Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
City Current team(s) Current ballpark(s) Capacity Former team(s) Bradenton: Pittsburgh Pirates (1969–present) LECOM Park [1] 6,602 St. Louis Cardinals (1923–24) Philadelphia Phillies (1925–27) Boston Red Sox (1928–29) Boston Braves/Milwaukee Braves (1928–40, 1948–61) Kansas City/Oakland Athletics (1963–68) Clearwater
Each is the richest professional club competition in its respective sport worldwide. The best players can become cultural icons in both countries and elsewhere in the world, because the leagues enjoy a significant place in popular culture in the U.S. and Canada. The NFL and NHL each have 32 teams, and the MLB and the NBA each have 30 teams.
MLB playoff bracket: *Standings current as of Oct. 1. American League Wild Card: No. 6 Detroit Tigers vs. No. 3 Houston Astros. No. 5 Kansas City Royals vs. No. 4 Baltimore Orioles. American ...
The NFL is the only major league to have no team based in a Canadian city; the closest teams to Canada are the Buffalo Bills and Detroit Lions, both representing cities located on the U.S.–Canada border. The Lions play in downtown Detroit, 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from Windsor, Ontario. The Bills' stadium is located 21 kilometres (13 mi) south ...
Kansas City and St. Louis currently have two teams each, while the other cities have three. Atlanta had teams from all four sports (MLB’s Atlanta Braves, NFL’s Atlanta Falcons, NBA’s Atlanta Hawks, and NHL’s Atlanta Flames) from 1972, when the expansion Flames began play, until 1980, when the Flames moved to Calgary.
The team's No. 2 and 3 pitching prospects – Jarlin Susana and Travis Sykora – are still years away from being MLB-ready. 9) New York Yankees Top 5 prospects:
Games of the Cincinnati Reds and Kansas City Royals baseball teams, the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League, and various college sports teams also aired on the network. Sports Time showed Reggie Jackson 's 500th career home run on September 17, 1984.