page_title: Sports in Maryland
section_title: University of Maryland, College Park
hierarchical_section_title: Sports in Maryland / Collegiate sports / NCAA Division I / University of Maryland, College Park
caption_attribution_description: Comcast Center at the University of Maryland, College Park, panorama. (Based on Image:Comcast Center at UMCP, main entrance panorama, August 21, 2006.jpg, cropped by User:Ddxc — somewhat less panorama, removed uninteresting sky/ground.)
context_page_description: Maryland has a number of major and minor professional sports franchises. Two National Football League teams play in Maryland, the Baltimore Ravens in Baltimore and the Washington Redskins in Prince George's County. The Baltimore Orioles compete as Major League Baseball franchise in Baltimore.
  Other professional sports franchises in the state include five affiliated minor league baseball teams, one independent league baseball team, the Baltimore Blast indoor soccer team, two indoor football teams, two low-level Basketball teams, three low-level outdoor soccer teams and the Chesapeake Bayhawks of Major League Lacrosse.
  The Congressional Country Club and Aronimink Golf Club have hosted several professional golf tournaments, including the U.S. Open, PGA Championship, U.S. Senior Open, Senior PGA Championship, Kemper Open and Quicken Loans National.
  Maryland has had famous athletes including baseball's Cal Ripken Jr. and Babe Ruth, and Olympic swimming medalists Michael Phelps and Katie Hoff.
  Since 1962, the official state sport of Maryland is jousting.
context_section_description: The University of Maryland, College Park sports teams participate in NCAA Division I as a member of the Big Ten Conference. Prior to 2014, the school participated in Division I as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, of which it was a founding member. Its teams are called the Terrapins, and its mascot is a diamondback terrapin named Testudo.
caption: Xfinity Center
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