American Football

Three Rivers Stadium opened in 1970 as the new home of the city's pro football and pro baseball teams. Similar to other so-called cookie-cutter stadiums of the era (The Vet in Philadelphia, Riverfront in Cincinnati, etc.), Three Rivers closed in 2000. Mired in mediocrity, the football team...

Jacksonville football fans want just one thing this spring! Draft Trevor!

The champs are from Tampa once again! And the area has TWO in one year! First it was hockey, now football.

  The Vet 700 Level Unisex T-Shirt in Green: The wild antics, fights, and use of flare guns, in the cheap seats at the "The Vet" stadium in the 700 level led to the first ever criminal court being established in a sports facility....

Three Rivers Stadium opened in 1970 as the new home of the National Football League's Pittsburgh Steelers, as well as Major League Baseball's Pittsburgh Pirates. Similar to other so-called cookie-cutter stadiums of the era (The Vet in Philadelphia, Riverfront in Cincinnati, etc.), Three Rivers closed in 2000....

For their final season the Chicago Rockets of the AAFC were known as the Hornets. When the league merged with the established league after the 1949 season, the Hornets players were divided between the city's other two teams.

Riverfront Stadium, later Cinergy Field, was the home of the Reds from 1970 until 2002. The team captured three World Series titles (1975, 1976, and 1990) while playing there.

Cleveland Stadium, also known as Municipal Stadium or Lakefront Stadium, was the primary home of Cleveland baseball from 1932 to 1993 and pro football from 1946 to 1996. It was also home to the Cleveland Stokers soccer team, as well as many college football...

Cleveland Stadium, commonly known as Municipal Stadium or Lakefront Stadium, was a multi-purpose stadium located where the current football stadium now stands just off West 3rd Street. Opened in 1931, it was home primarily to Cleveland's pro baseball and pro football teams. It also...

The Birmingham Bolts were members of the original XFL in 2001 season, that league's only season. The team finished  with 2 wins and 8 losses while averaging 17,000 fans a game at Legion Field.

Remember this championship team? When the CFL decided to add teams in the U.S. in the early 1990s, Jim Speros acquired one for Baltimore. Abandoned by the city's previous team in 1984 and passed over for expansion in 1993 when the Bombers failed to...

The Vulcans played in the Continental Football League, a tier below the NFL and AFL, for part of the 1967 season. Akron was excited to have a pro-football team, but the fun only lasted 4 games before the team ran out of money and...

It was the first successful rebel league. Established in 1959, it forced a merger with the established league in 1966.