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The Sacramento Kings of the NBA (shown playing at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento) are the state capital’s only major professional sports team. There are many professional sports teams based in California, participating in sports such as baseball, American football, soccer, basketball, ice hockey, lacrosse, and ultimate.
Defunct basketball teams in California (3 C, 13 P) A. Agua Caliente Clippers (2 C) B. Bakersfield Jam (2 C, 2 P) O. Ontario Clippers (3 C) S. Santa Cruz Warriors (3 C ...
As with the other division championship trophies, it is named after one of the many African American pioneers from NBA history. Chuck Cooper became the first African-American to be drafted by an NBA team when the Boston Celtics selected him with the first pick in the second round of the 1950 draft. The Cooper Trophy consists of a 200-millimetre ...
The following list contains all urban areas in the United States and Canada containing at least one team in any of the six major leagues. The number of teams in the Big Four leagues (B4) (NFL, [2] MLB, [3] NBA, [4] and NHL [5]) and the Big Six leagues (B6) (aforementioned leagues plus MLS [6] and CFL) [7] are included in the table below.
This article is a list of teams that play in the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada: Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Football League (NFL), the National Hockey League (NHL), Major League Soccer (MLS), and the Canadian Football League (CFL).
Team School City Conference Sport sponsorship Foot-ball Basketball Base-ball Soft-ball Soccer M W M W California Baptist Lancers: California Baptist University: Riverside: WAC: Cal Poly Mustangs: California Polytechnic State University: San Luis Obispo: Big West: FCS [a] Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners: California State University ...
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional men's basketball league, consisting of 30 teams in North America—29 in the United States and one in Canada.The NBA was founded in New York City on June 6, 1946, as the Basketball Association of America (BAA). [1]
In 1993, it joined New York in having two teams in each of the four major sports (MLB's Dodgers and Angels, NFL's Rams and Raiders, NBA's Lakers and Clippers, and NHL's Kings and Mighty Ducks), but lost both of its NFL teams in 1995. The Rams moved back to Los Angeles in 2016, restoring the city to four-sport status.