Kansas City Other Team Nicknames

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Other Kansas City Sports Team Nicknames

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LACROSSE

Team Name: Kansas City Flying Monkey Lacrosse

Years from: 1982 to: ?
League: Great Plains Lacrosse League (GPLL)
History: formerly known as the Kansas City Lacross Club

Team Name: KC Select
Years from: ? to: current
League: US Lacrosse Women's Division Post-Collegiate Club
History:

AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL

Team Name: Kansas City Power

Years from: 1999 to: current
League: United States Australian Football League

TENNIS

Team Name: Kansas City Explorers

Years from: 1983 to: 2012
League: World Team Tennis

Home Court: Municipal Auditorium, Kemper Arena, Hale Arena, Plaza Tennis Center, and Barney Allis Plaza.

Star Explorer Players: John McEnroe in 1996, Jimmy Connors in 1998, Caroline Wozniacki in 2007, Anna Kournikova in 2003-04. The Explorers won the World Team Tennis Championship in 2010.

In 2013, the Explorers left Kansas City and moved to Irving, Texas.

BOWLING

Team Name: Kansas City Stars
Years from: 1961 to: December 1961
League: National Bowling League

Home Arena: Midland Theatre

VOLLEYBALL

Team Name: Kansas City Lightning

Years from: 1997 to: 1998
League: National Volleyball Association
History: a Women's professional indoor team

Team Name: Heart of America Havoc

Years from: 2013 to current

League: Premier Volleyball League

Home court: Park Hill High School.

ROLLER DERBY

Team Name: Kansas City Ramblers

Years from: 1972 to: current
League: a fictitious team in the MOVIE, "Kansas City Bomber"
History: starring Raquel Welch as the battling roller games queen, named K.C. Carr, Raquel is #11 on the roller derby team, known as the "Kansas Cit Bomber", on the team called the Kansas City Ramblers.