"It was always hard," said Boeheim, a lifer since the league's seven-team inception in 1979-80.
Since the teams' inceptions, yearly undergraduate applications have jumped from a little more than 2,100 to more than 2,900, and the president said hockey was a a significant factor.
Murphy has called Mets games since the team's inception in 1962.
Hanson's father, John White, was 44 when he became the Blazers' news media liaison upon the team's inception in 1970.
"There are no dead spots, just wide-open action," said John Gregory, the head coach since the team's inception in 1995, who will continue with the Dragons.
The Force left the league it had played in since the team's inception in 2003 and joined the 60-team Women's Football Alliance, regarded as the premier league in this fast-growing sport.
Landry was head coach of the Cowboys from the team's inception in 1960 through 1988, and he created a stir in the National Football League with innovative schemes and his team's success.
Beeston, a Canadian, came to baseball's executive offices from Toronto, where he had served as a Blue Jays executive since the team's inception in 1977, becoming president in 1989.
"Why make the taxpayer shell it out, when two years prior to this, he was paying for everything?" Although a new arena would play host to concerts and other events, the election centered around the viability of the Islanders, who became a source of civic pride less than a decade after the team's inception, winning the Stanley Cup four straight times from 1980 to 1983.
The Chiefs have employed a cheerleading squad since the team's inception in 1960.
The Panthers' uniforms consist of black, white, and blue jerseys paired with white and silver pants, a pattern which has only seen minor changes since the team's inception.
