[1] As of 2025, the Steamrollers were the last professional sports franchise from one of the Big Four leagues to be based in Rhode Island.

The Steamrollers were one of the original eleven NBA franchises (when the league was called the Basketball Association of America).

[3] In 1980 entrepreneur Robert "Skip" Chernov attempted to bring the Steamrollers back to the NBA.

Chernov had purchased the rights to the Steamroller's from Lou Pieri's estate and believed that the NBA bylaws at the time would allow him to resurrect the franchise.

Ultimately, the court ruled in the NBA's favor and the short-lived attempt to resurrect the Providence Steamrollers failed.