Timeline of women's sports in the United States the ban on the signing of women to contracts, a ban that had existed since 1952. 1992 - Manon Rhéaume, from Canada, became the first woman to play in a National Hockey League game, which also made her the first woman to play in any of the major professional North American sports leagues; she played for the Tampa Bay Lightning against the St. Louis Blues, and stopped seven of nine shots. 1993 - Sherry Davies became the first woman public address announcer in major league baseball, working for the San Francisco Giants. 1993 - USA Boxing officially lifted its ban
Sport in the United Kingdom divisions above and the lowest-ranking teams in each division are relegated. Previously, many of these teams competed in the BAFL which entered administration in 2010. The national team is known as the GB Lions and represents the United Kingdom in international gridiron. Formed in 1991 the London Monarchs played in NFL Europe. With attendances slumping to an average of 5,944 the Monarchs became defunct seven years later, and with the league making a reported $30 million loss per season the NFL announced the end of NFL Europe in 2007. Despite the minor status of the sport in the United Kingdom,