Founded in 2007, the Steam first played in the 2008-09 ABA season.

Based in the Chicago suburb of South Holland, Illinois, the Steam plays its home games at South Suburban College.

In February 2013, a player for Steam women's team filed a lawsuit against team owner Ron Hicks over taking money for a trip which never occurred then keeping the money.

Many other former players made complaints over failure to be paid or paying for trips which never occurred.

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