User:Orser67/champs
List of MLB championships by metropolitan area
[edit]The following list shows World Series championships (since 1903) by metropolitan area. Championships are assigned to the metropolitan area where the franchise played at the time that it won the championship.[1]
List of NHL championships by metropolitan area
[edit]The following list shows NHL championships (since 1918) by metropolitan area. Although this list heavily overlaps with Stanley Cup championships, the NHL champion was not the Stanley Cup champion in 1919 and 1925.[2][3][4]
List of NFL championships by metropolitan area
[edit]The following list shows NFL championships (since 1920) by metropolitan area. The list shows NFL championships prior to the 1966 AFL–NFL merger, as well as Super Bowl championships after that merger.[5][6]
List of NBA championships by metropolitan area
[edit]The following list shows NBA championships (since 1947) by metropolitan area.[7][8]
List of CFL championships by metropolitan area
[edit]The following list shows CFL championships (since 1958) by metropolitan area.[9][10]
List of MLS championships by metropolitan area
[edit]The following list shows MLS Cup championships (since 1996) by metropolitan area.[11]
List of defunct league championships by metropolitan area
[edit]During the 20th century, the AAFC, AFL, ABA, and WHA all challenged the existing major professional sports leagues, and all eventually merged with the established leagues or had multiple franchises absorbed by them.[12] Additionally, the North American Soccer League operated as the top-level, major professional soccer league in the United States from 1968 to 1984.[13] The following list shows AAFC championships (1946–1949),[6] AFL championships (1960–1965),[6] ABA championships (1968–1976),[8] WHA championships (1973–1979),[3] and NASL championships[14] (1968–1984) by metropolitan area.
Number of championships by metropolitan area
[edit]The following list shows the number major professional sports league championships won by the metropolitan area.
- ^ "MLB World Series Winners". ESPN. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ "All-Time Stanley Cup Champions". NHL.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ a b "NHL/WHA Playoffs". Hockey Reference. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ "Stanley Cup Champions 1918-1929". NHL.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ "NFL CHAMPIONS 1920-2015". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ a b c "Pro Football & NFL History". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ "NBA Season Recaps: 1946-2017". NBA.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ a b "NBA & ABA Champions". Basketball Reference. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ "GREY CUP WINNERS". Canadian Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ "Canadian Football League (CFL)". Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ "MLS Cup Winners Through The Years". Sports Illustrated. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ Moore, Jack (27 May 2015). "Racial equality, three-pointers and big money: why US sports need rival leagues". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ "History". U.S. Soccer. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ "Yearly results". NASL. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ "MLS announces new strategy for Los Angeles market, 2015 conference alignment" (Press release). Major League Soccer. 27 October 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
{{cite press release}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b Freedman, Jonah (January 5, 2012). "The Throw-In: Did eliminating Tampa, Miami save MLS?". Major League Soccer. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
- ^ a b Rosano, Nicholas (December 20, 2017). "Nashville awarded MLS expansion club". MLSSoccer.com. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- ^ Bloom, Barry M. (29 September 2004). "MLB selects D.C. for Expos". MLB.com. Retrieved 29 September 2004.
- ^ "Ballpark financing issue may kill deal". ESPN.com. Associated Press. December 15, 2004.
- ^ "Announcement will come Wednesday". ESPN.com. Associated Press. September 28, 2004.
- ^ Rosenthal, Gregg (March 27, 2017). "NFL team owners approve Raiders' move to Las Vegas". National Football League. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
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