Lubbock also briefly had a minor league hockey team in the Cotton Kings. Both the Crickets and Cotton Kings were not what you would call your garden variety minor league teams.

Professional baseball returned to Lubbock in the form of the Crickets in 1995. The club had immediate success in winning the Texas-Louisiana League Championship and returning to the Championship ...

A proposal to bring minor league baseball to Lubbock has struck out, at least with Texas Tech. On Friday the University's Board of Regents declined to approve the donation of 82 acres of land for the ...

League: Texas-Louisiana League 1995-1999 Location: Lubbock, Texas If there was ever a perfect baseball team name that reflected city history, the Lubbock Crickets were a prime example.

"West Texas Professional Baseball right now is in the process of identifying sites that would be suitable to develop a stadium to house a minor league team," said Mike Thiessen. Mike Thiessen, a ...

The Lubbock Challenger Little League is baseball league for kids with disabilities and on Wednesday, all of their equipment was stolen.

Lubbock City Council approved the purchase of two snow plows but delayed discussion of a Minor League ballpark on Thursday night.

Today’s article about early Lubbock baseball is the first of a three-part series by frequent contributor Chuck Lanehart, Lubbock attorney and award-winning history writer.

Backers including Microsoft’s CEO are going all-in on an American cricket circuit, now playing in a minor-league baseball stadium in Dallas.

If there was ever a perfect baseball team name that reflected city history, the Lubbock Crickets were a prime example.