Officially it started on August 12, 1994 with the first day of the MLBPA strike and ended on July 4, 1995 with the abbreviated 1995 MLB season, and given the folly that was MLS in 1995, it wasn’t totally without sports, but all four major professional leagues were shut down because of disputes between owners and players during that time. Football lost what would have been the 75th NFL season. Hockey and basketball lost the 1994-95 season’s entirely. And MLS...I only brin it up because I was at Columbus’ inaugural game and, oddly enough, at its last one as well. What a sad joke that League was.
Given how all four leagues’ labor situations went to hell at once, is there any way to save ANY of them? For a challenge, save all four with no interruptions and have sports turn into the money and entertainment juggernaut it was looking to become.