Sports in Shreveport-Bossier
# 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
