NEW YORK (AP) — The United Football League says it is adding a team in Norfolk, Va.
The team will be the UFL’s sixth team overall and second expansion franchise for the 2011 season, joining one in Omaha, Neb. The league says it hopes to expand to up to 14 teams.
The league’s board approved Virginia businessman Jim Speros as the provisional owner of the team, and former Washington Redskins quarterback Doug Williams as the general manager.
Speros was the founding owner of a Baltimore-based team that played in the Canadian Football League in the mid-1990s, and coached with the Redskins under Hall of Famer Joe Gibbs. Williams was the MVP of the 1988 Super Bowl.
The league’s first four teams are in Florida, Connecticut, Nevada and California.
