The Blitz gave it a go for two seasons — sort of — before dying on the vine. Playing games on ABC and ESPN in the spring, they were a winning team in 1983 and drew as many as 32,000 fans to a ...

In the 1980s, the original USFL touched Chicago in a number of ways. And when Donald Trump encouraged the league to take on the NFL, it led to the USFL's demise.