Tag Archives: XFL

USFL 2.0

Posted on November 30, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

It’s all 1985 up in here. Houston will be home to another spring football league. A Fox Sports-backed reboot of the United States Football League, which originally existed from 1983-86, was announced Monday with play starting in April 2022. The … Continue reading →

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RIP, XFL

Posted on April 11, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Tough break. The XFL suspended operations Friday morning and laid off nearly all of its staff, multiple sources told ESPN. While a handful of executives remain employed, the league currently has no plans to return in 2021. The league canceled … Continue reading →

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The Houston Roughnecks

Posted on August 26, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

Meet your new XFL team. When the XFL kicks off in February, the Houston team will be known as the Houston Roughnecks. The XFL unveiled team names and logos for all eight teams in the league Wednesday. The Houston Roughnecks … Continue reading →

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RIP, AAF

Posted on April 7, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

Maybe it’s only mostly dead, but it looks pretty dead. After eight weeks of games and less than one season into Alliance of American Football’s existence, league owner Tom Dundon has decided to suspend all operations, league co-founder Bill Polian … Continue reading →

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Houston to get XFL 2.0 team

Posted on December 9, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

For those of you that need more football. TDECU Stadium at the University of Houston will be the home field for Houston’s team in the XFL, the spring football league owned by WWE chairman Vince McMahon that will begin play … Continue reading →

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They’re still trying to make XFL 2.0 happen

Posted on June 10, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

And who knows, maybe it will. Oliver Luck, the former Oilers quarterback and Dynamo executive who has most recently worked at the NCAA, was named Tuesday as the commissioner of the relaunched XFL that World Wrestling Entertainment will launch in … Continue reading →

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The XFL will be back

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Charles Kuffner

And this time the gimmick is there will be no gimmicks. WWE founder and chairman Vince McMahon announced Thursday he is giving a professional football league another go. It will be called the XFL, the same name of the league … Continue reading →

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