All-America Football ConferenceThe All-America Football Conference (AAFC) was a major professional American football league that challenged the established National Football League (NFL) from 1946 to 1949. One of the NFL's most formidable challengers, the AAFC attracted many of the nation's best players, and introduced many lasting innovations to the game. However, the AAFC was ultimately unable to sustain itself in competition with the NFL.
National Football LeagueThe National Football League (NFL) is a professionalAmerican football league in the United States. Composed of 32 teams, it is divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada and the highest professional level of American football in the world.Cleveland BrownsThe Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland. The Browns compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. The team is named after original coach and co-founder Paul Brown. They play their home games at Huntington Bank Field, which opened in 1999, with administrative offices and training facilities in Berea, Ohio at the CrossCountry Mortgage campus.Chicago BearsThe Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago. The Bears compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) North division. They are one of two remaining franchises from the NFL's founding in 1920, along with the Arizona Cardinals (originally the Racine Cardinals of Chicago). The Bears play their home games at Soldier Field on the Near South Side, adjacent to Lake Michigan.
San Francisco 49ersThe San Francisco 49ers (also written as the San Francisco Forty-Niners and nicknamed the Niners) are a professional American football team based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The 49ers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) West division. The team plays its home games at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, located 38 miles (61 km) southeast of San Francisco.
American footballTeam field sportAmerican football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.
Chicago White SoxMajor League Baseball franchiseEstablished in 1894Based in Chicago since 1900Major league affiliationsAmerican League (1901–present) Central Division (1994–present)West Division (1969–1993)Current uniformRetired numbers2349111314161935567242ColorsBlack, silver, white NameChicago White Sox (1904–present)Chicago White Stockings (1900–1903)St. Paul Saints (1895–1899)Sioux City Cornhuskers (1894)NicknamesThe SoxThe Chi SoxThe South SidersThe Pale HoseThe Good GuysThe Pope's teamThe Black Sox (1919)BallparkRate Field (1991–present)Comiskey Park (1910–1990) Milwaukee County Stadium (1968–1969)South Side Park (1900–1910)Lexington Park (1897–1899)Major league titlesWorld Series titles(3)190619172005AL pennants(7)1900190119061917191919592005WL Pennants (1)1894AL West division titles (2)19831993AL Central Division titles (4)2000200520082021Wild card berths(1)2020RivalriesChicago CubsMinnesota TwinsDetroit TigersFront officePrincipal ownerJerry ReinsdorfGeneral managerChris GetzManagerWill VenableWebsitemlb.com/whitesoxThe Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago.
Chicago TribuneThe Chicago Tribune is an American daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1847, it was formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper", a slogan from which its once-integrated WGN radio and WGN television received their call letters.
Arch WardArchie Burdette Ward (December 27, 1896 – July 9, 1955) was an American journalist who served as sports editor for the Chicago Tribune. He was the creator of the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, the Golden Gloves amateur boxing tournament and the World Professional Basketball Tournament. BiographyWard was born in 1896 in Irwin, Illinois, and attended Columbia Academy and Columbia College (now Loras College) in Dubuque, Iowa.Baltimore Colts (1947–1950)The Baltimore Colts were a professional American football team based in Baltimore, Maryland. The first team to bear the name, it was a member of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) from 1947 to 1949 and then joined the National Football League (NFL) for one season before folding. The Colts were one of the least successful teams in the AAFC and NFL both on and off the field, winning only 11 of their 54 games in their history.
Cicero, IllinoisCicero is a town in Cook County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 85,268, making it the 11th-most populous municipality in Illinois. The town is named after Marcus Tullius Cicero, a Roman statesman and orator. With a population more than 89% Hispanic, the town is the most Hispanic in the state of Illinois. HistoryOriginally, Cicero Township occupied an area six times the size of its current territory.
Chicago CardinalsGeneral informationFounded1898Folded1959HeadquarteredChicago, IllinoisColorsCardinal red, white, blackPersonnelOwnersChris O'Brien (1898–1929)David Jones (1929–1932)Charles Bidwill (1932–1947)Violet Bidwill (1947–1961)Team historyMorgan Athletic Club (1898)Racine Normals (1899–1900)Racine (Street) Cardinals (1901–1905, 1913–1917, 1919–1921) Suspended operations (1906–1912, 1918)Chicago Cardinals (1922–1959) Card-Pitt (1944)St. Louis Cardinals (1960–1987)Phoenix Cardinals (1988–1993)Arizona Cardinals (1994–present)Home fieldsNormal Park (1900–1921, 1926–1928)Comiskey Park (1922–1925, 1929–1930, 1940–1958)Wrigley Field (1931–1939)Soldier Field (1959, 4 games)Metropolitan Stadium (1959, 2 games)League / conference affiliationsNational Football League (1920–1959) Western Division (1933–1949)American Conference (1950–1952)Eastern Conference (1953–1959)ChampionshipsLeague championships: 2NFL championships (pre-1970 AFL–NFL merger) (2)1925, 1947Division championships: 2NFL West:1947, 1948Playoff appearances (2)NFL:1947, 1948The professional American football team now known as the Arizona Cardinals previously played in Chicago, Illinois, as the Chicago Cardinals from 1898 to 1959 before relocating to St. Louis, Missouri, for the 1960 through 1987 seasons.
National Football LeagueThe National Football League (NFL) is a professionalAmerican football league in the United States. Composed of 32 teams, it is divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada and the highest professional level of American football in the world.Cleveland BrownsThe Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland. The Browns compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. The team is named after original coach and co-founder Paul Brown. They play their home games at Huntington Bank Field, which opened in 1999, with administrative offices and training facilities in Berea, Ohio at the CrossCountry Mortgage campus.Chicago BearsThe Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago. The Bears compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) North division. They are one of two remaining franchises from the NFL's founding in 1920, along with the Arizona Cardinals (originally the Racine Cardinals of Chicago). The Bears play their home games at Soldier Field on the Near South Side, adjacent to Lake Michigan.San Francisco 49ersThe San Francisco 49ers (also written as the San Francisco Forty-Niners and nicknamed the Niners) are a professional American football team based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The 49ers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) West division. The team plays its home games at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, located 38 miles (61 km) southeast of San Francisco.American footballTeam field sportAmerican football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.Chicago White SoxMajor League Baseball franchiseEstablished in 1894Based in Chicago since 1900Major league affiliationsAmerican League (1901–present) Central Division (1994–present)West Division (1969–1993)Current uniformRetired numbers2349111314161935567242ColorsBlack, silver, white NameChicago White Sox (1904–present)Chicago White Stockings (1900–1903)St. Paul Saints (1895–1899)Sioux City Cornhuskers (1894)NicknamesThe SoxThe Chi SoxThe South SidersThe Pale HoseThe Good GuysThe Pope's teamThe Black Sox (1919)BallparkRate Field (1991–present)Comiskey Park (1910–1990) Milwaukee County Stadium (1968–1969)South Side Park (1900–1910)Lexington Park (1897–1899)Major league titlesWorld Series titles(3)190619172005AL pennants(7)1900190119061917191919592005WL Pennants (1)1894AL West division titles (2)19831993AL Central Division titles (4)2000200520082021Wild card berths(1)2020RivalriesChicago CubsMinnesota TwinsDetroit TigersFront officePrincipal ownerJerry ReinsdorfGeneral managerChris GetzManagerWill VenableWebsitemlb.com/whitesoxThe Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago.Chicago TribuneThe Chicago Tribune is an American daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1847, it was formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper", a slogan from which its once-integrated WGN radio and WGN television received their call letters.Arch WardArchie Burdette Ward (December 27, 1896 – July 9, 1955) was an American journalist who served as sports editor for the Chicago Tribune. He was the creator of the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, the Golden Gloves amateur boxing tournament and the World Professional Basketball Tournament. BiographyWard was born in 1896 in Irwin, Illinois, and attended Columbia Academy and Columbia College (now Loras College) in Dubuque, Iowa.Baltimore Colts (1947–1950)The Baltimore Colts were a professional American football team based in Baltimore, Maryland. The first team to bear the name, it was a member of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) from 1947 to 1949 and then joined the National Football League (NFL) for one season before folding. The Colts were one of the least successful teams in the AAFC and NFL both on and off the field, winning only 11 of their 54 games in their history.Cicero, IllinoisCicero is a town in Cook County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 85,268, making it the 11th-most populous municipality in Illinois. The town is named after Marcus Tullius Cicero, a Roman statesman and orator. With a population more than 89% Hispanic, the town is the most Hispanic in the state of Illinois. HistoryOriginally, Cicero Township occupied an area six times the size of its current territory.Chicago CardinalsGeneral informationFounded1898Folded1959HeadquarteredChicago, IllinoisColorsCardinal red, white, blackPersonnelOwnersChris O'Brien (1898–1929)David Jones (1929–1932)Charles Bidwill (1932–1947)Violet Bidwill (1947–1961)Team historyMorgan Athletic Club (1898)Racine Normals (1899–1900)Racine (Street) Cardinals (1901–1905, 1913–1917, 1919–1921) Suspended operations (1906–1912, 1918)Chicago Cardinals (1922–1959) Card-Pitt (1944)St. Louis Cardinals (1960–1987)Phoenix Cardinals (1988–1993)Arizona Cardinals (1994–present)Home fieldsNormal Park (1900–1921, 1926–1928)Comiskey Park (1922–1925, 1929–1930, 1940–1958)Wrigley Field (1931–1939)Soldier Field (1959, 4 games)Metropolitan Stadium (1959, 2 games)League / conference affiliationsNational Football League (1920–1959) Western Division (1933–1949)American Conference (1950–1952)Eastern Conference (1953–1959)ChampionshipsLeague championships: 2NFL championships (pre-1970 AFL–NFL merger) (2)1925, 1947Division championships: 2NFL West:1947, 1948Playoff appearances (2)NFL:1947, 1948The professional American football team now known as the Arizona Cardinals previously played in Chicago, Illinois, as the Chicago Cardinals from 1898 to 1959 before relocating to St. Louis, Missouri, for the 1960 through 1987 seasons.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.