Los Angeles Temptation

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In 2004, the first Lingerie Bowl was played during halftime of Super Bowl XXXVIII between two teams of models and actresses wearing lingerie and minimal protective football gear. Team Dream was captained by Nikki Ziering and shutout the Angie Everhart-captained Team Euphoria with a single touchdown, winning the inaugural event 6–0.{{cite news|title=Lingerie bowl full of . . . surprises|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2004/02/02/lingerie-bowl-full-of-surprises/|access-date=27 January 2016|work=Chicago Tribune|date=February 2, 2004}}{{cite web|last1=Caple|first1=Jim|title=Are you ready for some football?|url=https://www.espn.com/page2/s/caple/031204.html|website=Page 2|publisher=ESPN|access-date=27 January 2016}} In the following year, the team was renamed Los Angeles Temptation and the Super Bowl halftime event was expanded by two more teams, the Dallas Desire and Chicago Bliss.{{cite news |author=John Gonzalez |title=First-String Divas |work=Dallas Observer |date=2004-06-03}} After defeating the Dallas Desire in the Western Final (a semi-final competition that included a skill test, a 3-on-2 match, and a dance competition) with a score of 68–36, they met again with the re-named New York Euphoria at the final of Lingerie Bowl II and won again. In 2006, they defeated the Dallas Desire again in the semifinal, but lost 13–12 to the New York Euphoria in Lingerie Bowl III. The Lingerie Bowl was then cancelled for various reasons from 2007 through 2009.

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In 2009, the event organizers launched the concept as a full league called the Lingerie Football League (LFL), culminating in the Lingerie Bowl as the championship game between the conference champions, still during the Super Bowl halftime.{{cite news |first=Todd |last=Wright |work=NBC Miami |title=Hard Rock to Host Lingerie Bowl VII |url=http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/Lingerie-Bowl-to-Stimulate-the-Hard-Rock-80639057.html |date=January 4, 2010 |accessdate=February 23, 2010}}{{cite news |first=Bill |last=Geist |work=CBS Sunday Morning |title=Lacing Up for the Lingerie Bowl; Bill Geist Learns LFL Players Really Love Football, and Don't Mind Playing in Their Underwear |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lacing-up-for-the-lingerie-bowl/ |date=February 7, 2010 |access-date=February 23, 2010 |archive-date=January 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126005739/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/02/07/sunday/main6183312.shtml |url-status=live }} The Temptation were one of the ten teams to participate in the inaugural 2009–10 LFL season, with one game indoors at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena and one outdoors at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.{{cite press release |agency=PRNewswire |title=Lingerie Football League Season Finale Set to Take Place at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/lingerie-football-league-season-finale-set-place-los-angeles-memorial-coliseum/ |date=January 25, 2010 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The Temptation won the Western Conference and then defeated the Eastern Conference champion Chicago Bliss by the score of 27–14 in Lingerie Bowl VII.{{cite news |first=Eddie |last=Perlas |work=NBC Chicago |title=Chicago Bliss Fall in Lingerie Bowl |url=http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/sports/Chicago-Bliss-Fall-in-Lingerie-Bowl-football-los-angeles-temptation-83829572.html |date=February 8, 2010 |accessdate=February 23, 2010}} They played both their 2010–11 LFL season home games at the Coliseum before moving to Ontario, California, and indoors at Citizens Business Bank Arena in 2011. The Temptation won the all three Lingerie Bowls after the launch of the LFL.

Following the 2011–12 LFL season, the league rebranded as the Legends Football League and shifted away from the Super Bowl halftime event, changing its championship game to the Legends Cup. The league also shifted the season to a spring and summer schedule that launched in 2013. In 2013 and 2014, the Temptation continued to play at Citizens Business Bank Arena. In 2015, the league placed the Las Vegas Sin at the arena after the Sin lost their home venue and the Temptation moved back to the outdoor Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, but returned to Ontario in 2016. The Temptation never made it to the Legends Cup until 2019, the last LFL season played.

On December 13, 2019, the LFL announced that it would not be producing a 2020 season and would re-evaluate markets in the future.{{Cite web |url=https://www.totalprosports.com/2019/12/13/breaking-legends-football-league-shuts-down-after-10-years-of-service/ |title=BREAKING: LEGENDS FOOTBALL LEAGUE SHUTS DOWN AFTER 10 YEARS OF SERVICE |access-date=December 13, 2019 |website=Total Pro Sports}} Four days later, the Extreme Football League (X League) was announced to begin play in April 2020 with all previous LFL references redirecting to the new entity.{{cite web |url=https://brobible.com/sports/article/lingerie-league-rebranded-extreme-x-football-league/ |title=Lingerie Football League Is Getting Re-Branded Again, Will Now Be Called The Extreme Football League |website=brobible |date=December 18, 2019}} The league size remained at eight teams, initially all in the same markets as the former LFL teams, but under new team branding and the Temptation were replaced by the Los Angeles Black Storm.

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• Eric Dickerson – 2004 head coach
• Katie Lohmann – 2006 quarterback
• Jim McMahon – 2006 head coach
• Deanna Merryman – 2005 player
• Cora Skinner – 2006 player
• Tamara Witmer – 2005 team captain
• Nikki Ziering – 2004 team captain

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