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.
Like seasons of time, new football leagues spring up and then fall away almost every year now. 2021 is no exception to this trend. Last Saturday, a brand-new football league, the Fan Controlled Football League (FCF) played its first slate of games.
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.
Former Alabama cornerback Bradley Sylve scored the first pick-six in the reincarnated XFL. With 12:43 left in the fourth quarter Seattle Dragons quarterback Brandon Silver’s receiver fell on an out breaking route resulting in the interception. Sylve of the D.C. Defenders returned the interception 69-yards to put the Defenders ahead 31-19, sealing the victory in the first game of the season.