In my previous post of sports in the Alt Canada timeline... https://marymargretcallahan.blogspot.com/2020/09/alt-canada-sports.html I gave details of the origins of the leagues in Canada and a look at the team uniforms.
I revised these a bit. There are some additions, (expansion happens) in the NHL, and the CFL, as both leagues go international withe addition of Boston from New England. Boston had already had a baseball franchise in the US MLB. The NHL also added Grand Rapids, Michigan to balance out the league at 28 teams. The CFL not only added Boston (calling themselves New England) but 3 other teams to keep the divisions balanced, adding Grand Rapids, Grande Forches, and Sinclair.
In addition, I thought that basketball would make a comeback. This time it isn't a Canadian only league. Boston was pushing for a North American league. Basketball was the fastest rising sport in the US in popularity. Since the US repealed their segregation laws in 1968, black athletes were allowed to participate in traditionally white US team sports and on US national teams. The US rose up the ranks of the world basketball to the number one spot in a short time, knocking Canada to the number two spot. potential team owners got together for negotiations in the early 1990s. The new North American Basketball Association was born and started play in 1995-96. There are 28 teams, 18 in the US, 9 in Canada and 1 in New England.
Here are the revised uniforms of all the sports leagues which Canada participates in.
NHL...
CFL...
NABA...
NLL...
