The Chicago Steam is a

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team of the

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

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suburb of

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, the Steam plays its home games at

South Suburban College South Suburban College is a public community college in South Holland, Illinois. It has a second campus in Oak Forest, Illinois. History South Suburban College was founded in 1927 as Thornton Junior College. At that time, the college was an ext ...

History

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.

References

External links

Chicago Steam Basketball official website
2008 establishments in Illinois Defunct American Basketball Association (2000–present) teams

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