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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.
The Cleveland Browns relocation controversy left the city without an active NFL team from 1996 to 1999, with the NFL officially regarding the Browns as suspended. Kansas City had teams from all four sports (MLB's Royals , NFL's Chiefs , NBA's Kings , and NHL's Scouts ) from 1974, when the expansion Scouts began play, to 1976, when the Scouts ...
The most recent market to receive a new "Big Four" team is Salt Lake City, Utah, which saw the NHL's Utah Hockey Club make their debut for the 2024-25 season. The largest urban area without a team in one of the big four leagues is the 30th-ranked Austin region, though it has a Major League Soccer team—Austin FC.
The NFL uses several other stadiums on a regular basis in addition to the teams' designated regular home sites. In England, two London venues – Wembley Stadium and from 2016 to 2018 the Twickenham Stadium then the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium – are contracted to host a combined four games per season, as part of the NFL International Series ...
New York City has won the most professional sports championships of any American city. This is a list of cities in the United States that field or have fielded teams in North American men's professional sports leagues, showing the number of league championships each city has won. The championships won are recorded for the cities only, not the ...
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The team started as the "Boston Patriots" in 1959 and was part of the old American Football League, or AFL, before joining the NFL in 1970. They became the New England Patriots when they moved to ...
When a team relocates to a new city, the number of championships won in the prior city remain with that city. Championships counted are only from the top-tier/dominant league or leagues in each of the six major North American team sports — American football, baseball, basketball, Canadian football, ice hockey, as well as soccer (or ...