If you love the odd corners of American football history, the San Antonio Toros are catnip. In an era when the NFL–AFL merger was...

When the Continental Football League (CoFL) was reintroduced earlier this year, one of its central promises was to bring football back to the communities that live and breathe the game, but often go overlooked by the NFL. Today, that promise takes another step forward with the announcement of the Texas Syndicate, the newest member of the CoFL and the first official franchise in the league’s Southern Division.