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6 hours ago, dmmdoublem said:

I finally found some quality footage of FOX Sports Net's regional MLB package from 1999:

 

 

Teams with FSN affiliates (FSN channel name) in 1999 (italics means no longer on FSN/Sinclair's Diamond Sports Group RSNs as of 2020)

• Diamondbacks (Arizona)
• Giants and Athletics (Bay Area (now NBC Sports Bay Area))
• Cubs and White Sox (Chicago (now NBC Sports Chicago), Cubs now on Marquee Sports Network which is owned by Diamond Sports Group)
• Tigers (Detroit (as seen above))
• Cardinals (Midwest)
• Mets (New York (now MSG+))
• Twins (North)
• Indians and Reds (Ohio)
• Pirates (Pittsburgh (now AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh))
• Rockies (Rocky Mountain (now AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain)
• Braves (South)
• Rangers and Astros (Southwest (Astros now on AT&T SportsNet Southwest))
• Angels and Dodgers (West and West 2 (now Prime Ticket), Dodgers now on Spectrum SportsNet LA)

 

Some companies not entirely gone but less of a presence than before.

 

Texaco used to be a nationwide gas chain, but since their 2001 merger with Chevron they are only found in the South and a few Western States because Shell converted most of their gas stations to the Shell name.

 

 

K-mart, Sears, JCPenney as mentioned in previous pages of the thread.

 

I second Quiznos. @Fitzy0220

Long John Silver's is also in decline.

I don't know if I posted this already: I miss the ABC college football theme of the early 2000s.

New TrueYankee26 Series: The North American University Athletics Association (NAUAA - pronounced "Naw-aah").

 

Big Southeast (BSE):

• Asheville State Crusaders*
• Carolina Piedmont Professors**
• Charleston Rays
• Havana Crocodiles
• Jacksonville Tech Panthers
• Macon Mavericks
• Miami State Suns
• San Juan Borinqueños***
• Savannah Pelicans****
• Tampa-Ybor Corsairs

*Secular school despite the Crusaders name, founded as a Catholic school but became public. Despite that, they still have a large cathedral on campus.

**Located in Gastonia, North Carolina.

***Their baseball team is also known as Los Reyes (The Kings) because of their North Dakota State football like dynasty in baseball, winning 7 of 10 between 2035-2044.

****Only religious school in the BSE (Southern Baptist) when Asheville State University became a public school.

 

Trailblazer Conference (TBC):

• Big Bear Bruins*
• Honolulu Swans
• Las Vegas Rattlesnakes
• Los Angeles Romans
• Portland Tech Dragons
• Scottsdale Saguaros
• Tacoma Tribe
• UC-Anaheim Tigers
• UC-Eureka 49ers
• Vancouver Ospreys**

*Located in Big Bear Lake, California.

**Located in Vancouver, Washington.

 

Big 11 Conference (B11):

• Albuquerque Turquoise
• Bartlesville Oilers*
• Conway Warthogs**
• Dallas State Longhorns
• East Tennessee Black Bears***
• Fort Worth Ranchers
• Lubbock Sidewinders
• Oklahoma City Chiefs
• Topeka State Cyclones
• Tulsa State Black Panthers
• West Tennessee Sunbirds****

*Located in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

**Located in Conway, Arkansas

***Located in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

****Located in Memphis, Tennessee. They are the biggest football powerhouse, with 7 titles between 2024-2040 with no other college winning more than 2.

 

Metropolitan Ten (Metro 10/M10):

• Bedford-Stuyvesant Biggies*
• Bronx Broncos
• Hoboken Hornets
• Ironbound Dragons**
• Jamaica Beavers***
• Jersey City Liberty Hawks
• Manhattan Nighthawks
• New Haven State Dolphins
• Port Chester Lakers****
• Poughkeepsie Dutch Tigers
• Trenton Tigers

*Located in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York. The Biggies name comes from a certain rapper.

**Located in the Ironbround neighborhood of Newark, New Jersey.

***Located in Jamaica, Queens, New York. And the neighborhood of Jamaica gets its name from the Algonquin word for beaver which is Jameco, not the Caribbean Island.

****Located in Port Chester, New York.

 

Midwest Eleven (MW11):

• Cape Girardeau Bobcats
• Illinois-ESL Blue Jays*
• Iowa Tech Reapers
• Michigan South Loons**
• Minneapolis Beavers
• Omaha State Cyclones
• Ozark Mountain Hawks***
• St. Louis City Eagles
• St. Paul Roebucks****
• Wisconsin North Northmen*****
• Wisconsin South Vipers******

*Located in East St. Louis, Illinois.

**Located in Battle Creek, Michigan.

***Located in Branson, Missouri.

****The Hockey powerhouse, who sweep the 2030s in women's ice hockey and won all but two (2033, 2037 which both went to the Minneapolis Beavers) men's ice hockey titles in the decade.

*****Located in Green Bay, Wisconsin

******Located in Elkhorn, Wisconsin.

 

Mountain Conference (MTN):

• Cheyenne Vikings
• Denver SkyHawks
• Eastern Colorado Wranglers*
• El Paso Rangers
• Los Angeles Christian Aztecs
• North Dakota Tech Chaparrals**
• Phoenix Sand Gators
• Salt Lake Evangelical Eagles
• Santa Fe Thunderbirds
• Southwestern Arizona Spurs***

*Located in Sterling, Colorado.

**Located in Bismarck, North Dakota.

***Located in Yuma, Arizona. Soccer powerhouse of the NAUAA thanks to being aggressive in recruiting in Mexico and the Southwest.

 

New England Eleven Conference (NE11):

• Fenway Clippers*
• Foxborough Vikings
• Glasgow Blue Raiders**
• Manchester Ravens
• Moncton Fighting Marlins***
• Pittsfield Bearcats****
• Portland Maine Buccaneers
• Providence Seagulls
• South Boston Bulldogs*****
• Stamford 49ers******
• Troy State Warriors*******

*Located in Fenway-Kenmore, Boston, Massachusetts.

**Located in Hartford, Connecticut. Founded by a Scottish man from Glasgow hence the name of the college.

***Located in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. One of only two colleges outside of New England in the conference, and one of two NAUAA colleges in Canada.

****Located in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

*****Located in South Boston, Boston, Massachusetts.

******Located in Stamford, Connecticut. They get their nicknames from the school's colors being Red and Gold and the football team's jerseys looking similar to the San Francisco 49ers of the early 2000s.

*******Located in Troy, New York. The other non-New England college. Troy State used to be the name of Troy University in Alabama.

 

Rust Belt Conference (RBC):

• Buffalo Elephants
• Chicago South Huskies
• Cincinnati Vikings
• Cleveland Celtics
• Indianapolis Catholic Rough Riders
• Indianapolis State Trojans
• Michigan North Fighting Santas*
• Owensboro Sparrows**
• Rockford State Bears
• Scranton State Electrics
• Shepherdstown Rams***

* Located in Ishpeming, Michigan. Their mascot resembles Santa Claus.

**Located in Owensboro, Kentucky. Sparrows nickname inspired by Jack Sparrow, played by Johnny Depp who is from Owensboro. Their mascots are a pirate and a sparrow bird.

*** Located in Shepherdstown, West Virginia.

 

Tidewater Conference (TWC):

• Baltimore Cardinals
• Cary Jesuit Cougars
• Hagerstown Mountain Cats

• Hilton Head Islanders

• Justice Eagles*

• Knoxville Golden Eagles

• New Castle Fighting Turkeys**

• Newport News Seahawks

• Norfolk Scots

• UNC-Jacksonville Hurricanes
• Washington Evangelical Lions

*Located in Silver Spring, Maryland.

**Located in New Castle, Delaware. Nickname and mascot inspired by Virginia Tech. Founder of the University is a Virginia Tech Alumni.

 

Western 20 Conference (W20)

• Northern Division:
  • Coeur d'Alene Skyhawks
  • Dickinson Rams*
  • Idaho Baptist Ravens**
  • Montana Tech Browns***
  • Oregon-Salem Screamers****
  • Rapid City RedHawks
  • Saskatoon Royals*****
  • Seattle Liberty Sharks
  • Tacoma Holy Cross Swiss Knights
  • Yakima Falcons
• Southern Division:
  • Aurora Northern Lights******
  • BYU-Las Vegas Cougars
  • Glendale Trojans*******
  • Grand Junction Spartans
  • Los Angeles College Lasers
  • Phoenix Mojave Roadrunners
  • San Francisco Mission Sea Lions
  • San Joaquin Valley Devils********
  • Tucson Rangers
  • Utah-St. George Dragons

*Located in Dickinson, North Dakota.

**Located in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

***Located in Helena, Montana.

****A screamer is a bird native to South America, which the founder of the university discovered in a trip to the continent. Also inspired by loud, screaming fans.

*****The second Canadian college in the NAUAA.

******Located in Aurora, Colorado. The athletics teams are called the Northern Lights, but the football team is called the Aurora Trail Blazers.

*******Located in Glendale, Arizona. Founder is a USC alum.

********Located in Fresno, California.

 

Independents:

• Antigua Crapos*
• Cincinnati College Romans
• Jamaica Reggae Warriors**
• Harlem Lions***
• Notre Dame-Cleveland Seahawks

*Located in St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda. Their mascot is a crapo (frog). Cricket and soccer powerhouse. Also has a strong football program who gets recruits from Florida, won 2 national championships in 3 years from 2031-2033. They have an intense rivalry with the Jamaica Reggae Warriors.

**Located in Kingston, Jamaica. They are tied with the Indianapolis Catholic Rough Riders and the Ironbound Dragons with the most basketball championships with 3.

***Located in Harlem, New York.

1 hour ago, TBGKon said:

I would think they may have their own feed.  A few years back the Lightning radio play by play announcer decided to call road games from the studio because his wife was having health issues.  It wasn't immediately announced he was doing this until later in the season, and you couldnt even tell.

Mishkin right? Whenever he screams I imagine his crewmates have to get headphones otherwise they would go deaf

Another preview of the NAUAA.

 

Trailblazer Conference (TBC):

• Big Bear Bruins*
• Honolulu Swans
• Las Vegas Rattlesnakes
• Los Angeles Romans
• Portland Tech Dragons
• Scottsdale Saguaros
• Tacoma Tribe
• UC Anaheim Tigers
• UC Eureka Miners
• Vancouver Ospreys**

*Located in Big Bear, California.

**Located in Vancouver, Washington.

 

As @VDizzle12stated that Coyotes looks almost a carbon copy of the Erie Otters logo. And they would have been laughed out of the arena if they actually went with that.

Jon Niese as a Pirate in 2016.

And as promised: Triple A Baseball

 

International League

• Akron RubberDucks (Cleveland Guardians)

• Albany-Colonie Yankees (New York Yankees)

• Brooklyn Cyclones (Brooklyn Avengers)

• Dayton Dragons (Columbus Clippers)

• Indianapolis Indians (Indianapolis Speed)

• Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs (Philadelphia Phillies)

• Lexington Legends (Cincinnati Reds)

• Louisville Bats (Louisville Slugs)

• Quebec City Expos (Montreal Expos)

• Pawtucket Captains (Hartford Captains)

• Rochester Red Wings (Buffalo Bisons)

• Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders (Philadelphia Keystones)

• Syracuse Mets (New York Mets)

• Toledo Mud Hens (Detroit Tigers)

• West Virginia Pirates (Pittsburgh Pirates)

• Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (Milwaukee Brewers)

• Worcester Red Sox (Boston Red Sox)

Pacific Coast League

• Albuquerque Dukes (Albuquerque Isotopes)
• Bakersfield Dodgers (Los Angeles Dodgers)
• Berkeley Athletics (Oakland Athletics)
• Colorado Springs Sky Sox (Colorado Rockies)
• Columbia Browns (St. Louis Browns)
• East St. Louis Redbirds (St. Louis Cardinals)
• Fresno Grizzlies (Sacramento River Cats)
• Inland Empire 66ers (Los Angeles Stars)
• Iowa Cubs (Chicago Cubs)
• Lake Elsinore Storm (San Diego Padres)
• Lincoln Dynamite (Des Moines Dynamite)
• Omaha Storm Chasers (Kansas City Royals)

• Rancho Cucamonga Quakes (Anaheim Angels)

• Reno Aces (Las Vegas Aviators)
• Rockford White Sox (Chicago White Sox)
• San Jose Giants (San Francisco Giants)
• Spokane Moose (Boise Moose)
• St. George Red Rox (Salt Lake Bees)
• St. Paul Twins (Minnesota Twins)
• Tacoma Rainiers (Seattle Mariners)
• Tucson Sidewinders (Arizona Diamondbacks)
• Vancouver Americans (Portland Beavers)
• Wichita Wind Surge (Omaha Express)

Southern League

• Aberdeen Ironbirds (Baltimore Orioles)

• Arkansas Travelers (Memphis River Boats)

• Arlington Senators (Washington Senators)

• Baton Rouge Riverbats (New Orleans Canes)

• Clearwater Devil Rays (Tampa Bay Rays)

• Corpus Christi Hooks (Houston Astros)

• Daytona Tortugas (Orlando Tropics)

• El Paso Diablos (Austin Diablos)

• Gwinnett Stripers (Atlanta Braves)

• Jupiter Hammerheads (Miami Marlins)

• Nashville Music (Nashville Sounds)

• Norfolk Tides (Virginia Colonials)
• Oklahoma City 89ers (Texas Rangers)
• Pensacola Blue Wahoos (Tallahassee Sharks)
• Potomac Nationals (Washington Nationals)

• Raleigh Capitals (Durham Bulls)

• Rock Hill Knights (Charlotte Knights)

• Round Rock Express (San Antonio Fiesta)

• Tulsa Drillers (Oklahoma City Drillers)

More teams coming soon I'm tired

36 minutes ago, IceCap said:

I miss the orange NHL logo.

You know what? I feel the same, the new NHL shield is outdated, the orange one looks more timeless. At least the NFL and NBA logos are nice modernizations.

1 hour ago, RyanMcD29 said:

The past 10 years are a godsend for things like this

-Every March Madness game on TV, especially when dealing with local affiliates being locked into one game. It was no big deal my freshman year in Syracuse when they stuck to Syracuse and Cornell's cinderella run, but here in the NYC market you can get stuck with any one of St. John's, Seton Hall, the bunch of low-major NYC schools, and pretty much any school within the quadrant of Rider-Marist-Fairfield-Stony Brook. March Madness on Demand was fine, but it's so much better once Turner joined the fray

-NFL RedZone becoming the antidote to having just 3 games on TV, which here in the NYC market means "Jets, Giants, and probably the 4:25 Fox Cowboys game". I know there's NFL Sunday Ticket but the NFL's insistence on having everything exclusive from over the top packages to video games cancels that out, not to mention how much more expensive it is. Plus for as much as they promote it as a fantasy football channel that's geared to offense, it's really more of being the TV remote for you and shows you pretty much everything. Best sports TV invention since the scorebug (in before someone says in the other thread they miss watching games without scorebugs)

-Every Stanley Cup Playoff game on TV without having on NHL Center Ice (which FWIW I am a 17 year subscriber of, but that obviously doesn't apply to everyone). Yes, NBC can get ridiculous with channel selection, but having every game available on national TV one way or another is a nice thing to have that's surprisingly a recent development.

Yes, Yes and Yes!

As a response to this thread, here we list what we do not miss from the old days of sports.

 

Some off the top of my head:

I DON'T miss the days where all the March Madness games were on CBS and thus regional. Ever since CBS teamed up with Turner (TNT, TBS and TruTV), every single game can be seen on TV.

I DON'T miss the days before the designated hitter.

I DON'T miss the previous format of the Home Run Derby, the new time limit system has vastly improved the event.

I DON'T miss the pass interference instant replay rule which only existed because of the backlash of the non-PI call in the 2018 NFC title game. No rule is going to mask trash refereeing which has plagued the NFL for years.

When it eventually gets phased out, I WON'T miss the one helmet rule, and we can finally see alternate helmets used again, which means more throwback jerseys.

4 hours ago, ClevelandBaronsNHLfan said:

I really only miss one thing

 

NHL2K

Speaking of Sports Video Games:

 

NFL 2K

College Sports Video Games

On 5/5/2020 at 12:46 PM, in_a_rush said:

I have the first logo ready to share: The Milwaukee Does of the WNBA! While it is pretty blatantly derivative and shares intentional features to the Bucks logo, part of the idea is to extend their current branding. I tried to soften some of the angles in the deer to give it a less aggressive feel, and added some more of the blue to help differentiate it from their NBA counterparts. Enjoy!

 

Milwaukee Does what Chicagdon't (seeing the name made me think of the Genesis does what Nintendon't commercials

 

Nice work man

On 3/2/2014 at 4:33 PM, TrueYankee26 said:

American Sports: Jets, Giants, Yankees, Knicks, Nets, Rangers, Red Bull NY, Cosmos, NYCFC: Local teams.

College Football: Miami Hurricanes: Saw the 2001 team dominate and was hooked, also helps that a lot of my favorite players like Ed Reed, Jonathan Vilma, Willis McGahee, Jeremy Shockey etc. were on that team.

College Basketball: Connecticut Huskies and North Carolina Tar Heels: Got into UConn before the 2004 Tourney because of Emeka and UNC before the 2005 Tourney because they were the ultimate nemesis of the Dukies (never liked the Dook) and they use the beautiful light blue.

English soccer: Manchester United: Many reasons, namely Sir Alex, Rooney, Old Trafford (would love to go to a game someday)

Spanish soccer: Real Madrid: Ronaldo.

French soccer: Paris Saint-Germain: Ibra.

German soccer: Bayern Munich: Always been fascinated about Bavaria and Munich (the region and city they play in, hence their name), the logo and uniforms are great.

Italian soccer: AC Milan: Went to their game vs Chelsea @ Metlife and though they lost, they won me over.

Scottish soccer: Rangers FC: I don't know why, but I just see them as a cool team. Also have the cutest nicknames... Teddy Bears, Bluenose, and their fans jump around (i.e. Do the Bouncy) just like UNC.

Mexican soccer: Club America: I live in "America" (USA! USA!), they include North and South America on their crest, which makes us kind of feel included. Though Chicarito played at Chivas, I was pretty much destined to be an Americanista. They actually embrace the hatred non-Americanistas give them, their slogan "Ódiame Más!" means "Hate me more!"

Australian Rules Football: I'm a newbie to the sport, but Collingwood won my heart. Almost became a Geelong fan, but Magpie mascot >>>> Generic cat mascot.

An update on my favorite teams: A strikethrough on the teams in the quoted post are teams I stopped cheering for or only flirted with at the time (because of said reason on the quoted post). Also I am not as passionate about my favorite college sports teams as much as I used to but still generally cheer for those teams.

 

I only root for the Knicks now, did not know it at the time but my interest in the Nets was going south as they went east to Brooklyn. It is not the same as when they were here in New Jersey. Same reason why I stuck with the Red Bulls, although the NY Rangers I became a fan in the 2005-06 season.

 

To replace Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, AC Milan and Glasgow Rangers (all 4 were in the flirt category on the 2nd sentence) were their respective rivals, Atletico Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Juventus, and Celtic. Atleti, Dortmund and Celtic: their their more passionate fans won me over when I found out more about those teams. Juventus I always liked them as well and still actually have a soft spot for Milan.

Surprised at how recent a lot of stuff is listed here (I mean late 2000s and 2010s) I expected a lot more 70s and 80s!

 

Anyways here is more of mine:

NBA on NBC (did you know Jim Fagan who says "This is the NBA on NBC" sadly passed away?

The old FSN college football theme (If you were a Big 12 and Pac-10 fan you are probably familiar with it)

ABC Sports (Espn on ABC is lame I want to feel like ABC is broadcasting it not ESPN)

New Jersey Nets of the Jason Kidd and Kenyon Martin days

 

 

7 hours ago, wdm1219inpenna said:

I thought the Boston Red Sox in 1912 also, the year Fenway Park opened, no?

Correct.

 

The 2020 Texas Rangers have long odds but nothing is impossible

36 minutes ago, goalieboy82 said:

MLB on Fox (games on Saturday afternoons and some evening games).  

i know they still have some here and there every so often but still miss them anyway.

also Monday Night Football on ABC.

I miss MLB on FOX doubleheaders and a full length pregame show (which was also preceded by the last days of TWIB), they got rid of the pregame show because of the Great Recession and they wanted to be damn near focused 100% on NFL coverage

New TrueYankee26 Series: MLB

 

American League

AL East

• Baltimore Orioles
• Boston Red Sox
• Buffalo Bisons

• Montreal Expos

• New York Yankees
• Orlando Tropics
• Philadelphia Keystones
• Tampa Bay Rays
• Toronto Blue Jays
• Washington Senators

AL Central

• Chicago White Sox
• Cleveland Guardians
• Des Moines Dynamite
• Detroit Tigers
• Indianapolis Speed
• Kansas City Royals
• Memphis River Boats
• Minnesota Twins
• New Orleans Canes
• St. Louis Browns

AL West

• Albuquerque Isotopes
• Anaheim Angels
• Los Angeles Stars
• Oakland Athletics
• Omaha Express
• Portland Beavers
• Salt Lake Bees
• San Antonio Fiesta
• Seattle Mariners
• Texas Rangers

National League

NL East

• Atlanta Braves
• Brooklyn Avengers
• Charlotte Knights
• Durham Bulls
• Hartford Captains
• Miami Marlins
• New York Mets
• Philadelphia Phillies
• Virginia Colonials
• Washington Nationals

NL Central

• Chicago Cubs
• Cincinnati Reds
• Columbus Clippers
• Louisville Slugs
• Milwaukee Brewers
• Nashville Sounds
• Oklahoma City Drillers
• Pittsburgh Pirates
• St. Louis Cardinals
• Tallahassee Sharks

NL West

• Arizona Diamondbacks
• Austin Diablos
• Boise Moose
• Colorado Rockies
• Houston Astros
• Las Vegas Aviators
• Los Angeles Dodgers
• Sacramento River Cats
• San Diego Padres
• San Francisco Giants

 

Changes

• Expansion Teams: Buffalo Bisons, Montreal Expos, Orlando Tropics, Philadelphia Keystones, Washington Senators, Des Moines Dynamite, Indianapolis Speed, Memphis River Boats, New Orleans Canes, St. Louis Browns, Albuquerque Isotopes, Los Angeles Stars, Omaha Express, Portland Beavers, Salt Lake Bees, San Antonio Fiesta, Brooklyn Avengers, Charlotte Knights, Durham Bulls, Hartford Captains, Virginia Colonials (Richmond, VA), Columbus Clippers, Louisville Slugs, Nashville Sounds, Oklahoma City Drillers, Tallahassee Sharks, Austin Diablos, Boise Moose, Las Vegas Aviators, Sacramento River Cats.
• Team Relocations: Boston Blues expansion team to Hartford, because the Red Sox were still too popular and the Blues had a lousy 12 years before moving to Hartford to keep an NL presence in New England.
• Switching Divisions: Houston Astros go back to the NL. They are placed in the NL West.
• Team Color Changes: Boston Red Sox (add "Monster Green", which is the color of and named after.. you guessed it, a certain wall in left field in Fenway Park), New York Yankees (add Gold and Black (!!!!!) into their Midnight Blue (which is slightly brightened) and Silver color scheme, and add Red as an accent color on their alternates, to the shock of the baseball world)*, Tampa Bay Rays (1998-2007 Black, 1998-2000 Purple, 2001-2007 Green, 2008-present Powder Blue and Yellow) Chicago White Sox (bring back red), Oakland Athletics (Kelly Green replaces Hunter Green), Miami Marlins (Black and Teal of the Florida era is combined with Pink, Yellow and Blue), Philadelphia Phillies (back to Maroon), Arizona Diamondbacks (current Red and Black is combined with Purple and Teal of the World Series Diamondbacks), San Diego Padres (slightly brighten the Brown and add Orange as an accent color).
• 12 games against division rivals, 3 games against intraleague opponents, 2 games against an interleague division rotated between 3 years + 2 games against a fixed interleague opponent (Yankees-Mets, Red Sox-Captains, Phillies-Keystones etc.) = 190 games.
• 20 playoff teams, bottom 4 play in a best of 1 Play-In Round (lowest seed to advance plays #1 in the 1st Round, highest seed plays #2. Winner of the 1st Round goes to the Division Series, then Championship Series and then World Series.) Division Series stays best of 5, the rest are best of 7 as usual.
• CBS and CBSSN shows a lions share of the National TV games as well as the All-Star Game and the World Series in response to missing out on getting back the NBA and losing a lot of AFC games to ABC. FOX still shows Saturday games, as well as up to 6 games every week on FS1 and FS2.

 

*Basically the new Yankees owner (who purchased the team from the Steinbrenner Family in 2035) found an opportunity to make more money by selling black hats, and midnight blue hats with the gold NY, and white, pinstriped hats. He would also purchase West Ham United (and thus end their ties with Manchester City) and make them a powerhouse.

An arrowhead doubling as a shield, so they are going for both a hawk/native theme.

Before I do the New TrueYankee26 Series: MLB post.. a sneak preview of a new Collegiate Athletic Association - The North American University Athletics Association (NAUAA - pronounced "Naw-aah").

 

Big Southeast (BSE):

• Asheville State Crusaders*
• Carolina Piedmont Professors**
• Charleston Rays
• Havana Crocodiles
• Jacksonville Tech Panthers
• Macon Mavericks
• Miami State Suns
• San Juan Borinqueños***
• Savannah Pelicans****
• Tampa-Ybor Corsairs

*Secular school despite the Crusaders name, founded as a Catholic school but became public. Despite that, they still have a large cathedral on campus.

**Located in Gastonia, North Carolina.

***Their baseball team is also known as Los Reyes (The Kings) because of their North Dakota State football like dynasty in baseball.

****Only religious school in the BSE (Southern Baptist) when Asheville State University became a public school.

20 minutes ago, nelroy78 said:

Nice work but where did Columbus move to? I would give them Orlando’s spot, because you can’t put them in a separate conference from Florida and Tampa Bay.

 

Also that is a monstrosity of a league but that’s why they call this the “Pointless Realignment Outpost.” I would split the conferences into two 7-team divisions.

 

As I was typing I realized you have Florida in the Atlantic AND the Metro so I think you meant to put Columbus in the Metro. 
 

I would love for the Hurricanes to move to Charlotte to stick it to Raleigh because it looks like they are dumping the Checkers for the Chicago Wolves, I guess money talks. (but hope it will not be but for a year). I will remain a Canes fan though, can’t really blame the players for it. Doubt Raleigh and Charlotte would both have teams but what a rivalry that would be.

Oh man I knew I forgot someone, I will fix that! You are correct I meant to put Columbus in the Metro.

 

Usually my pointless realignments are way into the future of sports (One of them was 80 years from now, this one isn't but still pretty far) that's why it is a monstrosity haha.

 

You just gave me a great idea! I will say The "Charlotte Checkers" are today's Carolina Hurricanes, that team moved to Charlotte, and the new "Raleigh Hurricanes" are an expansion team that moved from Orlando, and Orlando shortly gets granted another expansion.

8 hours ago, stratonascar said:

@TrueYankee26 you did the NBA, NFL, WLAF, and the NHL Alignment, but are you going to add a Minor League Alignment in addition to the MLB?

Yep

New TrueYankee26 Series: NHL

 

Atlantic Conference

 

• Boston Bruins
• Buffalo Sabres
• Chicago Blackhawks
• Detroit Red Wings
• Florida Panthers
• Halifax Voyageurs
• Milwaukee Admirals
• Montreal Canadiens
• Nashville Predators
• Orlando Solar Bears
• Ottawa Senators
• Quebec Nordiques
• Tampa Bay Lightning
• Toronto Maple Leafs

Metropolitan Conference

• Atlanta Thrashers
• Baltimore Skipjacks
• Charlotte Checkers
• Columbus Blue Jackets
• Hamilton Bulldogs
• Hartford Whalers
• Indianapolis Fuel
• New Jersey Devils
• New York Islanders
• New York Rangers
• Philadelphia Flyers
• Pittsburgh Penguins
• Raleigh Hurricanes
• Washington Capitals

Central Conference

• Austin Ice Bats

• Colorado Avalanche

• Dallas Stars

• Kansas City Scouts

• Houston Aeros

• Oklahoma City Blazers

• Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights

• Minnesota Wild

• New Orleans Brass

• Saskatoon Sheiks

• San Antonio Rampage

• St. Louis Blues

• Tulsa Barons

• Winnipeg Jets

Pacific Conference

• Anaheim Ducks
• Arizona Coyotes
• Calgary Flames
• Edmonton Oilers
• Oakland Seals
• Los Angeles Kings
• Portland Winterhawks
• San Diego Gulls
• San Francisco Bulls
• San Jose Sharks
• Seattle Sockeyes
• Vancouver Canucks
• Vegas Golden Knights
• Victoria Royals

Changes

• Expansion Teams: Halifax Voyageurs, Indianapolis Fuel, Milwaukee Admirals, Quebec Nordiques, Atlanta Thrashers, Baltimore Skipjacks, Charlotte Checkers, Hamilton Bulldogs, Hartford Whalers, Orlando Solar Bears, Austin Ice Bats, Kansas City Scouts, Houston Aeros, Oklahoma City Blazers, Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights, New Orleans Brass, Raleigh Hurricanes, Saskatoon Sheiks, San Antonio Rampage, Tulsa Barons, Oakland Seals, Portland Winterhawks, San Diego Gulls, San Francisco Bulls, Seattle Sockeyes, Victoria Royals.
• Team Relocations: Original Carolina Hurricanes from Raleigh to Charlotte.
• Team Color Change: Tampa Bay Lightning re-introduce black. New Jersey Devils replace black with green again, but keep the Red and Black jerseys as throwbacks. Washington Capitals add the late 1990s-2000s gold as an accent color. St. Louis Blues bring back the 1990s red. Calgary Flames eliminate black. Los Angeles Kings bring back purple albeit as an accent color, and add throwback purple and yellow jerseys.
• Team Name Change: Carolina Hurricanes to Raleigh Hurricanes.
• Instead of 2 conferences with division, NHL is split up into four conferences and the new commish has limited inter-conference play, with only 42 games in a 94 game schedule, every team plays each other once (42 inter-conference games), but conference opponents play each other 4 times (52 conference games), for a total of 94 games.
• Top 6 teams from each conference play in the playoffs, top 2 teams get a bye, while the bottom 4 teams face each other in a best of 5 "Stanley Cup Wild Card" round. The lowest seed to advance faces the #1 team, highest to advance faces the #2 team in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs and all series are best of 7 from here. In the "Stanley Cup Series" The winners of the Atlantic and Metropolitan and the winners of the Central and Pacific face each other. The winner of those face each other in the Stanley Cup Final.
• American TV: FOX and CBS have the rights to the Central and Pacific Conferences. In odd years, FOX has the Central part of the Stanley Cup Playoffs and CBS has the Pacific part of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and vice versa in the even years. NBC and ABC have the rights to the Atlantic and Metropolitan Conferences. In 4, NBC has the Atlantic part of the Stanley Cup Playoffs and ABC  has the Metropolitan part of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and vice versa in the even years.
• Canadian TV: English rights go to Sportsnet, TSN and CBC. French rights go to RDS, TVA, and Ici Radio-Canada Télé.
• The teams with a previous incarnation, like the new Winnipeg Jets, do not get their old history back which means the Avalanche keep the old Nordiques history, New Jersey Devils keep the old Scouts history etc.

Up next: Take me out to the ballgame! MLB is next.

New TrueYankee26 Series: A revival of the World League of American Football

 

World League of American Football

North American East

• Atlanta Legends
• Chicago Enforcers
• DC Defenders
• Montreal Machine
• New York Gargoyles
• New York/New Jersey Hitmen
• Ohio Glory
• Orlando Rage
• Raleigh–Durham Skyhawks
• Tampa Bay Vipers

North American West

• Arizona Hotshots

• Dallas Renegades

• Fort Worth-Arlington Lawmen

• Houston Roughnecks

• Las Vegas Outlaws

• Los Angeles Wildcats

• Omaha Mastodons

• Sacramento Surge
• Seattle Dragons
• San Antonio Riders

Europe North

• Amsterdam Admirals
• Berlin Thunder
• Cologne Centurions
• Dublin Emeralds
• Frankfurt Galaxy
• Hamburg Sea Devils
• London Monarchs
• Manchester Killer Bees

• Rhein Fire

• Scottish Claymores

Europe South

• Athens Olympians
• Barcelona Dragons
• Galicia Celts*
• Istanbul Janissaries
• Madrid Conquistadors
• Marseille Mistrals
• Porto Mariners
• Rome Empire
• Sevilla Caliphs
• Zagreb Checkers

 

*Based in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.

 

• 19 games (9 division games and 10 intra-conference games) in 21 weeks. No inter-conference play until the World Bowl, which makes the scheduling similar to MLB before Interleague era.
• Broadcasting Rights and World Bowl rights are with all 4 major channels. Cable Rights go to FOX Sports 1 and ESPN. Streaming rights also go to FOX and ESPN.

 

Up next: The battle for lord Stanley! The NHL is next.