Are you an NBA fan at all? I follow the Memphis Grizzlies, but few people know that they used to be called the Vancouver Grizzlies. Kind of sad they're not in Canada anymore, since I'm Canadian. I've missed them since they left in 2001.
Yea I follow the NBA, i am in san antonio, grizzles are alright i guess 
Yeah, they've had it rough for a while, I suppose. They weren't kind of horrible in Vancouver, never won more than 30% of their games in any of the seasons they had here. Finished last in the division 5 times, too. But I love the underdogs.
Its hard for US athletes to play in canada as they get killed on the tax rates. but they have been better with the new owner
Very fair point. I'm sure Toronto struggles with that too; they're the only Canadian team left. That's actually relevant to why they moved, partially--the 98-99 NBA lockout led to low attendance, and the weak Canadian dollar led to the franchise to start losing money. Was downhill from there.
Yea it was bound to happen, im glad at least the Raptors have stayed, we shall see what happens in the future.
been created as an expansion team along with the Toronto Raptors in 1995. For the six seasons in Vancouver, the Grizzlies performed poorly; they only once finished better than last in the Midwest Division and never reached the playoffs. The Grizzlies were owned by Orca Bay Sports and Entertainment, who also owned the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). In 1999, Bill Laurie, owner of the NHL's St. Louis Blues, attempted to buy the Grizzlies, with the intent to move it to St. Louis.
7–4; in their last WFL game, they were shut out by the Birmingham Vulcans, 21–0. 
Memphis eventually not only received another professional sports team via a relocation from Canada, but one that was "officially" called the Grizzlies – the Vancouver Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association would move to Memphis in 2001. The NBA Grizzlies are the only major professional sports team to keep its nickname after moving from Canada to the United States.
In 2004 Mississippi's Johnny Wofford produced a DVD honouring the 1974–75 Southmen/Grizzlies