Showboats part of new UFL league
The Memphis Showboats will be part of the UFL starting in 2024. (Wes Hale/Special to The Daily Memphian file)
The Showboats were announced Monday, Jan. 1, as one of eight teams in the United Football League, a newly formed merger of the USFL and XFL spring pro football leagues.
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Tim Buckley
Tim is a veteran sportswriter who graduated from CBHS in Memphis and the University of Missouri. He previously covered LSU sports in Baton Rouge, and the University of Louisiana football and basketball for The Daily Advertiser/USA TODAY Network in Lafayette, the NBA’s Utah Jazz for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning for the St. Petersburg Times in Florida, and West Texas State basketball for the Amarillo Globe News in Texas.
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