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