May 1999 Sport Cover (Gary Payton, Seattle Super Sonics) original six Chapman was fired after the

Chapman was fired after the 1948 season

when a team of the same name were regularly playing for the Stanley Cup (which predates the NHL)

a blue line is interwoven into the grass

Though they weren't the "original" teams per se (the league saw many teams come and go from its birth in 1917 to the period of relative stability in '42)

receiving more coverage than FDR

May 1999 Sport Cover (Gary Payton, Seattle Super Sonics) original six Chapman was fired after the1999 SPORT Cover featuring Gary Payton of the Seattle Super Sonics. Take home a piece of history with a SPORT Magazine cover, available as a fine art stretch canvas or fine art print. Each reproduction is printed on 100% Hahnemuhle Photo Pearl paper using UltraChrome K3 pigmented inks and produced to the highest standard of archival quality available. Canvases are printed and stretched by hand in Toronto. Each print and canvas is done by hand and made