Query: Professional sports teams in Philadelphia.

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1970 NFL season <=SEP=> The 1970 NFL season was the 51st regular season of the National Football League, and the first one after the AFL-NFL Merger.The merger forced a realignment between the combined league's clubs. Because there were 16 NFL teams and 10 AFL teams, three teams needed to transfer to balance the two new conferences at 13 teams each. In May 1969, the Baltimore Colts, Cleveland Browns, and the Pittsburgh Steelers agreed to join all ten AFL teams to form the American Football Conference (AFC).

American Ultimate Disc League <=SEP=> The American Ultimate Disc League (AUDL) is one of two professional level ultimate frisbee leagues in North America, the other being Major League Ultimate. It was founded by Josh Moore, and its inaugural season began in April 2012 with eight teams. Regular season games are played during the months of April through July. The playoffs consist of division championships and culminate with a championship game in August.

Aniversario: Never Compromise <=SEP=> Aniversario: Never Compromise was a professional wrestling internet pay-per-view (iPPV) event produced by the Chikara promotion, that took place on June 2, 2013, at the Trocadero Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The event marked Chikara's fourth iPPV, third to take place at the Trocadero Theatre and the promotion's only event to take place in Philadelphia in 2013. Much like the previous iPPV, Under the Hood, Aniversario: Never Compromise also aired through Smart Mark Video.

Arizona Cardinals <=SEP=> The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in the Phoenix, Arizona metropolitan area. The Cardinals are currently members of the West division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The Cardinals were founded in 1898, and are the oldest continuously run professional football team in the United States.The team was established in Chicago in 1898 and was a charter member of the NFL in 1920.

Average attendances of professional sports teams in the United States and Canada <=SEP=> The following professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada average over four-thousand fans in attendance per game: National Football League (67,604) Major League Baseball (30,514) Canadian Football League (28,193) Major League Soccer (19,148) National Hockey League (17,455) National Basketball Association (17,407) National Lacrosse League  (9,722) Arena Football League  (7,841) Women's National Basketball Association (7,452) North American Soccer League (6,121) Major League Lacrosse (5,608) National Women's Soccer League (4,271) Major Indoor Soccer League (4,005)°°The statistics provided in the following table are from each the leagues' latest completed seasons, with teams that have since suspended operations or folded omitted.

Centennial F.C. <=SEP=> Centennial F.C. also known as Philadelphia Centennials, was an early twentieth century amateur U.S. soccer team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Clearwater Threshers <=SEP=> The Clearwater Threshers are a minor league baseball team that currently plays in the Florida State League. Since 2004, the team competes in the West Division.The team plays its home games at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida which opened in 2004. Bright House Field seats more than 7,000 fans. A single-game attendance record of 9,090 was set on July 3, 2008.The team is the High-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies.

Comcast SportsNet <=SEP=> Comcast SportsNet (CSN), also known under the corporate names NBC Sports Regional Networks or Comcast Sports Group, is the collective name for a group of regional sports networks in the United States that are primarily owned and operated by Comcast, and operated through the NBC Sports Group unit of NBCUniversal.Each of the networks carry regional broadcasts of sporting events from various professional, collegiate and high school sports teams (with broadcasts typically exclusive to each individual network, although some are shown on more than one CSN network within a particular team's designated market area), along with regional and national sports discussion, documentary and analysis programs.

Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia <=SEP=> Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia (sometimes abbreviated as CSN Philadelphia) is an American regional sports network that is owned by the NBC Sports Group unit of NBCUniversal, which in turn is owned by locally based cable television provider Comcast (and owns a controlling 75% interest), and the Philadelphia Phillies (which owns the remaining 25%). It is the flagship owned-and-operated outlet of Comcast SportsNet.

Curse of Billy Penn <=SEP=> The Curse of Billy Penn was a curse used to explain the failure of major professional sports teams based in Philadelphia to win championships since the March 1987 construction of the One Liberty Place skyscraper, which exceeded the height of William Penn's statue atop Philadelphia City Hall.The curse apparently ended on October 29, 2008, when the Philadelphia Phillies won the 2008 World Series, a year and four months after a statuette of the William Penn figure atop City Hall was affixed to the final beam during the June 2007 topping-off of the Comcast Center, currently the tallest building in the city.

Golden State Warriors <=SEP=> The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in Oakland, California. They are a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Helena Brewers <=SEP=> The Helena Brewers are a minor league baseball team in the Pioneer League and are the Advanced Rookie affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. They are located in Helena, Montana.

Hilldale Club <=SEP=> The Hilldale Athletic Club (informally known as Darby Daisies) was an African American professional baseball team based in Darby, Pennsylvania, west of Philadelphia. Established as a boys team in 1910, the Hilldales were developed by their early manager, then owner Ed Bolden to be one of the powerhouse Negro league baseball teams. They won the first three Eastern Colored League pennants beginning in 1923 and in 1925 won the second Colored World Series.

King of the Ring (1995) <=SEP=> King of the Ring (1995) was the third annual King of the Ring professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on June 25, 1995, at the CoreStates Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.The main event was a tag team match in which WWF Champion Diesel and Bam Bam Bigelow faced Tatanka and Sycho Sid. Diesel won the match by pinning Tatanka.

Lancaster Barnstormers <=SEP=> The Lancaster Barnstormers are an American professional baseball team based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. They are a member of the Freedom Division of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball.

Lehigh Valley IronPigs <=SEP=> The Lehigh Valley IronPigs are a minor league baseball team that plays in the International League. The IronPigs are the Triple-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies. The team plays their home games at Coca-Cola Park, which is located in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The brand new Coca-Cola Park, which opened for the start of the IronPigs' first season in 2008, seats up to 8,100, with a capacity of 10,000, and cost $50.25 million to complete.

Lehigh Valley Phantoms <=SEP=> The Lehigh Valley Phantoms are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL), whose inaugural season started in the 2014–15 AHL season when the Adirondack Phantoms moved from Glens Falls, New York to Allentown, Pennsylvania. The team plays in Allentown's new PPL Center.  The Phantoms, who began play as the Philadelphia Phantoms, have been the top minor league affiliate for the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers since the 1996–97 season.

List of American and Canadian cities by number of major professional sports franchises <=SEP=> This is a list of metropolitan areas in the United States and Canada categorized by the number of professional sports franchises in their metropolitan areas.

List of Philadelphia Flyers award winners <=SEP=> The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Metropolitan Division of the National Hockey League's (NHL) Eastern Conference. The Flyers were founded in 1967 as one of six expansion teams, increasing the size of the NHL at that time to 12 teams.Since the franchise was established, the team has won the Stanley Cup two times as league champions in 1974 and 1975, the Clarence S.

List of Philadelphia Phillies seasons <=SEP=> The Philadelphia Phillies have completed 131 seasons in Major League Baseball since their inception in 1883. Through 2013, they have played 19,052 regular season games, winning 9,035 and losing 10,162, for a winning percentage of .471. The Phillies have also a combined record of 49–55 (.471) in post-season play.

List of U.S. cities by number of professional sports championships <=SEP=> This is a list of cities in the United States that field or have fielded teams in North American professional sports leagues, showing the number of league championships each city has won.  The "four major leagues" comprise Major League Baseball, the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, and the National Hockey League.

List of defunct Pennsylvania sports teams <=SEP=> This is a list of former sports teams from the US state of Pennsylvania:

List of defunct and relocated National Hockey League teams <=SEP=> The National Hockey League (NHL) is a professional men's ice hockey league, consisting of 30 member clubs in North America: 23 in the United States and seven in Canada. It was founded in 1917 following the suspension of its predecessor league, the National Hockey Association (NHA). The league is considered to be one of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.

List of professional sports teams in Illinois <=SEP=> The following is a list of professional sports teams in Illinois.

List of professional sports teams in Ontario <=SEP=> The Province of Ontario, Canada, has professional sports teams in a wide variety of sports:

List of professional sports teams in Pennsylvania <=SEP=> Pennsylvania has a number of professional and semi-professional sports teams in various sports and leagues.

List of professional sports teams in Utah <=SEP=> Professional sports teams based in Utah encompass multiple teams including the NBA's Utah Jazz and Major League Soccer's Real Salt Lake. Utah is the least populous U.S. state to have major professional sports league franchises.

List of professional sports teams in the United States and Canada <=SEP=> This article features a listing of all professional sports teams based in the United States and Canada, in addition to teams from other countries that compete in professional leagues based in the two countries.

List of shared franchise names in North American professional sports <=SEP=> Many North American professional sports franchises have used the same team name.  The list below are names that have been shared by two or more professional sports teams.

Lockdown (2009) <=SEP=> Lockdown (2009) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion, which took place on April 19, 2009 at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was the fifth event under the Lockdown chronology.

Major League Baseball <=SEP=> Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization that is the oldest of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. A total of 30 teams now play in the American League (AL) and National League (NL), with 15 teams in each league. The AL and NL operated as separate legal entities from 1901 and 1876 respectively. In 2000, the leagues merged into a single organization led by the Commissioner of Baseball.

Major League Baseball relocation of 1950s–60s <=SEP=> The Major League Baseball relocations of 1950s–1960s is the move of several Major League Baseball franchises to the Western and Southern United States. This was in stark contrast to the early years of modern baseball, when the American League intentionally put teams in National League cities to compete directly with those teams. Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, and St. Louis were two-team towns, while New York City had three.

Major League Lacrosse <=SEP=> Major League Lacrosse (MLL) is a professional men's field lacrosse league consisting of nine teams in the United States.  Founded in 1999, the league's inaugural season was in 2001. MLL averaged 6,356 spectators per game during the 2013 season.

Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada <=SEP=> The major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada are the highest professional competitions of team sports in the United States and Canada. The four leagues universally included in the definition are Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Football League (NFL), and the National Hockey League (NHL).

Major professional sports teams of the United States and Canada <=SEP=> The following is a list of teams that play in one of the six major sports leagues in the United States and Canada: the Canadian Football League (CFL), Major League Baseball (MLB), Major League Soccer (MLS), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Football League (NFL), and the National Hockey League (NHL).

Miami Eagles <=SEP=> The Miami Eagles (also known as the Miami Owls and Miami Blues) was a minor league baseball team located in Miami, Oklahoma. The team played in the Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League from 1946-1952.

Multiple major sports championship seasons <=SEP=> In the history of North American major professional sports league championships (which include the NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL) a city/metropolitan area has been home to multiple championships in a season fourteen times, most recently in 2004 when Boston's Patriots and Red Sox won their respective league championships.

National Association of Professional Base Ball Players <=SEP=> The National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (NAPBBP), or simply the National Association (NA), was founded in 1871 and continued through the 1875 season. It succeeded and incorporated several professional clubs from the National Association of Base Ball Players (NABBP); in turn several of its clubs created the succeeding National League.The NA was the first professional baseball league. Its status as a major league is in dispute.

National Basketball Association <=SEP=> The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America, and is widely considered to be the premier men's professional basketball league in the world. It has 30 franchised member clubs (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada), and is an active member of USA Basketball (USAB), which is recognized by FIBA (also known as the International Basketball Federation) as the national governing body for basketball in the United States.

National Lacrosse League <=SEP=> The National Lacrosse League (NLL) is a men's professional box lacrosse league in North America. It currently has 9 teams with 5 in the United States and 4 in Canada. Unlike other lacrosse leagues which play in the summer, the NLL plays its games in the winter and spring. Each year, the playoff teams battle for the Champion's Cup. The NLL has averaged between 9,400 and 10,700 spectators per game each year since 2004.

New England Black Wolves <=SEP=> The New England Black Wolves are a professional box lacrosse team based in Uncasville, Connecticut. They are members of the National Lacrosse League and began play in the winter of 2014–2015 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.  The team is owned by Brad Brewster.The Black Wolves relocated from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where they were originally known as the Philadelphia Wings, a historic franchise which played in Philadelphia from 1986 to 2014.

New Jersey Devils <=SEP=> The New Jersey Devils are a professional hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey, that competes in the National Hockey League (NHL). They are members of the League's Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference. The club was founded as the Kansas City Scouts in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1974, and moved to Denver, Colorado, after two seasons, becoming the Colorado Rockies. In 1982, they relocated to New Jersey, where they have remained since.

Oil City Athletic Club <=SEP=> The Oil City Athletic Club was a professional football team based in Oil City, Pennsylvania from 1893 until 1903. The team was the intrastate rival of the Franklin Athletic Club. The team later folded as a result of a series of bidding wars with Franklin over the era's best football players in Pennsylvania in 1903.

Orem Owlz <=SEP=> The Orem Owlz are a minor league baseball farm team affiliated with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim baseball franchise. The team plays in Orem, Utah.Formerly the Provo Angels, They are 1 of the 2 teams in Utah in the Pioneer League, the other being the Ogden Raptors. The team changed ownership after the 2004 season and moved to a new stadium in neighboring Orem.

Perth Wildcats <=SEP=> The Perth Wildcats are an Australian men's professional basketball team competing in the National Basketball League (NBL). The Wildcats are the only team in the league representing the state of Western Australia and are based in the state capital, Perth. Their sister club, the Perth Lynx, play in the Women's National Basketball League.The Wildcats play their home games at Perth Arena, known colloquially as "The Jungle".

Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars <=SEP=> The Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars were a professional American football team which played in the United States Football League in the mid-1980s.  They were owned by real-estate magnate Myles Tanenbaum.  They were the league's dominant team, playing in all three championship games and winning two of them.

Philadelphia 76ers <=SEP=> The Philadelphia 76ers (also commonly known as the Sixers) are an American professional basketball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Philadelphia Arrows <=SEP=> The Philadelphia Arrows were a professional ice hockey team that played in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Founded in 1927, the club was Philadelphia's first professional hockey team and played in the Canadian-American Hockey League. The team changed its name to the Philadelphia Ramblers beginning with the 1935-36 season when it became affiliated with the NHL New York Rangers.

Philadelphia Athletics (1860–76) <=SEP=> This article is about the first "Philadelphia Athletics" team.

Philadelphia Athletics (1890–91) <=SEP=> The Philadelphia Athletics were a short-lived Major League Baseball franchise that existed for two seasons from 1890 to 1891.  Known alternatively as the Philadelphia Quakers, and sometimes informally as "Buffinton's Beauties", they played their first season in the newly created Players' League (PL) of 1890, and were managed by Jim Fogarty and Charlie Buffinton.

Philadelphia Athletics (American Association) <=SEP=> This article is about the 1882-1890 Philadelphia Athletics baseball team.

Philadelphia Athletics (NFL) <=SEP=> The Philadelphia Athletics were a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1902. The team was member of what was referred to as the National Football League. This league has no connection with the National Football League of today. The whole "league" was a curious mixture of baseball and football.

Philadelphia Centennials <=SEP=> The Philadelphia Centennials of 1875 were a short-lived baseball team in the National Association.  They won 2 games, lost 12, and did not finish out the season.  Their home games were played at Centennial Grounds.The Centennials were managed by infielder Bill Craver, who was also one of their best  hitters (.277).  Pitcher George Bechtel (2-12, 3.93) led the team in batting average (.279), RBI (7), runs (12), and doubles (5).

Philadelphia Eagles <=SEP=> The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Eagles are members of the East division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The Eagles have won three NFL championships and made two Super Bowl appearances, losing both.

Philadelphia Firebirds (ice hockey) <=SEP=> The Philadelphia Firebirds were a minor league professional ice hockey team that played in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 1974 to 1979.From 1974 to 1977 the Firebirds were a member club of the North American Hockey League winning the league's Lockhart Cup play-off championship in 1976. The Firebirds featured several key players during their time in Philadelphia. Goaltender Rejean Lemelin moved on from the Firebirds to a long career with Calgary and Boston in the NHL.

Philadelphia Flyers <=SEP=> The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Philadelphia Freedom (soccer) <=SEP=> The Philadelphia Freedom was a soccer club that competed in the USISL and the USISL Pro League. The team was known as the Pennsylvania Freedom through the 1995/96 indoor season before changing its name prior to the 1996 outdoor season.  The team folded at the end of the 1997 season.

Philadelphia Fusion <=SEP=> The Philadelphia Fusion was an American Basketball Association (ABA) team based in Philadelphia.  The team folded in February 2005 with a record of 9-10.During the 2003-2004 season, they used the name Jersey Squires.  They first played at the Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton, New Jersey.

Philadelphia Giants <=SEP=> The Philadelphia Giants were a Negro league baseball team that played from 1902 to 1911. From 1904 to 1909 they were one of the strongest teams in black baseball, winning five eastern championships in six years. The team was organized by Sol White, H. Walter Schlichter, and Harry Smith.

Philadelphia Growl <=SEP=> The Philadelphia Growl was a professional inline hockey team based in Voorhees, New Jersey. They were members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the Professional Inline Hockey Association (PIHA). The team was founded in 2003 as one of four original expansion franchises of the Professional Inline Hockey Association. The Growl were the first of these expansion teams to win the Founders Cup in 2005 and again in 2006.

Philadelphia Independence <=SEP=> The Philadelphia Independence was an American professional soccer club that was based in the Philadelphia suburb of Chester, Pennsylvania.  The team joined Women's Professional Soccer as an expansion team in 2010 and played its home games at West Chester University's John A. Farrell Stadium. The team played at Widener University's Leslie Quick Stadium in 2011.  The Women's Professional Soccer league folded on May 18, 2012, after an earlier announcement that the 2012 season would be suspended.

Philadelphia KiXX <=SEP=> The Philadelphia KiXX were a professional indoor soccer team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Founded in 1995 as an NPSL expansion franchise, they played in the Major Indoor Soccer League.The team colors were teal, red and black. After the closing of the Spectrum following the 2008 season, the Philadelphia KiXX moved to the Liacouras Center, on the campus of Temple University, for 2009.The team went on hiatus after the conclusion of the 2010 season.

Philadelphia Phantoms <=SEP=> The Philadelphia Phantoms were a professional ice hockey team that played in the American Hockey League (AHL) from 1996 to 2009. The club was based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and played most of its home games at the Spectrum. During schedule conflicts or some Calder Cup playoff games, games were moved to the adjacent Wachovia Center.

Philadelphia Phillies <=SEP=> The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are the oldest continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of professional American sports, dating to 1883. The Phillies are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League (NL).

Philadelphia Phillies (NFL) <=SEP=> The Philadelphia Phillies were a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1902. The team was member of what was referred to as the National Football League. This league has no connection with the National Football League of today. The whole league was a curious mixture of football players as well as baseball players who adapted to playing football.

Philadelphia Pythians <=SEP=> The Philadelphia Pythians (also Pythian Base Ball Club or Pythian Baseball Club) were founded in 1867 as the first black baseball club. It was founded by young African American leaders: Jacob C. White Jr. and Octavius V. Catto. The Pythians were composed of primarily business and middle class professionals from the surrounding areas of Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, and New York City.

Philadelphia Ramblers (EHL) <=SEP=> The Philadelphia Ramblers  were a minor professional ice hockey team based in the Philadelphia Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Ramblers played for nine seasons in the Eastern Hockey League from 1955 to 1964. After the end of the 1963-64 season, the team relocated to Cherry Hill, New Jersey and were renamed the Jersey Devils (not to be confused with the NHL team).

Philadelphia Rockets <=SEP=> The Philadelphia Rockets were a minor professional ice hockey team based in the Philadelphia Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Rockets played for three seasons in American Hockey League from 1946 to 1949. Previously another Rockets team existed for the 1941–42 AHL season, formerly known as the Philadelphia Ramblers. When the original Rockets folded in 1942, they were replaced by the Philadelphia Falcons of the Eastern Hockey League.

Philadelphia Soul <=SEP=> The Philadelphia Soul are a professional arena football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the American Conference (AC) in the Arena Football League (AFL).

Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame <=SEP=> The Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame is a nonprofit organization in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., that was established in May 2002, to honor individuals and groups who are either area natives who became prominent in the field of sports or who became prominent in the field of sports in the region.From 2004 to 2010, the organization also presented an annual "Pride of Philadelphia Award" to a team or individual.

Philadelphia Sports Writers Association <=SEP=> The Philadelphia Sports Writers Association (PSWA) was founded on May 12, 1904, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The first of what would become an annual Awards Dinner was held on February 15, 1905.

Philadelphia Union <=SEP=> The Philadelphia Union is an American professional soccer team based in the Philadelphia metropolitan area which competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) in the Eastern Conference of the league. The team plays their home matches at PPL Park, a soccer-specific stadium located in Chester, Pennsylvania, on the banks of the Delaware River. Jim Curtin is the Union's head coach.The Union finished as runners-up in the 2014 and 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup tournaments.

Philadelphia White Stockings <=SEP=> The Philadelphia White Stockings were an early professional baseball team.  They were a member of the National Association from 1873 to 1875.  Their home games were played at the Jefferson Street Grounds.  They were managed by Fergy Malone, Jimmy Wood, Bill Craver, Mike McGeary, and Bob Addy.During their three-year existence the White Stockings won 102 games and lost 77 for a winning percentage of .570.

Philadelphia Whitemarsh RFC <=SEP=> Philadelphia Whitemarsh Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US. They are currently members of the Eastern Pennsylvania Rugby Union, the organizational body for the sport in eastern Pennsylvania, and currently play in USA Rugby Men's Club Division II.

Philadelphia Wings <=SEP=> The Philadelphia Wings were a member of the National Lacrosse League, a professional box lacrosse league in North America from 1986 until 2014.

Pittsburgh Penguins <=SEP=> The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the first expansion teams during the league's original expansion from six to twelve teams. The Penguins played in the Civic Arena, also known to Pittsburgh fans as "The Igloo", from the time of their inception through the end of the 2009–10 season.

Pittsburgh Stars <=SEP=> The Pittsburgh Stars or Pittsburg Stars were a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1902. The team was member of what was referred to as the first National Football League, which has no connection with the National Football League of today.  The whole league was a curious mixture of baseball and football. The Stars were managed and funded, on paper, by Dave Berry, the manager of the professional Latrobe Athletic Association.

Pro Football Hall of Fame <=SEP=> The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame for professional football in the United States with an emphasis on the National Football League (NFL). The hall opened in Canton, Ohio, on September 7, 1963, with 17 charter enshrinees. As of 2015, there are a total of 297 members of the Hall of Fame.

Professional sports <=SEP=> Professional sports, as opposed to amateur sports, are sports in which athletes receive payment for their performance.  Professional athleticism has come to the fore through a combination of developments. Mass media and increased leisure have brought larger audiences, so that sports organizations or teams can command large incomes.

Professional sports league organization <=SEP=> Professional sports leagues are organized in numerous ways. The two most significant types are one that developed in Europe, characterised by a tiered structure using promotion and relegation to determine participation in a hierarchy of leagues or divisions and a North American originated model characterized by its use of "franchises" and closed membership. Both these systems remain most common in their area of origin, although both systems are used worldwide.

Reading Fightin Phils <=SEP=> The Reading Fightin Phils (also called the Fightin Phils, Reading Phillies, or R-Phils) are a minor league baseball team based in Reading, Pennsylvania, playing in the Eastern Division of the Eastern League. The team plays their home games at FirstEnergy Stadium. The Reading Fightin Phils were founded in 1967 and they are the Double-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies.

Regional sports network <=SEP=> In the United States and Canada, a regional sports network (RSN) is a cable television channel (many of which are also disributed on direct broadcast satellite services) that presents sports programming to a local market or geographical region.Historically, some RSNs originated as premium channels, however since the 1990s, they have commonly been distributed through the expanded basic programming tiers of cable and IPTV services, packaged alongside other national basic cable networks, and local broadcast stations and public, educational, and government access channels.

Relocation of professional sports teams <=SEP=> Relocation of professional sports teams is a practice which involves a sporting club moving from one metropolitan area to another, although occasionally moves between municipalities in the same conurbation are also included.

Rocky Mount Phillies <=SEP=> The Rocky Mount Phillies were the Carolina League affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies from 1973 through 1975. The Rocky Mount Phillies replaced the Rocky Mount Leafs which had been affiliated with the Detroit Tigers from 1965 through 1972. The club played at Rocky Mount Municipal Stadium.

Salt Lake Bees <=SEP=> The Salt Lake Bees is a minor league baseball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Bees play in the Pacific Coast League (PCL) and are the Triple A affiliate of Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Angels.  Home games are played at Smith's Ballpark, (previously Franklin Quest Field, Franklin Covey Field and Spring Mobile Ballpark), in Salt Lake City. Known to fans as the Apiary, it opened in 1994 and seats 15,411 fans, the biggest in the Pacific Coast League.

Salt Lake City Saints <=SEP=> The Salt Lake City Saints are a basketball team in the American Basketball Association set to begin play in 2008-09. The Saints are owned by Kenny Wamsley, who was previously owner to the failed ABA expansion team the Salt Lake Dream. Home games for the team are played at the Lifetime Activities Center on the Taylorsville campus of Salt Lake Community College),

Salt Lake City Trappers <=SEP=> The Salt Lake City Trappers were an independent Pioneer League minor league baseball team, based in Salt Lake City from 1985 to 1992.  The ownership group included actor Bill Murray, who held a five percent stake in the team.  The Trappers played their home games at Derks Field, located at the present-day site of Smith's Ballpark. The team is best known for winning 29 consecutive games in 1987 to establish an all-time record for all of professional baseball.

Shreveport-Bossier Captains <=SEP=> The Shreveport-Bossier Captains were a professional baseball team based in Shreveport, Louisiana, in the United States. Following the 2011 season, the team was sold to new ownership and moved to Laredo, Texas, to continue play as the Laredo Lemurs. The Captains were a member of the South Division of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball.

Shreveport Gassers <=SEP=> The Shreveport Gassers were a Texas League baseball team based in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA that played from 1915 to 1924. They were affiliated with the Philadelphia Athletics from 1923 to 1924.Under manager Billy Smith, they won their only league championship in 1919.

Spartanburg Spinners <=SEP=> The Spartanburg Spinners were a minor league baseball team located in Spartanburg, South Carolina.  The team played in the South Atlantic League.  Their home stadium was Duncan Park.

Spectrum (arena) <=SEP=> The Spectrum (later known as CoreStates Spectrum (1994–1998), First Union Spectrum (1998–2003) and Wachovia Spectrum (2003–2009)) was an indoor arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

SportsChannel Philadelphia <=SEP=> SportsChannel Philadelphia is a defunct American regional sports network that was owned as a joint venture between Rainbow Sports, a unit of the Rainbow Media subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corporation, and NBC (which both owned 50%), and operated as an affiliate of SportsChannel.Operating as a sister network of the premium service PRISM and headquartered in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, the channel provided regional coverage of sports events involving professional sports teams based in the Philadelphia metropolitan area, and college and high school sports events throughout the Delaware Valley region.

Sports club <=SEP=> A sports club or sport club, sometimes athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a club for the purpose of playing one or more sports.

Sports in Philadelphia <=SEP=> Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania, has been home to many teams and events in professional, semi-professional, amateur, college, and high-school sports. Philadelphia is one of twelve cities that hosts teams in all four major sports leagues in North America, and Philadelphia is one of just three cities in which one team from every league plays within city limits.

Survivor Series (2006) <=SEP=> Survivor Series (2006) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and presented by THQ's WWE SmackDown vs Raw 2007.

Trenton Giants <=SEP=> The Trenton Giants were a minor league baseball team, based in Trenton, New Jersey that played under several different names from 1936-1950. The team began when the York White Roses moved to Trenton on July 2, 1936 and became the Trenton Senators.During their existence they were affiliates with the Washington Senators, Philadelphia Phillies, Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants.

U.S. cities with teams from four major league sports <=SEP=> There are 12 U.S.

Unforgiven (2000) <=SEP=> Unforgiven (2000) was the third Unforgiven professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Federation (WWF). The event was presented by RC Cola Edge and took place on September 24, 2000, at the First Union Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.The main event was a Fatal Four-Way match for the WWF Championship. The Rock defended the title against Chris Benoit, The Undertaker and Kane.

Union Quakers of Philadelphia <=SEP=> The Union Quakers of Philadelphia were a professional independent football team, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1921. The team evolved from a number of pro players who played with the Union Club of Phoenixville during their 1920 season. During their only season of operation, the club won the "Philadelphia City Championship". All of the team's home games were played at the Baker Bowl.

Utah Blaze <=SEP=> The Utah Blaze were a professional arena football team based in Salt Lake City, Utah and competed in the West Division of the Arena Football League.  Home games were played at the EnergySolutions Arena. In 2013, the team did not submit proper documentation to remain in the AFL and the entire roster was reassigned to other teams in the league.

Utah Grizzlies <=SEP=> The Utah Grizzlies are a professional ice hockey team in the ECHL. They play out of West Valley City, Utah, United States, with their home games at the Maverik Center.

Utah Jazz <=SEP=> The Utah Jazz is an American professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. They are a part of the Northwest Division in the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team began in 1974 as the New Orleans Jazz in New Orleans, Louisiana; the team moved to Salt Lake City in 1979.The Jazz were one of the least successful teams in the league in their early years.

Utah Rockies <=SEP=> Utah Rockies was the name under which the Spirits of St. Louis were to play during the ultimately aborted 1976–77 American Basketball Association season.The Spirits of St. Louis had some earlier connections to Utah. On November 29, 1975, the Spirits of St. Louis and the Utah Stars had discussed a merger of the two franchises. On December 1, 1975, the Spirits announced that they would remain in St.

Veterans Stadium <=SEP=> Veterans Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located at the northeast corner of Broad Street and Pattison Avenue, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as part of the South Philadelphia Sports Complex. The listed seating capacities in 1971 were 65,358 seats for football, and 56,371 for baseball. It hosted the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles from 1971 to January 2003 and the National League's Philadelphia Phillies baseball team from 1971 to 2003.

Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia) <=SEP=> The Wells Fargo Center (Spectrum II (prior to construction), formerly the CoreStates Center, First Union Center and Wachovia Center, and known as The Center for 76ers games) is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.It is the home arena of the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League, the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association, and the Philadelphia Soul of the Arena Football League.The Center was completed in 1996 to replace the Spectrum as the home arena of the Flyers and 76ers, on the former site of John F.

Williamsport Crosscutters <=SEP=> The Williamsport Crosscutters are a Short-Season A classification minor league baseball team based in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, in the United States. They are a Philadelphia Phillies affiliate in the short-season New York–Penn League, playing their home games at Susquehanna Bank Park at Historic Bowman Field, the second oldest minor league ballpark in the United States.

World TeamTennis <=SEP=> World TeamTennis is a coed professional tennis league played with a team format in the United States which was founded in 1973.Originally played on a no-line court, each match consists of five sets. Each set features a different configuration (men's singles, men's doubles, women's singles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles). Prior to each match, coaches decide the order in which the sets will be played. Each player on a team usually plays in at least one of the five sets.

WrestleMania XV <=SEP=> WrestleMania XV was the fifteenth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), which was presented by M&Ms and took place on March 28, 1999, at the First Union Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Ten professional wrestling matches were scheduled on the event's card. The main event saw the challenger Stone Cold Steve Austin face The Rock in a No Disqualification match for the WWF Championship.