Birmingham Barracudas

With just over a year until the XFL 2.0 is set to take the field, the spring football league announced Wednesday that it is considering a partnership with the Canadian Football League.

Alabama has never had an NFL team, but what it does have is a history of professional sports ranging from football and basketball to hockey and soccer. Here are eight teams that have called the Yellowhammer State home.

25 years after the first win and only season of the Birmingham Barracudas, Tide 100.9 answers: 'Why did a town in Alabama host a Canadian Football league team and where did they go?'