Newfoundland Rogues
The Newfoundland Rogues are a Canadian professional minor league basketball team based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. They joined the American Basketball Association (ABA) as an expansion team in 2021, and are a member of the league's Northeast Division. The Rogues play their home games at Mary Brown's Centre. Franchise history. Creation and inaugural season. The franchise was established in 2021 as an ABA expansion team, headed by Tony Kenny, President of "2001 Investments Limited"; and coached by Jerry Williams. They were the first American Basketball Association franchise to be based in the Canadian  province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The team signed a five-year lease to play their homes games at the Mary Brown's Centre in downtown St. John's. Their first game, as part of the ABA's 2021–22 season, took place on November 27 against the New York State's "Elmira Eagles", a fellow member of the league's Northeast Division. The Rogues started the season on an unbeaten streak of six matches, however the next three series were postponed due to enhanced COVID-19 travel restrictions related to the emergence of the Omicron variant.