Sports in Shreveport-Bossier explained

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 Knights (1999) – RFL
• 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/
• Shreveport Mavericks (2021-present)- The Basketball League

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 (1911–2016)

Ice hockey

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

Museums

• The Museum of American Fencing^{[9] [10]}

Roller derby

• Twin City Knockers (2010–present)

Rugby

• Shreveport Rugby Football Club (1977–present) (A.C. Steere Park) – Texas Rugby Union Division 3
• Shreveport Valentines - Women's affiliate of Shreveport RFC

Soccer

• Shreveport/Bossier Lions (1998) – USISL D-3 Pro League
• Boca Knights FC (2015–2019) – Gulf Coast Premier League
• CABOSA Shreveport United S.C. (2018–present) – Gulf Coast Premier League
• Shreveport Rafters FC (2016–2018) – National Premier Soccer League
• Shreveport Rafters FC B (2016–2017) – Gulf Coast Premier League
• Shreveport Lady Rafters (2017) – Women's Premier Soccer League

See also

• List of sports teams in Louisiana

Notes and References

1. Web site: Earliest Baseball Clubs. mlb.com. February 9, 2015.
2. Web site: Diamonds in the Rough. February 25, 2015.
3. Web site: Negro Leagues of Louisiana. February 25, 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150223090524/http://www.knowla.org/entry/1700/%26view%3Dsummary. February 23, 2015.
4. Web site: Texas-Oklahoma-Louisiana League (1929). Center for Negro League Baseball Research. April 8, 2015.
5. Book: Heaphy. Leslie A.. The Negro League. 2003. 1869-1960. April 8, 2015. McFarland. Jefferson, North Carolina. 0786413808. 142.
6. Web site: Texas-Louisiana League (1931). Center for Negro League Baseball Research. February 6, 2015.
7. Web site: East Texas Negro League (1946). Center for Negro League Baseball Research. February 6, 2015.
8. Web site: Arkansas-Louisiana-Texas Negro League (1951). April 8, 2015.
9. Web site: Fencing: an art, sport, history combo and romantic. Neil. Johnson. The Times.
10. Web site: Hats and Headwear around the World: A Cultural Encyclopedia: A Cultural Encyclopedia. Beverly. Chico. 2013. ABC-CLIO. Google Books.