Sports
See also: Sports in metropolitan DetroitProfessional sports has a major fan following in Metro Detroit. The area is home to many sports teams, including six professional teams in four major sports. The area's several universities field teams in a variety of sports. Michigan Stadium, home of the Michigan Wolverines, is the largest American football stadium in the world. Metro Detroit hosts many annual sporting events including auto and hydroplane racing. The area has hosted many major sporting events, including the 1994 FIFA World Cup, Super Bowl XVI, Super Bowl XL, the 2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, many Stanley Cup Championship rounds, and the first two games of the 2006 World Series.
| Club | Sport | League | Venue | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | Football | NFL (National Football Conference) | Ford Field | Detroit |
| Detroit Red Wings | Ice hockey | NHL (Western Conference) | Joe Louis Arena | Detroit |
| Detroit Pistons | Basketball | NBA (Eastern Conference) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | Auburn Hills |
| Detroit Tigers | Baseball | MLB (American League) | Comerica Park | Detroit |
| Eastern Michigan University | various | NCAA (Mid-American Conference) | various including Rynearson Stadium and The EMU Convocation Center | Ypsilanti |
| Oakland University Golden Grizzlies | various | NCAA (The Summit League) | various | Rochester |
| University of Detroit Mercy Titans | various | NCAA (Horizon League) | various, including Calihan Hall | Detroit |
| University of Michigan Wolverines | various | NCAA (Big Ten Conference, Central Collegiate Hockey Association) | various, including Michigan Stadium | Ann Arbor |
| Wayne State University Warriors | various | NCAA (Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, College Hockey America) | various | Detroit |
| various | Auto racing | NASCAR, IRL, ARCA | Michigan International Speedway | Brooklyn |
| Detroit APBA Gold Cup | Hydroplane racing | APBA | Detroit River | Detroit |
| Detroit Ignition | Indoor soccer | Xtreme Soccer League | Compuware Arena | Plymouth Township |
| Plymouth Whalers | Hockey | Ontario Hockey League | Compuware Arena | Plymouth Township |
| Detroit Waza | indoor soccer | PASL | Compuware Arena | Plymouth Township |
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“Short of a wholesale reform of college athletics—a complete breakdown of the whole system that is now focused on money and power—the women’s programs are just as doomed as the men’s are to move further and further away from the academic mission of their colleges.... We have to decide if that’s the kind of success for women’s sports that we want.”
—Christine H. B. Grant, U.S. university athletic director. As quoted in the Chronicle of Higher Education, p. A42 (May 12, 1993)
“Guys do not have a genetic blueprint that allows them to understand or love sports.”
—Lesley Visser, U.S. sports reporter and announcer. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 82 (June 17, 1991)
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