Editing Backyard Sports (section)

===2013–2020: Post-sale and attempted relaunch===
In July 2013, private equity firm The Evergreen Group bought the ''Backyard Sports'' franchise during the Atari bankruptcy proceedings for its portfolio company, Epic Gear LLC.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130724006402/en/Evergreen-Group-Agreed-Acquire-Backyard-Sports-Video/|title = The Evergreen Group Has Agreed to Acquire Backyard Sports Video Game Franchise|website=Businesswire.com|date = 24 July 2013}}</ref>

In February 2014, Day6 Sports Group acquired the franchise from Epic Gear.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NBA, Day 6 to Reboot Backyard Sports {{!}} License Global |url=https://www.licenseglobal.com/sports/nba-day-6-reboot-backyard-sports |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=www.licenseglobal.com |language=en}}</ref> The company announced to relaunch the franchise in December with ''Backyard Sports NBA Basketball'' for smartphones and tablets, with Golden State Warriors point guard [[Stephen Curry]] as the cover athlete.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Srisavasdi |first=Greg |date=2014-12-13 |title=Stephen Curry To Help Re-Launch Backyard Sports Franchise |url=https://deepestdream.com/stephen-curry-to-help-re-launch-backyard-sports-franchise/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Deepest Dream |language=en-US}}</ref> Two mobile games, ''Backyard Sports: Baseball 2015'' and ''Baseball	Sports: NBA Basketball 2015'', were released in February 2015, but Day6 did not release any further titles afterward, as the company was acquired by a European investment group in 2016<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kram|first=Zach|date=2017-10-10|title=How 'Backyard Baseball' Became a Cult Classic|url=https://www.theringer.com/features/2017/10/10/16451300/backyard-baseball-20-year-anniversary|access-date=2020-12-31|website=The Ringer|language=en}}</ref> and later went out of business in 2020.<ref name="Time Extension Kelce"/>

In April 2019, Humongous's social media pages tweeted an image of the original ''Junior Sports'' logo, hinting at a possible re-release of the original games and/or the developer having re-secured the rights to the series proper,<ref>{{cite tweet|author=Humongous|author-link=Humongous Entertainment|user=HumongousEnt|number=1119371805787975681|date=April 19, 2019|title=[Image-only tweet; image shows a red exclamation point on a transparent background overlaid with the words "It's Junior Sports" in blue.]|access-date=May 17, 2019}}</ref><ref name="barrelrolled-humongous">{{cite web|last=Schmidt|first=Eugene|title=Humongous Entertainment coming to consoles|url=https://barrelrolled.com/humongous-entertainment-coming-to-consoles|website=Barrelrolled|access-date=2019-05-17 |date=2019-04-24|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="dualshockers-humongous">{{cite web|last=Frech|first=Ricky|title=Humongous Entertainment is Bringing Their Collection of 90s Classics to Consoles|url=https://www.dualshockers.com/humongous-entertainment-is-bringing-their-collection-of-90s-classics-to-consoles/|website=DualShockers|access-date=2019-05-17|date=2019-04-24|df=mdy-all}}</ref> but a week prior, Humongous replied to a Twitter post saying that they didn't own the rights to the franchise.