These have been typically odd times for smaller-league pro sports in New England. …
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rs: Team’s trek to St. John’s, Newfoundland, is no easy feat … Worcester Telegram, Jan. 2, 2020.
The PawSox depart R.I. for Worcester, Mass., even though Worcester Has Been a ‘Death City’ for Minor League Sports, according to one local Providence news outlet …
Major League Baseball threatens to cut 42 teams nationwide from their big league affiliates including teams in Burlington, Vt., Norwich, Conn. and Lowell, Mass. …
The Boston Breakers of the National Women’s Soccer League cease operations. …
The Elm City Express announce a “hiatus” from the the National Premier Soccer League a few years after joining. …
The affiliate of the Colorado Rockies makes a splash in March 2019 when it announces a contest in which each month a lucky fan would have special dog added to the Hartford Yard Goats menu at the Kayem Hot Dog Cart …
The owner of the NHL Philadelphia Flyers starts a new ECHL franchise in Portland, Maine called the Maine Mariners, the same name as the American Hockey League that played in Portland from 1977 to 1992. As the Portland Press Herald reported: “Finishing a close second was Wild Blueberries. The other names not selected were Watchmen, Lumberjacks and Puffins.”
For yet another League of Their Own, see Scandals Rock Team Handball.
