Sports in Shreveport-Bossier

Shreveport–Bossier is and has been home to a wide variety of sporting events.

American football

• Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings – (2001–2009) – AF2, (2010) – AFL
• Shreveport Aftershock – (2007–2009) – IWFL
• Shreveport-Bossier Bombers (2000) – IPFL
• Shreveport-Bossier Southern Knights (1999) – Regional
• Shreveport Pirates (1994–95) – CFL
• Shreveport Shockhers (2006) – NWFA
• Shreveport Steamer (1974–1975) – WFL
• Shreveport Steamers (1979–1981) – AFA

Baseball

• Arlington/Blue Stockings Base Ball Club (Shreveport) (1872)^[1]
• Shreveport Acme Giants (1923) – Texas Colored League^[2][3]
• Shreveport Black Sports (1926) – Texas Colored League (1927–28), (1929–30) – Texas–Oklahoma–Louisiana League,^[2][4][5] (1931) – Texas–Louisiana League (Negro league)^[6] (1946) – East Texas Negro League^[7]
• Shreveport Braves (1968–1970) – Texas League
• Shreveport Captains (1971) – Dixie Association (1972–2000) – Texas League
• Shreveport Gassers (1915–1924) – Texas League
• Shreveport Giants (1901–1903) – Southern Association
• Shreveport Grays (1895) – Texas-Southern League
• Shreveport Pirates (1904–1910) – Southern Association (1908–1910) – Texas League
• Shreveport Sports (1925–32, 1938–42, 1946–57) – Texas League (1933) – Dixie League (1934) – East Dixie League (1935) – West Dixie League (1959–1961) – Southern Association, (2003–2005) – Central League, (2006–2008) – American Association
• Shreveport Swamp Dragons (2001–2002) – Texas League
• Shreveport Tigers (1899) – Southern League,^[4] (1949) – Negro Texas League
• Shreveport Travelers (1951) – Arkansas–Louisiana–Texas League^[8]
• Shreveport-Bossier Captains (2009–2011) – American Association

Basketball

• Shreveport Crawdads (1994) – Continental Basketball Association
• Shreveport Storm (1995) – Continental Basketball Association
• Shreveport-Bossier Mavericks (2013–2015) – American Basketball Association

College

• Bossier Parish Community College Cavaliers NJCAA MISS-LOU Junior College Conference
• Centenary Gentlemen and Ladies NCAA Division III Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
• LSU–Shreveport Pilots NAIA Red River Athletic Conference
• Southern University at Shreveport Jaguars NJCAA MISS-LOU Junior College Conference

Events

• Independence Bowl (1976–present)
• Red River State Fair Classic (1911–present)

Ice hockey

• Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs (1997–2001) – WPHL, (2002–2011) CHL
• Shreveport Mudbugs (2016–present) – North American Hockey League

Roller derby

• Twin City Knockers (2010–present)

Rugby

• Shreveport Rugby Football Club (1977–present) – Texas Geographical Union Division 2

Soccer

• Boca Knights FC (2015–present) – Louisiana Premier League
• Shreveport/Bossier Lions (1998) – USISL D-3 Pro League
• Shreveport Rafters FC (2016–present) – National Premier Soccer League

See also

• List of sports teams in Louisiana

References

1. "Earliest Baseball Clubs". mlb.com. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
2. "Diamonds in the Rough". Retrieved February 25, 2015.
3. "Negro Leagues of Louisiana". Retrieved February 25, 2015.
4. "Texas-Oklahoma-Louisiana League (1929)" (PDF). cnlbr.org. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
5. Heaphy, Leslie A. The Negro League [1869-1960]. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 142. ISBN 0786413808. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
6. "Texas-Louisiana League (1931)" (PDF). cnlbr.org. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
7. "East Texas Negro League (1946)" (PDF). cnlbr.org. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
8. "Arkansas-Louisiana-Texas Negro League (1951)" (PDF). Retrieved April 8, 2015.