Haynes wanted to cry: What have I gotten myself into? It could have been the official slogan for the World Football League. When the WFL launched with 12 teams in July 1974, Gary Davidson ...

And Texas’s only team in the inaugural season of the World Football League, fifty years ago, wasn’t even in Texas when the chaotic campaign lurched to its finish. The WFL’s name was no ...

In January 1974, Washington was awarded one of 12 franchises in the nascent World Football ... advanced to the WFL’s first — and only — World Bowl before the chaotic league folded in 1975.

EDITOR’S NOTE: The second iteration of the Birmingham Stallions won the championship of the United States Football League on July 1. The new USFL is the latest in a long line of upstart football ...

Today’s Sports Highlight in History: 1975 — The 10-team World Football League, citing lack of television and season ticket support, disbands before the 12th week of a 20-week season.

The XFL and USFL have announced a merger and will begin play in the new United Football League on March 30, 2024, when the defending XFL champion Arlington Renegades play the two-time defending ...

a former NFL and World Football League running back and long-time high ... but played for a few years on various teams in the WFL. But Reamon's biggest impacts were felt as a coach in Hampton ...

1974 — Frank Robinson signs a $175,000-a-year player-manager contract with the Cleveland Indians, making him the first black manager in major league history. 1974 — Future Basketball Hall of F ...