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The X League's eight-team 2022 season spanned June to September, concluding with the restructured league's inaugural championship, the X Cup, won by the Chicago Blitz. Since 2021, the league is owned by Mike Ditka , [ 4 ] a former National Football League (NFL) player and an inductee of the Pro Football Hall of Fame . [ 5 ]
The announcement included the Blitz, [1] a successor to the LFL's Chicago Bliss. The X League's 2020 season was postponed, and the league also did not operate during 2021, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Blitz first competed during the 2022 X League season, winning both of their regular season games, over the Kansas City Force and Seattle Thunder.
[87] [88] Although other girls in Indiana had started the season on boys' football teams, only Trumbo is believed to have finished. [87] Sabrina Wells – One of the first two female players in the WPIAL (Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League), who played as a tight end for Ballou High School in Washington, DC, in 1989. [89]
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The league was originally founded in 2009 as the Lingerie Football League (LFL), and later rebranded as the Legends Football League in 2013. [12] X League operates with 8 teams: Arizona Red Devils, Austin Acoustic, Atlanta Empire, Chicago Blitz, Denver Rush, Kansas City Force, Los Angeles Black Storm, Seattle Thunder. [13]
The Chicago Bliss were a women's American football team based in the Chicago area. The Bliss were one of the first four teams to participate in the Lingerie Bowl and were carried over to the formation of the Lingerie Football League (LFL) in 2009. After the formation of the league, the Bliss played at multiple indoor and outdoor venues.
Preferring a matchup between two capable teams instead of a one-sided contest between a more-established team (the Blitz succeeded the Chicago Bliss, four-time LFL champions) and a team of rookies (the Force were created after the Nashville Knights were suspended from the league), [3] the league decided to replace the Force roster with coaches ...
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