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Title: New York Sports Culture


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SPORTS IN NEW YORK
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Types Of Sports in NYC
  • 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.
    The city is also the origin for the headquarters
    of the National Hockey League, National
    Basketball Association, both Major and Minor
    League Baseball, Womens National Soccer League
    and the Major League Soccer.

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Games and Tournaments
  • 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.
  • Queens also plays an important role in the growth
    of the sports culture as it is the host of
    Tennis US Open known as one of the four Grand
    Slam Tournaments. New York City Marathon is also
    famous throughout the world.
  • Boxing is also the vital part of the citys
    sports culture. The Amateur Boxing Golden Gloves
    Tournament held at the Madison Square every year.
    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.

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Major League Sports
  1. Baseball
  2. Basketball
  3. Ice Hockey
  4. Football
  5. Soccer

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Baseball in NYC
  • There are Two Major League baseball teams, New
    York Yankees and the New York Mets which
    represents New York. 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 and Brooklyn Cyclones with several
    sovereign Minor League teams throughout the metro
    area.

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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 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 Womans National Basketball
    Association team known as New York Liberty.
  • 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.

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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.
    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.

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Football in NYC
  • Football is the most chased sport of the city
    which served in the National Football League for
    the 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.

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Soccer
  • 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 of Major League Soccer whereas the Sky
    Blue FC of the Womens Soccer League. 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.

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Other Games and Sports Played in NYC
  • 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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