Lamar Hunt, who was founder or co-founder of the American Football League, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Chicago Bulls, the United Soccer Association, and Major League Soccer, also founded the team.

From 1966 to 1968, the league expanded from 9 to 14 teams, introducing the Chicago Bulls, Seattle SuperSonics ( now Oklahoma City Thunder ), San Diego Rockets ( who relocated to Houston four years later ), Milwaukee Bucks, and Phoenix Suns.

Birmingham Bulls owner John F. Bassett wanted to confront the NHL by signing as many young and promising superstars as possible and saw Gretzky as the most promising young prospect, but it was Racers owner Nelson Skalbania who signed 17-year-old Gretzky to a seven-year personal services contract worth $ 1. 75 million US.

These men were Robert Schmertz, who owned the WHA's New England Whalers and NBA's Boston Celtics ; a former hockey prospect named Howard Baldwin, who ran the Boston Bulls charter ; Ben Hatskin, who owned the WHA's Winnipeg Jets ; and R. Steve Arnold, another WHA associate.

Rex Chapman, who was traded to the Heat from the Washington Bullets, led the Heat to the biggest upset victory in Miami Heat history, defeating the Bulls 113-104.

Popular power forward Charles Oakley, who had led the league in total rebounds in both ' 87 and ' 88, was traded on the eve of the 1988 draft to the New York Knicks along with a Round 1 draft pick used by the Knicks on Rod Strickland for center Bill Cartwright and a 1st round draft pick which the Bulls used to obtain center Will Perdue.

With these additional players and the previous year's starting five, the Bulls again made it to the Conference Finals, and pushed the Pistons to seven games before being edged out for the third straight year, who would go on to repeat as NBA champions.

The Bulls were then led by Scottie Pippen, who established himself as one of the top players in the league by winning the 1994 All-Star MVP.

In the offseason, the Bulls lost B. J. Armstrong in the expansion draft, but Krause pulled off a masterful deal by trading Will Perdue to the San Antonio Spurs for the aggressive and often controversial rebounding specialist Dennis Rodman, who had won the past four rebounding titles, and who had also been a member of the Detroit Pistons ' " Bad Boys " squad that served as the Bulls ' chief nemesis in the late 1980s.

Jordan and Pippen, along with Robert Parish, who was a member of the Bulls at the time, were also honored as members of the 50 greatest players of all-time with the NBA celebrating its 50th season.

The Spurs ' perfect record in NBA Finals series is surpassed only by the Chicago Bulls, who have won six without a loss ; the Bulls and Spurs are the only two teams to maintain perfect records through multiple Finals series.

After the 1984 – 85 season, Gervin, who arguably had been the Spurs ' biggest star, was traded to the Chicago Bulls in what effectively signaled the end of the era that began when the Spurs first moved to San Antonio.

Led by coach Jerry Sloan, who took over for Frank Layden in 1988, they became one of the powerhouse teams of the 1990s, culminating in two NBA Finals appearances in 1997 and 1998, where they lost both times to the Chicago Bulls, led by Michael Jordan.

Los Angeles hired former Chicago Bulls coach Phil Jackson, who had coached that team to six championships, and gave him a lucrative $ 6 million a year contract.

After the championship game, the league announced the expansion into Pittsburgh, a team later to be called the Bulls, who played at the Civic Arena, sporting the traditional Pittsburgh colors of black and gold, like the Steelers.

The old Poolesville Methodist Church cemetery contains the remains of approximately twenty soldiers who either were killed in action at Bulls Bluff or who died of illness while in camp.

He then signed as a free agent with the Chicago Bulls, who teamed him in the backcourt with Michael Jordan.

The USFL Bulls were one of that league's more well-attended teams, benefiting from the Gator Bowl's last expansion in 1982.

In Dec. 1976, two wolves were released onto Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge's Bulls Island in South Carolina with the intent of testing and honing reintroduction methods.

Playing the league-best Chicago Bulls, the Heat were swept in three games.

Finishing with a 42-40 record, the Heat made the playoffs for the third time in franchise history, but were swept in three games by the Bulls.

Once again, they were the # 2 seed in the East, with the Chicago Bulls, once again, holding the # 1 seed.

In the 1995 – 96 season, the Magic again were near the top of the Eastern Conference and the Atlantic Division with a 60 – 22 record, led by O ' Neal and Hardaway ; however, the Magic were seeded number two, behind the NBA all-time best 72 – 10 record of the Chicago Bulls.

Additionally, the Hornets were the first NBA team to popularize the use of pinstripes on uniforms, inspiring similar designs by the Orlando Magic, Toronto Raptors, Houston Rockets, Chicago Bulls and Indiana Pacers.

The Chicago Bulls were founded in 1966 and are well known for having one of the greatest dynasties in NBA and sports history during the 1990s, winning six championships in eight years with two three-peats.

As of 2012, the Bulls were the third most valuable NBA franchise according to Forbes, having an estimated value of $ 600 million.

During the 1970s, the Bulls were known as a tough, defensive-minded team, built around hard-nosed defender Jerry Sloan, forwards Bob Love and Chet Walker, point guard Norm Van Lier, and centers Clifford Ray and Tom Boerwinkle.

The Bulls ' fortunes would have been forever changed were it not for a simple coin flip.

Though the Bulls were swept, Jordan recorded a playoff single-game record 63 points in Game 2 ( which still stands to this day ), prompting Bird to call him ' God disguised as Michael Jordan.

With Paxson and Jordan in the backcourt, Brad Sellers and Oakley at the forward spots, Corzine anchoring center, and rookies Pippen and Grant coming off the bench, the Bulls made major noise in the 1987 – 88 season, winning 50 games and advancing to the Eastern Conference Semifinals, where they were beaten by the eventual Eastern Conference Champions Detroit Pistons in five games.

Despite the Bulls ' amazing run during the 1993 – 94 season, where they won 55 games, they were beaten in seven games by the Knicks in the second round of the playoffs, after a controversial foul call by referee Hue Hollins in game 5 of that series.

However, Jordan and the Bulls were unable to overcome the eventual Eastern Conference champion Orlando Magic, which included Horace Grant, Anfernee Hardaway, and Shaquille O ' Neal.

The conference semi-finals were more challenging with the Charlotte Hornets stealing game two from the Bulls at the United Center, and tying the series 1 – 1.

Experts were of the opinion that the Pacers had the best chance to defeat the Bulls.

Krause felt that the Bulls were on the verge of being too old and unable to compete.

The Bulls improved from 15 to 21 wins, although they were still tied for last in the league.

In the 2006 NBA Draft, the Bulls were awarded forward-center LaMarcus Aldridge and immediately traded him to the Portland Trail Blazers for forward Tyrus Thomas and forward Viktor Khryapa.

The Heat finished the regular season with a 44 – 38 record and faced the Chicago Bulls in the first round of the 2007 NBA Playoffs, to whom they lost 4 – 0 in the best of seven series.

No NBA team had ever come back from a 0 – 3 deficit to win the series, but the Bulls avoided a sweep by winning Game 4 by 10 points.

The Bulls proved the it was not just the " Jordan Curse ", and would prevail yet again sweeping the Cavs 3 – 0 in the first round encounter.

The Pistons ' championship run came to an end in the 1991 Eastern Conference Finals, as the Pistons were swept by the eventual NBA champion Chicago Bulls, 4 games to 0.

After disposing of the Red Bulls 5 – 2 in the season's final game, they decisively conquered New England in the first round of the playoffs with a 3 – 0 victory at home.

After posting career-bests in scoring ( 15. 1 ppg ), rebounding ( 11. 0 rpg ) and assists ( 3. 4 apg ), he left the Bulls as a free agent and joined the Orlando Magic, led by Shaquille O ' Neal and Penny Hardaway.

On May 14, Chiefs DH Michael Aubrey went 4 for 4 ( all hits home runs ) in an 11 – 0 victory over the Durham Bulls, becoming only the second player in team history to hit four home runs in a game ( Gene Locklear hit four home runs in one game on July 14, 1977 ).

| 2007 || rowspan =" 4 "| New York Red Bulls || rowspan =" 7 "| Major League Soccer || 24 || 19 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 ||-||-|| 27 || 20

2011 saw the Wolves register impressive victories away to Leeds Rhinos ( 6 – 42 ), Bradford Bulls ( 14 – 58 ) and Salford City Reds ( 0 – 60 ).

They also registered big scorelines at home to Harlequins RL ( 84 – 6 ), Bradford Bulls ( 64 – 6 ), Wakefield Trinity Wildcats ( 66 – 12 ) and Castleford Tigers ( 62 – 0 ).

| 2004 || rowspan =" 5 "| New York Red Bulls || rowspan =" 5 "| Major League Soccer || 28 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 0 ||-||-|| 31 || 1

| 2006 || rowspan =" 5 "| New York Red Bulls || rowspan =" 5 "| Major League Soccer || 11 || 3 ||-||-|| 2 || 0 ||-||-|| 13 || 3

He made his debut on 19 July 2008 against Toronto, in a 0 – 0 draw, and scored his first goal against New York Red Bulls on 27 July.

| 2009 || rowspan =" 2 "| New York Red Bulls || 19 || 0 || 1 || 1 ||-||-|| 1 || 0 || 21 || 1

Walker played his final six seasons with the Chicago Bulls, and never averaged less than 19. 2 points and 5. 0 rebounds a game.

After averaging 11. 0 points and 8. 3 rebounds for the Bullets during the 1965-1966 season, Kerr was selected by the Chicago Bulls in the NBA Expansion Draft.

He made his official debut for New York on 19 March 2011, in the Red Bulls ' 2011 MLS season opener, a 1 – 0 victory over Seattle Sounders FC.

The City Islanders repeated the feat in 2010, knocking off Major League Soccer's New York Red Bulls 1 – 0 in the round of 16 and claiming a cash prize for advancing furthest of any USL-PRO team in the tournament.

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He played 18 games with the Bulls and averaged 1. 1 points and 0. 4 rebounds per game.

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