Tag: Mid-South Coliseum

2003-04 Memphis RiverKings Program from the Central Hockey League

Memphis RiverKings

April 19, 2024

The Memphis RiverKings were a long-running minor league hockey promotion that played from 1992 through 2007 in the Central Hockey League. The RiverKings played in Memphis proper at the Mid-South Coliseum from 1992 through 2000 before relocating to the new DeSoto Civic Center in Southaven, Mississippi for the 2000-01 season. After moving to Mississippi, the RiverKings won back-to-back Miron Cup CHL championships in 2002 and 2003. The franchise changed its name to the Mississippi RiverKings in 2007 and went out of business in 2018.

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1972-73 Memphis Tams Program from the American Basketball Association

Memphis Tams

February 22, 2023

The Tams were the middle entry of three Memphis entries in the American Basketball Associations during the early 1970’s, taking the floor at the Mid-South Coliseum from 1972 through 1974. The team’s odd name was an acronym for Tennessee-Arkansas-Mississippi and the club used a tam o’ shanter cap as its logo. Charles O. Finley, the outspoken owner of the Oakland A’s of Major League Baseball and the NHL’s California Golden Seals, owned the club but seemingly took little interest in it. Like the A’s and the Golden Seals, the Tams wore Finley’s preferred colors of green, gold and white.

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Memphis Sounds American Basketball Association

Memphis Sounds

September 30, 2020

The last of Memphis’ three short-lived entries in the iconic American Basketball Association of the 1970’s, the Sounds counted Stax Records soul music legend Isaac Hayes among the team’s investors.

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Memphis Pros American Basketball Association

Memphis Pros

September 29, 2020

The Pros, with their monumentally boring name, were the first of three short-lived American Basketball Association franchises to set up shop at the Mid-South Coliseum during the 1970’s. The Pros preceded the Tams (1972-1974) and the Sounds (1974-1975) in this iconic league with its red, white & blue ball.

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Memphis Rogues American Indoor Soccer Association

Memphis Rogues (1989-1990)

March 17, 2019

American Indoor Soccer Association (1989-1990) Born: September 1989 – Re-branded from Memphis Storm Folded: Spring 1990 First Game: Last Game: AISA Championships: None 1989-1990: Mid-South Coliseum (9,069)

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