Buckley: Another Memphis minor-league football franchise in the wind? Don’t be shocked.
Memphis Showboats fans watch during the first half against the Arlington Renegades on May 24 in Memphis. (Wesley Hale/Special to The Daily Memphian)
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.
The Showboats made their return to Memphis in mid-April 2023, playing a United States Football League game in the city for the first time since 1985.
The two USFLs were not technically the same league, but expectations — or at least hope, from many in Memphis — nevertheless, were that the blast from the past would be as much fun in the present as it was back in the day.
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