title: Sports in Shreveport-Bossier
text: # Sports in Shreveport-Bossier
  
  Shreveport–Bossier is and has been home to a wide variety of sporting events.
  
  ## American football
  
  * Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings – (2001–2009) – AF2, (2010) – AFL
  * Shreveport Aftershock – (2007–2009) – IWFL
  * Shreveport-Bossier Bombers (2000) – IPFL
  * Shreveport Knights (1999) – RFL
  * Shreveport Pirates (1994–95) – CFL
  * Shreveport Shockhers (2006) – NWFA
  * Shreveport Steamer (1974–1975) – WFL
  * Shreveport Steamers (1979–1981) – AFA
  
  ## Baseball
  
  * Arlington/Blue Stockings Base Ball Club (Shreveport) (1872)
  * Shreveport Acme Giants (1923) – Texas Colored League
  * Shreveport Black Sports (1926) – Texas Colored League (1927–28), (1929–30) – Texas–Oklahoma–Louisiana League, (1931) – Texas–Louisiana League (Negro league) (1946) – East Texas Negro League
  * Shreveport Braves (1968–1970) – Texas League
  * Shreveport Captains (1971) – Dixie Association (1972–2000) – Texas League
  * Shreveport Gassers (1915–1924) – Texas League
  * Shreveport Giants (1901–1903) – Southern Association
  * Shreveport Grays (1895) – Texas-Southern League
  * Shreveport Pirates (1904–1910) – Southern Association (1908–1910) – Texas League
  * Shreveport Sports (1925–32, 1938–42, 1946–57) – Texas League (1933) – Dixie League (1934) – East Dixie League (1935) – West Dixie League (1959–1961) – Southern Association, (2003–2005) – Central League, (2006–2008) – American Association
  * Shreveport Swamp Dragons (2001–2002) – Texas League
  * Shreveport Tigers (1899) – Southern League, (1949) – Negro Texas League
  * Shreveport Travelers (1951) – Arkansas–Louisiana–Texas League
  * Shreveport-Bossier Captains (2009–2011) – American Association
  
  ## Basketball
  
  * Shreveport Crawdads (1994) – Continental Basketball Association
  * Shreveport Storm (1995) – Continental Basketball Association
  * Shreveport-Bossier Mavericks (2013–2015) – American Basketball Association/
  * Shreveport Mavericks (2021-present)- The Basketball League
  
  ## College
  
  * Bossier Parish Community College Cavaliers – NJCAA, MISS-LOU Junior College Conference
  * Centenary Gentlemen and Ladies – NCAA Division III, Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
  * LSU–Shreveport Pilots – NAIA, Red River Athletic Conference
  * Southern University at Shreveport Jaguars – NJCAA, MISS-LOU Junior College Conference
  
  ## Events
  
  * Independence Bowl (1976–present)
  * Red River State Fair Classic (1911–2016)
  
  ## Ice hockey
  
  * Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs (1997–2001) – WPHL, (2002–2011) CHL
  * Shreveport Mudbugs (2016–present) – North American Hockey League
  
  ## Museums
  
  * The Museum of American Fencing
  
  ## Roller derby
  
  * Twin City Knockers (2010–present)
  
  ## Rugby
  
  * Shreveport Rugby Football Club (1977–present) (A.C. Steere Park) – Texas Rugby Union Division 3
  * Shreveport Valentines - Women's affiliate of Shreveport RFC
  
  ## Soccer
  
  * Shreveport/Bossier Lions (1998) – USISL D-3 Pro League
  * Boca Knights FC (2015–2019) – Gulf Coast Premier League
  * CABOSA Shreveport United S.C. (2018–present) – Gulf Coast Premier League
  * Shreveport Rafters FC (2016–2018) – National Premier Soccer League
  * Shreveport Rafters FC B (2016–2017) – Gulf Coast Premier League
  * Shreveport Lady Rafters (2017) – Women's Premier Soccer League
  