The Phoenix Roadrunners were a minor pro

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team in

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. They played in the

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in the 1977–78 season. After two months the team folded on December 12, 1977. They only played 27 games, winning only 4 and tying 3. They played in the Veterans Memorial Coliseum. They followed after the

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's Phoenix Roadrunners folded following the

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