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American football
The rival American Football League arose in 1960 and challenged the NFL 's dominance . The AFL began in relative obscurity but eventually thrived , with an initial television contract with the ABC network . The AFL 's existence forced the conservative NFL to expand to Dallas and Minnesota in an attempt to destroy the new league . Meanwhile , the AFL introduced many new features to Professional Football in the United States : official time on the scoreboard clock , rather than on a watch in the referee 's pocket , as the NFL did ; optional two - point conversions by pass or run after touchdowns ; names on the jerseys of players ; and several others , including expansion of the role of minority players , actively recruited by the league in contrast to the NFL . The AFL also signed several star college players that had also been drafted by NFL teams . Competition for players heated up in 1965 , when the AFL New York Jets signed rookie Joe Namath to a then - record US $437,000 contract . A five - year , $40 million NBC television contract followed , which helped to sustain the young league . The bidding war for players ended in 1966 , when NFL owners approached the AFL regarding a merger , and the two leagues agreed on one that would take full effect in 1970 . This agreement provided for a common draft that would take place each year , and it instituted an annual World Championship game to be played between the champions of each league . That game began play at the end of the 1966 season . Once the merger was completed , it was no longer a championship game between two leagues , and reverted to the NFL championship game , which came to be known as the Super Bowl .
Antonio Cromartie
Cromartie signed a one - year , $3.25 million contract with the Arizona Cardinals on March 19 , 2014 . He made the Pro Bowl that year as well
Seattle Seahawks
Seattle Seahawks Current season Established June 4 , 1974 ; 43 years ago ( 1974 - 06 - 04 ) First season : 1976 Play in CenturyLink Field Seattle , Washington Headquartered in the Virginia Mason Athletic Center Renton , Washington Logo Wordmark League / conference affiliations National Football League ( 1976 -- present ) American Football Conference ( 1977 -- 2001 ) AFC West ( 1977 -- 2001 ) National Football Conference ( 1976 , 2002 -- present ) NFC West ( 1976 , 2002 -- present ) Current uniform Team colors College Navy , Action Green , Wolf Grey Mascot Blitz , Boom , Taima the Hawk ( live Augur hawk ) Personnel Owner ( s ) Paul Allen Chairman Paul Allen CEO Peter McLoughlin President Peter McLoughlin General manager John Schneider Head coach Pete Carroll Team history Seattle Seahawks ( 1976 -- present ) Team nicknames The ' Hawks The Blue Wave ( 1984 -- 1986 ) The Legion of Boom ( secondary , 2011 -- present ) Championships League championships ( 1 ) Super Bowl championships ( 1 ) 2013 ( XLVIII ) Conference championships ( 3 ) NFC : 2005 , 2013 , 2014 Division championships ( 10 ) AFC West : 1988 , 1999 NFC West : 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2010 , 2013 , 2014 , 2016 Playoff appearances ( 16 ) NFL : 1983 , 1984 , 1987 , 1988 , 1999 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2010 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 Home fields Kingdome ( 1976 -- 1999 ) Husky Stadium ( 2000 -- 2001 ) CenturyLink Field ( 2002 -- present )
Houston Astros
The Astros were established as the Houston Colt . 45s and entered the National League as an expansion team in 1962 along with the New York Mets . The current name -- reflecting Houston 's role as the control center of the U.S. space program -- was adopted three years later , when they moved into the Astrodome , the world 's first domed sports stadium .
Arkansas Razorbacks baseball
The University of Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team , sometimes referred to as the OmaHogs or Diamond Hogs , are members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) and the Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) , and are currently coached by Dave Van Horn . The program started in 1897 , and is in its 96th season of play ( 71st consecutive ) in 2018 . Arkansas is one of only four schools in the SEC to turn a profit from its baseball program in recent years , along with SEC Western division rivals LSU , Mississippi State and Ole Miss . Many large schools such as Iowa State , Colorado , and Wisconsin have dropped their baseball programs because of financial losses .
History of the Pittsburgh Pirates
In 2015 , the Pirates finished with the second best record in baseball at 98 - 64 , however , despite many injuries to key players , the division rival St. Louis Cardinals had the best record in baseball at 100 - 62 , winning the NL Central division . The 98 - win season was good enough to ensure another home Wild Card game , this time hosting the 97 - win Chicago Cubs . The eventual 2015 NL Cy Young winner , Jake Arrieta , pitched dominantly for the Cubs , hurling a complete game shutout , handing the Pirates a 4 - 0 loss .
Kansas City Chiefs
In Schottenheimer 's tenure as head coach , ( 1989 -- 1998 ) , the Chiefs became a perennial playoff contender , featuring offensive players including Steve DeBerg , Christian Okoye , Stephone Paige and Barry Word , a strong defense , anchored by Thomas , Smith , Albert Lewis and Deron Cherry , and on special teams , Nick Lowery , most accurate kicker in NFL History . The team recorded a 101 -- 58 -- 1 record , and clinched seven playoff berths . The Chiefs ' 1993 season was the franchise 's most successful in 22 years . With newly acquired quarterback Joe Montana and running back Marcus Allen , two former Super Bowl champions and MVPs , the Chiefs further strengthened their position in the NFL . The 11 -- 5 Chiefs defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers and Houston Oilers on their way to the franchise 's first and to date only AFC Championship Game appearance against the Buffalo Bills . The Chiefs were overwhelmed by the Bills and lost the game by a score of 30 -- 13 . The Chiefs ' victory on January 16 , 1994 , against the Oilers remained the franchise 's last post-season victory for 21 years until their 30 -- 0 victory over the Houston Texans on January 9 , 2016 .
Southern United States
The short - lived Louisville Colonels were a part of the early National League and American Association , but ceased to exist in 1899 . The first Southern Major League Baseball team after the Colonels appeared in 1962 when the Houston Colt . 45s ( known today as the Houston Astros ) were enfranchised . Later , the Atlanta Braves came in 1966 , followed by the Texas Rangers in 1972 , and finally the Miami Marlins and Tampa Bay Rays in the 1990s .
Northwestern Wildcats football
Northwestern is a charter member of the Big Ten Conference and has competed in the league since the conference 's establishment in 1896 . The Wildcats have won eight Big Ten titles .
Los Angeles Chargers
Los Angeles Chargers Current season Established August 14 , 1959 ; 59 years ago ( 1959 - 08 - 14 ) First season : 1960 Play in StubHub Center Carson , California Headquartered in Costa Mesa , California Logo Wordmark League / conference affiliations American Football League ( 1960 -- 1969 ) Western Division ( 1960 -- 1969 ) National Football League ( 1970 -- present ) American Football Conference ( 1970 -- present ) AFC West ( 1970 -- present ) Current uniform Team colors Navy blue , powder blue , white , gold Personnel Owner ( s ) Dean Spanos Chairman Dean Spanos General manager Tom Telesco Head coach Anthony Lynn Team history Los Angeles Chargers ( 1960 , 2017 -- present ) San Diego Chargers ( 1961 -- 2016 ) Team nicknames The Bolts Championships League championships ( 1 ) AFL Championships ( pre-1970 AFL -- NFL merger ) ( 1 ) 1963 Conference championships ( 1 ) AFC : 1994 Division championships ( 15 ) AFL West : 1960 , 1961 , 1963 , 1964 , 1965 AFC West : 1979 , 1980 , 1981 , 1992 , 1994 , 2004 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2009 Playoff appearances ( 18 ) AFL : 1960 , 1961 , 1963 , 1964 , 1965 NFL : 1979 , 1980 , 1981 , 1982 , 1992 , 1994 , 1995 , 2004 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2009 , 2013 Home fields Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum ( 1960 ) Balboa Stadium ( 1961 -- 1966 ) SDCCU Stadium ( 1967 -- 2016 ) StubHub Center ( 2017 -- present ) Los Angeles Stadium at Hollywood Park ( projected for 2020 )
Seattle Seahawks
In the 2005 season , the Seahawks had their best season in franchise history ( a feat that would later be matched in 2013 ) with a record of 13 -- 3 , which included a 42 - 0 rout of the Philadelphia Eagles on December 5 , a game since referred to as the Monday Night Massacre . The 13 - 3 record earned them the number one seed in the NFC . They won the NFC Championship Game in 2005 , but lost in Super Bowl XL against the Pittsburgh Steelers . The loss was controversial ; NFL Films has Super Bowl XL at number 8 on its top ten list of games with controversial referee calls . Referee Bill Leavy later admitted that he missed calls that altered the game . Before 2005 , Seattle had the longest drought of playoff victories of any NFL team , dating back to the 1984 season . That drought was ended with a 20 -- 10 win over the Washington Redskins in the 2005 playoffs .
Minnesota Twins
The quirks of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome , including the turf floor and the white roof , gave the Twins a significant home - field advantage that played into their winning the World Series in both 1987 and 1991 , at least in the opinion of their opponents , as the Twins went 12 -- 1 in postseason home games during those two seasons . These were the first two World Series in professional baseball history in which a team won the championship by winning all four home games . ( The feat has since been repeated once , by the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2001 . ) Nevertheless , the Twins argued that the Metrodome was obsolete and that the lack of a dedicated baseball - only ballpark limited team revenue and made it difficult to sustain a top - notch , competitive team ( the Twins had been sharing tenancy in stadiums with the NFL 's Minnesota Vikings since 1961 ) . The team was rumored to contemplate moving to such places as New Jersey , Las Vegas , Portland , Oregon , the Greensboro / Winston - Salem , North Carolina , area , and elsewhere in search of a more financially competitive market . In 2002 , the team was nearly disbanded when Major League Baseball selected the Twins and the Montreal Expos ( now the Washington Nationals franchise ) for elimination due to their financial weakness relative to other franchises in the league . The impetus for league contraction diminished after a court decision forced the Twins to play out their lease on the Metrodome . However , Twins owner Carl Pohlad continued his efforts to relocate , pursuing litigation against the Metropolitan Stadium Commission and obtaining a state court ruling that his team was not obligated to play in the Metrodome after the 2006 season . This cleared the way for the Twins to either be relocated or disbanded prior to the 2007 season if a new deal was not reached .
Super Bowl
In 2006 , the NFL made an attempt to trademark `` The Big Game '' as well ; however , it withdrew the application in 2007 due to growing commercial and public - relations opposition to the move , mostly from Stanford University and the University of California , Berkeley and their fans , as the Stanford Cardinal football and California Golden Bears football teams compete in the Big Game , which has been played since 1892 ( 28 years before the formation of the NFL and 75 years before Super Bowl I ) . Additionally , the Mega Millions lottery game was known as The Big Game from 1996 to 2002 .
Northwestern Wildcats football
No . Years Coach Record Pct 1882 -- 1890 No coach 9 -- 6 -- 1 . 594 1891 -- 1892 Knowlton Ames 7 -- 5 -- 5 . 559 1893 Paul Noyes 2 -- 5 -- 3 . 350 1894 A.A. Ewing 4 -- 5 . 444 1895 -- 1896 Alvin H. Culver 12 -- 6 -- 2 . 650 5 1897 Jesse Van Doozer 5 -- 3 . 625 6 1898 W.H. Bannard 9 -- 4 -- 1 . 679 7 1899 -- 1902 Charles M. Hollister 27 -- 16 -- 4 . 617 8 1903 -- 1905 Walter McCornack 26 -- 5 -- 4 . 800 9 1908 Alton Johnson 2 -- 2 . 500 10 1909 Bill Horr 1 -- 3 -- 1 . 300 11 1910 -- 1912 Charles Hammett 6 -- 10 -- 2 . 389 12 1913 Dennis Grady 1 -- 6 . 143 13 1914 -- 1918 Fred J. Murphy 16 -- 16 -- 1 . 500 14 1919 Charlie Bachman 2 -- 5 . 286 15 1920 -- 1921 Elmer McDevitt 4 -- 10 . 286 16 1922 -- 1926 Glenn Thistlethwaite 21 -- 17 -- 1 . 551 17 1927 -- 1934 Dick Hanley 36 -- 26 -- 4 . 576 18 1935 - 46 Pappy Waldorf 49 -- 45 -- 7 . 520 19 1947 -- 1954 Bob Voigts 33 -- 39 -- 1 . 459 20 1955 Lou Saban 0 -- 8 -- 1 . 056 21 1956 -- 1963 Ara Parseghian 36 -- 35 -- 1 . 507 22 1964 -- 1972 Alex Agase 32 -- 58 -- 1 . 357 23 1973 -- 1977 John Pont 12 -- 43 . 218 24 1978 -- 1980 Rick Venturi 1 -- 31 -- 1 . 045 25 1981 -- 1985 Dennis Green 10 -- 45 . 182 26 1986 -- 1991 Francis Peay 13 -- 51 -- 2 . 212 27 1992 -- 1998 Gary Barnett 35 -- 45 -- 1 . 438 28 1999 -- 2005 Randy Walker 37 -- 46 . 446 29 2006 -- Pat Fitzgerald 87 -- 65 . 572
Carolina Panthers
The Panthers first competed in the 1995 NFL season ; they were one of two expansion teams to begin play that year , the other being the Jacksonville Jaguars . The Panthers were put in the NFC West to increase the size of that division to five teams ; there were already two other southeastern teams in the division , the Atlanta Falcons and the New Orleans Saints . Former Pittsburgh Steelers defensive coordinator Dom Capers was named the first head coach . The team finished its inaugural season 7 -- 9 , the best performance ever from a first - year expansion team . They performed even better in their second season , finishing with a 12 -- 4 record and winning the NFC West division , as well as securing a first - round bye . The Panthers beat the defending Super Bowl champions Dallas Cowboys in the divisional round before losing the NFC Championship Game to the eventual Super Bowl champions , the Green Bay Packers . The team managed only a 7 -- 9 finish in 1997 and slipped to 4 -- 12 in 1998 , leading to Capers ' dismissal as head coach .
Arizona
Arizona 's two United States Senators are John McCain ( R ) , the 2008 Republican Presidential Nominee , and Jeff Flake ( R ) .
Carolina Panthers
Carolina Panthers Current season Established October 26 , 1993 ; 24 years ago ( 1993 - 10 - 26 ) First season : 1995 Play in and headquartered at Bank of America Stadium Charlotte , North Carolina Logo Wordmark League / conference affiliations National Football League ( 1995 -- present ) National Football Conference ( 1995 -- present ) NFC West ( 1995 -- 2001 ) NFC South ( 2002 -- present ) Current uniform Team colors Black , Panther Blue , Silver Mascot Sir Purr Personnel Owner ( s ) David Tepper President Vacant General manager Marty Hurney Head coach Ron Rivera Team history Carolina Panthers ( 1995 -- present ) Championships League championships ( 0 ) Conference championships ( 2 ) NFC : 2003 , 2015 Division championships ( 6 ) NFC West : 1996 NFC South : 2003 , 2008 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 Playoff appearances ( 8 ) NFL : 1996 , 2003 , 2005 , 2008 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2017 Home fields Memorial Stadium ( 1995 ) Bank of America Stadium ( 1996 -- present )
History of the San Diego Chargers
In the 1997 season , Beathard dismissed Ross . Kevin Gilbride became the Chargers ' new head coach . Gilbride encouraged a more open passing attack , a major change in offensive style . After trades of players and draft choices to the Arizona Cardinals , Beathard selected quarterback Ryan Leaf with his second pick in the 1998 NFL Draft . However , due to his poor play and attitude , Leaf was released after the 2000 season . Jim Harbaugh , who was acquired in a trade with the Baltimore Ravens for a conditional draft choice in 2000 , became the Chargers ' starting quarterback .
NFL Kickoff Game
The concept of the NFL champion playing in an opening game was not altogether new , however . From 1934 to 1976 , the first game of the pre-season was the Chicago All - Star Game , an exhibition match featuring the previous season 's NFL champions against an all - rookie team of college all - stars held annually in Soldier Field in Chicago .
Brown bear
The Bundesliga club Bayern Munich has a brown bear mascot named Berni . The National Football League ( NFL ) franchise in Chicago , Illinois , is named the Bears . In this context , no differentiation between black and brown bears is needed . The school mascot for George Fox University , Brown University , the University of California , Los Angeles , the University of California , Berkeley , the University of California , Riverside , and the University of Alberta is the brown bear .
History of the Houston Oilers
In 1999 , Robert McNair was awarded , at a cost of $1 billion , an expansion team which replaced the Oilers in Houston . The franchise became the Houston Texans , which adopted a similar red , white and blue team color tandem and inherited the sports complex the Oilers had played in , but not the Oilers ' former home ; NRG Stadium would be built next door to the Astrodome in 2002 .
Detroit Pistons
The Detroit Pistons are an American professional basketball team based in Detroit , Michigan . The Pistons compete in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) as a member club of the league 's Eastern Conference Central Division . The team plays its home games at Little Caesars Arena and was founded in Fort Wayne , Indiana as the Fort Wayne ( Zollner ) Pistons in 1941 , a member of the National Basketball League ( NBL ) . The Pistons joined the Basketball Association of America ( BAA ) in 1948 . In 1949 , the NBL and BAA merged to become the NBA , and the Pistons became part of the merged league . Since moving to Detroit in 1957 , the Pistons have won three NBA championships in 1989 , 1990 and 2004 .
2017 Arizona Cardinals season
Pos . Player Age 2016 Team Contract Antoine Bethea 32 San Francisco 49ers 3 years , $12.75 million Phil Dawson 42 San Francisco 49ers 2 years , $6 million LB Jarvis Jones 27 Pittsburgh Steelers 1 year , $2.2 million DE Frostee Rucker 33 Arizona Cardinals 1 year , $1 million RB Andre Ellington 28 Arizona Cardinals 1 year , $905,000
New England Patriots
During the 1970s , the Patriots had some success , earning a berth to the playoffs in 1976 -- as a wild card team -- and in 1978 -- as AFC East champions . They lost in the first round both times . In 1985 , they returned to the playoffs , and made it all the way to Super Bowl XX , which they lost to the Chicago Bears 46 -- 10 . Following their Super Bowl loss , they returned to the playoffs in 1986 , but lost in the first round . The team would not make the playoffs again for eight more years . During the 1990 season , the Patriots went 1 -- 15 . They changed ownership three times in the ensuing 14 years , being purchased from the Sullivan family first by Victor Kiam in 1988 , who sold the team to James Orthwein in 1992 . Orthwein intended to move the team to his native St. Louis , Missouri ( where it would have been renamed as the St. Louis Stallions ) , but instead sold the team in 1994 to its current owner Robert Kraft .
History of the Buffalo Bills
The Buffalo Bills were a charter member of the American Football League ( AFL ) in 1960 . After a public contest , the team adopted the same name as the AAFC Buffalo Bills , the former All - America Football Conference team in Buffalo . The AAFC Bills franchise was named after the Buffalo Bills , a popular barbershop quartet , whose name was a play on the name of the famed Wild West showman Buffalo Bill Cody . The franchises are not officially related , other than in name , to each other .
The Bronx
The Bronx is the home of the New York Yankees , nicknamed `` the Bronx Bombers '' , of Major League Baseball . The original Yankee Stadium opened in 1923 on 161st Street and River Avenue , a year that saw the Yankees bring home their first of 27 World Series Championships . With the famous facade , the short right field porch and Monument Park , Yankee Stadium has been home to many of baseball 's greatest players including Babe Ruth , Lou Gehrig , Joe DiMaggio , Whitey Ford , Yogi Berra , Mickey Mantle , Reggie Jackson , Thurman Munson , Don Mattingly , Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera .
Minnesota Twins
The Twins dominated the Central Division in the first decade of the new century , winning the division in six of those ten years ( ' 02 , ' 03 , ' 04 , ' 06 , ' 09 and ' 10 ) , and nearly winning it in ' 08 as well . From 2001 to 2006 , the Twins compiled the longest streak of consecutive winning seasons since moving to Minnesota .
Pro Football Hall of Fame
The Chicago Bears have the most Hall of Famers among the league 's franchises with 32 enshrinees .
Arizona
Arizona is the 48th state and last of the contiguous states to be admitted to the Union , achieving statehood on February 14 , 1912 . Historically part of the territory of Alta California in New Spain , it became part of independent Mexico in 1821 . After being defeated in the Mexican -- American War , Mexico ceded much of this territory to the United States in 1848 . The southernmost portion of the state was acquired in 1853 through the Gadsden Purchase .
Northwestern Wildcats football
The Wildcats have been nicknamed the `` Cardiac ' Cats '' after several seasons with highly contested games , with games decided in the final seconds or in overtime . The team first earned the nickname during the 1996 season , and would go on to apply during the 2004 season , when four of the Wildcats ' games went into overtime .
American football
Several professional football leagues have been formed as rival leagues to the NFL . The most successful rival league was the American Football League ( AFL ) , which existed from 1960 to 1969 . The AFL became a significant rival in 1964 before signing a five - year , US $36 million television deal with NBC . AFL teams began to sign NFL players to contracts , and the league 's popularity grew to challenge that of the NFL . The two leagues merged in the 1970 season , and all AFL teams joined the NFL . An earlier league , the All - America Football Conference , was in play from 1946 to 1949 . After the league dissolved , two AAFC teams , the Cleveland Browns and the San Francisco 49ers , became members of the NFL ; another member , the Baltimore Colts joined the league , but folded after just a year in the NFL .
Illinois
The Peoria Chiefs and Kane County Cougars are minor league baseball teams affiliated with MLB . The Schaumburg Boomers and Lake County Fielders are members of the North American League , and the Southern Illinois Miners , Gateway Grizzlies , Joliet Slammers , Windy City ThunderBolts , and Normal CornBelters belong to the Frontier League .
New England Patriots
The Patriots ' current coach , Bill Belichick , was hired in 2000 , and a new home field , Gillette Stadium , was opened in 2002 . Under Belichick , the team won three Super Bowls in four years ( 2001 , 2003 , and 2004 ) . The Patriots finished the 2007 regular season with a perfect 16 -- 0 record , becoming only the fourth team in league history to go undefeated in the regular season , and the only one since the league expanded its regular season schedule to 16 games . After advancing to Super Bowl XLII , the team 's fourth Super Bowl in seven years , the Patriots were defeated by the Giants to end their bid for a 19 -- 0 season . With the loss , the Patriots ended the year at 18 -- 1 , becoming only one of three teams to go 18 -- 1 along with the 1984 San Francisco 49ers and the 1985 Chicago Bears . The Patriots ' returned to the Super Bowl in 2012 but lost again to the Giants , 21 -- 17 . In 2015 , they won Super Bowl XLIX , defeating the Seattle Seahawks by a score of 28 -- 24 . The Patriots became the first team to reach nine Super Bowls in the 2016 -- 17 playoffs and faced the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl LI , which ended up paving the way for their fifth Super Bowl victory , tying them with the Dallas Cowboys and the San Francisco 49ers for the second-most in NFL history , 1 behind the Pittsburgh Steelers with 6 ; the game was also the first Super Bowl to go into overtime .