're probably well aware of
their team names.
But what about the teams that were proposed but never played any games?
Do you think you know all their names?
You might remember some of them,
but I'll bet there are a few you've never heard before.
Click here to check out my
page dedicated to all the team names and find out just how good your
memory really is! |
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