Sports in Shreveport-Bossier

Shreveport–Bossier is and has been home to a wide variety of sporting events.

Independence Stadium

CenturyLink Center

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

References

1. "Earliest Baseball Clubs". mlb.com. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
2. "Diamonds in the Rough". Retrieved February 25, 2015.
3. "Negro Leagues of Louisiana". Archived from the original on February 23, 2015. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
4. "Texas-Oklahoma-Louisiana League (1929)" (PDF). Center for Negro League Baseball Research. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
5. Heaphy, Leslie A. (2003). The Negro League [1869-1960]. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 142. ISBN 0786413808. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
6. "Texas-Louisiana League (1931)" (PDF). Center for Negro League Baseball Research. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
7. "East Texas Negro League (1946)" (PDF). Center for Negro League Baseball Research. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
8. "Arkansas-Louisiana-Texas Negro League (1951)" (PDF). Retrieved April 8, 2015.
9. Johnson, Neil. "Fencing: an art, sport, history combo and romantic". The Times.
10. Chico, Beverly (2013). "Hats and Headwear around the World: A Cultural Encyclopedia: A Cultural Encyclopedia". ABC-CLIO – via Google Books.