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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