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Sports in New York

New York City is a home to the main branch of The National Football League. Although, New York City has a vibrant and distinguished sports history.

 sports in New York

The city is also the origin for the headquarters of the National Hockey League,


National Basketball Association, both Major and Minor League Baseball, Women’s National Soccer League and the Major League Soccer.


sports in NYC
The New York metropolitan area and the Los Angeles metropolitan area are the two cities with more than one team in each of the four Major Professional Sports League along with other nine authorizations. New York has a total number of eleven sports teams which among them, there are five most important professional sports leagues in the United States.
Queens also plays an important role in the growth of the sports culture as it is the host of
Tennis’ US Open
US Open


known as one of the four Grand Slam Tournaments. New York City Marathon is also famous throughout the world.

NYC Marathon
golden gloves tournament

 Boxing is also the vital part of the city’s sport’s culture. The Amateur Boxing Golden Gloves Tournament held at the Madison Square every year.


Boxing

 In the year 1984, the New York City also hosted the 1984 Summer Paralympics. In 1996, the city hosted the World Cup of Hockey and the 1998 Goodwill Games.
Goodwill games


Major League Sports

BASEBALL

baseball

 There are Two Major League baseball teams, New York Yankees and the New York Mets which represents New York.
baseball teams
The city was the homeland of the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers which were later changed to the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers respectively. The 14 World Series Baseball Championship Series are there which are also known as the Subway Series. There are also two Minor League Baseball teams representing the city which are Staten Island Yankees
yankee baseball stadium

and Brooklyn Cyclones with several sovereign Minor League teams throughout the metro area.

FOOTBALL

Football is the most chased sport of the city which served in the National Football League
national football league NYC
for the New York Giants
New York Giants

and the New York Jets. Both the teams play in the MetLife Stadium in nearby East Rutherford, New Jersey near New York City.

BASKETBALL


basketball


on the other hand, is most widely played amusement sports in the city and professional basketball is also widely followed. The New York Knicks
women basketball team
and the Brooklyn Nets are the two traditional teams of the National Basketball Association. These teams were the first to represent Brooklyn in over 50 years after their migration to the New Jersey for the NBA series. There is also a Woman’s National Basketball Association team known as New York Liberty.

women basketball tournament

 The city has a strong connection with college basketball and professional basketball, The Madison Square, a homeland for the NEW YORK KNICKS is also called the “Mecca Of Basketball”.

ICE HOCKEY


ice hockey
Ice Hockey is also one of the most widely popular sports. There are various teams of Ice Hockey representing different boroughs and cantons of New York. The New York Rangers are the part of National Hockey League representing Manhattan.
major hockey league

The New York Islanders represents Brooklyn and plays in the Barclays Center. The Newark, New Jersey is a hometown of New Jersey Devils and they also play in the New York Metro area.

SOCCER


soccer in NYC
There are three teams representing New York in Soccer in the top divisions for men and women in conjunction with New York Red Bulls, New York City FC
team redbulls
of  Major League  Soccer whereas the Sky Blue FC of the Women’s Soccer League
sky blue FC
soccer teams representing NYC
. The Red Bulls plays at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey. The New York Yankees joined the Major League Soccer in 2015 and a new team New York City FC is owned by Manchester City FC.

There are other games played in New York like:


Auto racing

Fencing

Horse Racing

Golf

Lacrosse

Polo

Rugby League

Rugby Union

Running

Ultimate Frisbee

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