Word: franchisees
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Despite the efforts of Tampa Bay Bandits' owner John Bassett, the league went ahead with the planned move away from spring football despite the added burden of the bankrupt Los Angeles franchise abandoned by Oldenburg. The USFL didn't take long to sink after the league's failed lawsuit attempt...
The MVP of the NBA Finals deserves a good year. Throughout his career, Worthy has played behind Jabbar and Johnson. If Worthy played on any other team in the NBA, he'd be a franchise.
"I T'S morning in America"--that's what Ronald Reagan told the voters in 1984, while his opponent Walter Mondale was busy asking his Democratic rivals "Where's the beef?" No wonder Reagan won: He had Ben Franklin and 200 years of early birds backing his re-election bid...
Perhaps the Buffalo Bisons best illustrate the metamorphosis of the minors. In 1982 the Double A team drew an audience of just 77,000 for the season. That year Rich bought the franchise for $100,000. In 1984 he sold the team for $350,000 to investors who moved it...
It must be the New Jersey Devils, who had not qualified for the NHL Playoffs--an elite group of the "best 16" of the 21 league teams--since the franchise moved from Denver to the northeast.