March 18, 1981 – Arthur Rand makes the owner of the financially strapped, Tier 2 bottom dwelling Sacramento Cyclones an offer he can’t refuse to move the team to San Diego. As die hard loyalists...
June 3, 1978 – The League proposes the name Crusaders for the New York team, but the city rejects it. Drawing on the famous headline from the tragedy, they declare the new franchise to be...
August 20, 1950 – The Detroit Mechanics, a heavy, hard hitting team, seriously injures an average of three opponents every game. Opponents take to calling them the Devils from Detroit.Â
