The Butte Daredevils were a basketball team in the

Continental Basketball Association The Continental Basketball Association (CBA) (originally known as the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League, and later as the Eastern Professional Basketball League and the Eastern Basketball Association) was a men's professional basketball m ...

that played from 2006 to 2008. They played their home games at the

Butte Civic Center The Butte Civic Center is a 7,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Butte, Montana, USA. Opened in 1952, it hosts locals sporting events and concerts as well as political events. It was the home of the Continental Basketball Association's Butte Dar ...

Butte, Montana Butte ( ) is a consolidated city-county and the county seat of Silver Bow County, Montana, United States. In 1977, the city and county governments consolidated to form the sole entity of Butte-Silver Bow. The city covers , and, according to th ...

. The team was named in honor of Butte native

Evel Knievel Robert Craig "Evel" Knievel (; October 17, 1938 – November 30, 2007) was an American stunt performer and entertainer. Over the course of his career, he attempted more than 75 ramp-to-ramp motorcycle jumps. Knievel was inducted into the Mot ...

, the famous daredevil. The franchise hosted the 2007 CBA All-Star Game. The team folded in August 2008 via a letter to the

Montana Standard ''The Montana Standard'' is a Lee Enterprises daily newspaper and website in Butte, Montana. In 1971, under the leadership of Betty Danfield, the paper's women's section The women's page (sometimes called home page or women's section) of a new ...

newspaper after months of speculation.

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