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The WBA, along with the Cape Cod League, was one of the first summer collegiate baseball leagues to be officially certified and supported by the NCAA in 1968, [1] [2] and is the direct predecessor to the well known Alaska Baseball League. The original ceased operation at the end of the 1972 season to make way for the ABL.
[2] [5] The league's primary aim is to increase the visibility and proliferation of women's baseball by establishing a pathway to professionalism – no high school or college in the U.S. offers girls' baseball programs, [6] and while over 1,300 girls played on boys' high school baseball teams in the 2023–24 academic year, only nine women ...
American Association II minor league (1902–1962 and 1969–1997) All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (1943–1954) [1] Blue Ridge League (1915–1918, 1919–1930, 1946–1950) Continental League (1960, never played) Senior Professional Baseball Association (1989–1990) Great Central League (1994) Western Baseball League (1995 ...
Just three of the WNBA's original teams when the league started in 1997 remain heading into 2025 – the New York Liberty, Los Angeles Sparks and Phoenix Mercury. It grew to 16 teams by 2000, but ...
The Western Baseball League was an independent baseball league based in the Western United States and Western Canada. Its member teams were not associated with any Major League Baseball teams. It operated from 1995 to 2002. The league was founded in 1994 by Portland, Oregon, businessman Bruce L. Engel. It began play in 1995, with the following ...
Football was the favorite of 37% of Americans, with basketball No. 2 at 11%, baseball No. 3 at 9% and soccer No. 4 at 7%. Only football, it should be noted, actually gained over 15% of the vote ...
Little League Baseball, a youth program, headquartered in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Pony Baseball , a youth program, headquartered in Washington, Pennsylvania. Roy Hobbs Baseball, an over 30 amateur, adult men's baseball organization, headquartered out of Ft. Myers, FL, with national and international Leagues and Teams.
The Women's Basketball Association (WBA or WWBA) was the first women's professional basketball summer league, operating from 1992 to 1995. The league was called the WWBA and WBA for the first All-Star tour in 1992, before settling on WBA. The pioneer league was formed in 1992 by Lightning N Mitchell and played three full seasons from 1993 to 1995.