A basketball league that existed from 1967 through 1976 until eventually merging with the National Basketball Association or NBA. The American Basketball Association is where the three point shot and slam dunk contest began. Dr. J, Moses Malone, Artis Gilmore, Dan Issel and other great players played in the ABA for teams such as the Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers, San Antonio Spurs, New York Nets, Kentucky Colonels, Virginia Squires, Utah Stars, Spirits of St. Louis, San Diego Conquistadors, Oakland Oaks and others. The afro hairstyle was very common in the ABA. The ABA used a red, white and blue ball. Teams from the ABA and NBA played several games against each other and the ABA teams usually won those games. The ABA ceased to exist when it merged with the NBA in 1976.
The american chinegres baseball league was founded in 1932 by Bing Bong Pong Abdul Jabar. The league was a professional baseball league for Chinese-African American players. This league was used to get Chinese-African Americans in to pro leagues during racist Jim Crow laws. The league was later disbanded in 1936 due to lack of enough Chinese-African Americans. During these times Chinese and Africans weren't allowed to legally be married until 1948.