The Springfield Fame were a men's spring-professional basketball team in the United States Basketball League from Springfield, Massachusetts, the hometown of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, which gave the inspiration of the team name.
In their inaugural season, they finished with a record of 19-6 and were the first USBL Champions.
In their second season, the Fame made national headlines by signing 27-year-old women's basketball legend Nancy Lieberman.
Lieberman thus became the first female basketball player to play regular season minutes in a men's pro league.
They would finish second with a 23–10 record and 0.5 game behind the Tampa Bay Flash.