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Abe Pollin, Arnold Heft, and Earl Foreman who was the ownership group that moved the Bullets from Chicago probably just played at the Civic Center because there was no large arena in Washington at the time. Also I went to a seminar about Baseball in Baltimore at the Sports Legends Museum with Phil Chenier, Mike Rieodan and one player from the Original Bullets teams of the later 40-early 50s that played at the old Baltimore Coliseum. The players on the second team said the only time it was packed was when they played the Knicks.. There was an ABA team in Baltimore around 1975, first called the Hustlers, then when the controversy of the name, they changed it to the Claws. The owners couldn't raise enough money for a guarantee bond to start the season and the team folded before it started.

Full Color Football about the American Football League and how it helped issue the modern pro football era. The reason it was called that was the AFL's First Contract with ABC had a few games in color, and when they moved to NBC in 1964 all the games were in color, because NBC was then owned by RCA and was first with the technology and equipment and receivers. That second deal helped ensure their survival and caused a bidding war with the NFL that ended up phasing in a merger with the NFL in 1966, the first two products were a AFL-NFL World Championship game that eventually became the Super Bowl, a common draft between the leagues and inter league preseason games, That finally ended with all the teams under the NFL banner. Its interspaced with the events of the 60s. Its on YouTube in 5 parts.

I live in Rockville, MD and have MD Ravens affinity plates. I go to a Ravens bar in Arlington and its being slowly taken over by Steelers fans who probably moved here when the mills started closing in Pittsburgh. If a female Steelers fan every dinged my door, I'd tell her "I got the right team, but now you're dealing with the wrong person"

To the person who said LA lost two NFL teams, so did Baltimore. The AAFC Green and Silver Colts folded a year or so after they came in the NFL along with the Browns and 49ers. As well as the Irsay move in 1984, which was partially egged on by the lawmakers in Annapolis slapping an "Eminent Domain" clause on the Colts, which made him move in the middle of the night.

They're replacing the turf with grass this year, probably because of the Ravens injury crisis last year. If it works then fine. But first FIFA got to see about the Qatar bribery situation, if they don't get it the US will.

How about a soccer friendly between the US Women's National team and a foreign competitor? Or since Hammerjacks is opening soon, how about a music festival with Kix, Guns and Roses and other bands related to that club.

This MLFB league is facing financial trouble, proof that even if you have a TV deal that doesn't guarantee survival. Same thing happens to the A11 football league, they were going to have two demonstration games between the Dallas Wranglers and the Tampa Bay Bandits on ESPN. Never got off the ground to start with.

Boxing sounds good, The Big Ten baseball tournament was held at Target Field last year in Minneapolis. Other Major League parks they could use is Nationals Park which is close to the Terps as well or Yankee Stadium or Citi Field, close to Rutgers. Just send the major league home team on a long road trip. The commissioner of the B1G., Jim Delaney is trying to push the brand on the East Coast, there was a basketball hockey double header at MSG this year. And the men's tournament will be held at the Verizon Center next year and the Garden, the year after that. They will play it, the week before the Big East which has a stronghold there.

Might be too cold to Wrestle in April. If you can go see Army-Navy when it comes to M&T Bank this year. I went and a had a great time, where the tradition and pageantry are at their highest level. If Quatar is dropped from the World Cup in 2022 and replaced by the US, M&T Bank Stadium should be one of the sites, since its hosted a lots of International Friendlies and the Gold Cup. Its better than FedEx Field, because of its downtown location, where you can go the Horseshoe, the Inner Harbor, Dempsey's in the Warehouse and Hammerjacks will be resurrected almost across the street. Perhaps moving the Military Bowl here and renaming something else might work. One thing I don't think they should get is the B1G football Championship game, not much interested here. Maybe the Baseball Tournament at Oriole Park.

There is a Ravens Ride coach bus, but it costs $25 or so, because its run by private bus companies, when the ICC banned the MTA from providing the service since its technically a charter. But they come with guaranteed seating and a restroom on board. http://www.ravensride.com

The other problem with Light Rail is that the first train northbound on Sunday isn't until 10:40 am or so, Hurting tailgating with friends. If you do use it, board at the Camden Yards stop up from the Hamburg Street station or else you'll have to wait. I usually drive in from Rockville, and park at the Park Under Garage on Lombard Street for $15, half a block east of the Royal Farms Arena. You can also guarantee a spot on Parkwhiz.com or ParkingPanda.com by prepaying in advance, but unless you get there later than 9:30am there, its not necessary. Paying online is the same price as the drive up.rate and its 3/4 mile from the Stadium. I wish the MTA would run Light Rail earlier on Sunday morning like 7 or 8 am. If there's no event at Camden Yards, they could always get the Church Crowd to ride.

One other rumor I heard is the league trademarked Arkansas Attack. Akron was supposed be in the new USFL which never got off the ground as the "Akron Fire". The MLFB team there would probably play at Infoscision Stadium, home of the University of Akron Zips. If the NFL was running the league, use their rules and have year round referees, this league would be work during the spring for them and then work the National Football League gamed during the fall. If they're not, don't expect any teams in California because of the high cost of Workers Comp Insurance there.

There is rumored to be a spring league called Major League Football that has a two year TV deal with the American Sports Network, owned by Sinclair Broadcasting on most of their stations digital subchannel. The league is supposed to have 8 teams in cities with no Major League Baseball or Football. They're supposed to kick off in April and they had a territorial draft, but I don't think they'll kick off in time if at all. Only cities I heard are Akron, OH and maybe Orlando. Seems to be more of a developmental league. Just hope they have a salary cap, to keep the Donald Trump's of the world out. http://www.mlfbmedia.com/

Jim Ross is returning to pro wrestling announcing, starting March 4, he will do english language play by play for New Japan Pro Wrestling on AXS TV. He will replace Mauro Ranallo. He will make 6 trips a year from his home in OKC to record them for the network from the TV Ashi feed.

There was a team called the Maryland Eagles at the Myers Pavillion last season, but they now play at a rec center in Wheaton. They were more low budget than the Mariners in their second incarnation. That team had to play their last two games on the road due to poor attendance at the Arena. Even opening night I don't think they gave away all the Justin Tucker Bobbleheads and the crowd looked like it was less than 800.

Someone tell Dean Spaons the reason the Chargers drew 25 per cent of their fans from the LA area is simple, there was no NFL team up there, they will lose those fans because the Rams are back in LA and they have a team to root for. Similar to DC baseball fans who rooted for the Orioles, which was helped by a former Redskins owner Edward Bennett Williams buying the team. In Baltimore almost nobody rooted for the Redskins when the Colts left. Jack Kent Cooke didn't bother marketing the team there, he had a miles long waiting list for tickets at the time.

This video sums up Browns fans big time:

Hopefully they won't do a remake of this video

Too bad Gino's is gone, no more "Camden Giant" crabcake on top of a burger. In fact I don't give much chance of the new Gino's chain surviving, they closed a few locations.

Rams didn't start in LA, they moved from Cleveland after the AAFC Browns kicked them out. Now I hear rumors that Mark Davis may move the Raiders to San Antonio. He owns some land where a stadium can be built there. His lease in Oakland expired, so either he'll have to renew there, or move to Santa Clara and share Levis Stadium with the 49ers until something can be solved there, or there's that option in Texas where Red McCombs says there's 15 sponsors ready to go and they can play at the Alamodome, until a new stadium is ready there.

There's also the food pre game at Ravenswalk, only drawback is there isn't many places to sit down there.

Next relocation rumor I hear is Mark Davis is using San Antonio as leverage, he owns a large piece of land there to build a stadium, while using the Alamodome in the interim. He is trying to force Oakland to give an agreement on a new stadium or he might move this year.

I wish the O's would also install WiFi like M&T Bank Stadium, since AT&T is a sponsor. In DC for about $10 you can get a large soda with unlimited refills at the Verizon Center, Nats Park and FedEx Field.

The large one refill soda. I either tailgate before the game with my Bowie friends in Lot H, or go toRavenswalk where you can chicken tenders with fries and soda for 10.

I was in DC today and joked about it, they said they'd gladly get rid of their pathetic under maintained Metro that each line breaks down daily and no center track which means delays. And they'd throw in RG III as well.