Can you name the Cities that Have Hosted a Team in One of the Four Major American Sports? by jacksparrow34313

Years	City	Notable Former Team Names
1871-Present		Red Stockings, Americans, Bulldogs
1871-Present		Whales, Cardinals, Cougars
1871-72, 1879-84, 1887-1899, 1901-Present		Spiders, Forest Citys, Barons
1871, 1949-1957		Kekiongas, Pistons
1871-Present		Robins, Mutuals, Metropolitans
1871-1876, 1882-Present		Warriors, Whites, Quakers
1871		Forest Citys
1871-72, 1879-82		Haymakers, Trojans
1871-73, 1875, 1880-82, 1884, 1891-99, 1901-Present		Blue Legs, Statesmen, Senators
1872-74, 1882-99, 1901-02, 1946-1950, 1953-Present		Colts, Terrapins, Marylands
1872-75, 1882-1899		Gladiators, Tip-Tops, Atlantics
1872		Mansfields
1873		Resolutes
1875		Elm Citys
1875		Westerns
1876-1880, 1882-Present		Royals, Redlegs, Outlaw Reds
1876-77, 1926, 1973-1997		Dark Blues, Blues, Whalers
1876-77, 1882-1899, 1921-26, 1968-76		Grays, Colonels
1876-77, 1882-Present		Brown Stockings, Perfectos, Hawks
1878, 1884, 1887-89, 1914, 1949-53, 1968-Present		Hoosiers, Racers, Jets
1878, 1884, 1891, 1901, 1922-26, 1952-65, 1969-Present		Grays, Hawks, Badgers
1878-85, 1925-31, 1947-49		Grays, Steam Roller, Steam Rollers
1879-85, 1890, 1914-15, 1920-29, 1946-49, 1960-Present		Braves, Bisons
1879, 1890, 1950-63		Stars, Nationals
1880-82		Ruby Legs
1881-89, 1901-Present		Wolverines, Falcons, Heralds
1882-Present		Alleghenys, Burghers, Rebels
1883-84, 1889-91, 1920-26, 2001-Present		Buckeyes, Solons, Tigers
1884, 1886, 1888-89, 1914-15, 1924-26, 1955-Present		Athletics, Cowboys, Kings
1884		Quick Steps
1884		Mountain City
1884, 1971-76		Virginians, Squires

Years	City	Notable Former Team Names
1884, 2000-Present		Apostles
1884, 1890, 1922-23		Blue Stockings, Maumees, Maroons
1890, 1920-25, 1949-57		Broncos, Royals
1915, 1929-1930, 2007-Present		Pepper, Tornadoes
1918-Present		Maroons, Expos, Wanderers
1918-Present		Toros, St. Patricks, Arenas
1918-1934, 1973 1976, 1993-Present		Nationals, Civics
1920, 1973-95		Nordiques, Bulldogs
1920-21		Staleys
1920-26		Indians
1920-26		Bulldogs
1920-29		Triangles
1920-26		Pros
1920-21		Flyers
1920-25		Independents
1921-25		Tigers
1921-Present		None
1921-22		Crimson Giants
1921		Kardex
1922-23		Oorang Indians
1922-24		Legion/Tornadoes
1923-27		Kelleys/Eskimos
1924		Maroons
1925-28		Maroons
1926, 1946-49, 1958-Present		Buccaneers, Sharks, Stars
1930-33		Spartans
1946, 1966-Present		Seahawks, Floridians
1948-Present		Lakers
1950		Packers
1950		Hawks
1950-51		Blackhawks
1950, 1960-Present		Rockets

Years	City	Notable Former Team Names
1952, 1960-Present		Texans, Chaparrals
1958-Present		Warriors
1960-Present		Oaks, Seals
1960-Present		Rockets, Clippers
1960-Present		Oilers, Colt-45s, Mavericks
1965-Present		Amigos
1966-Present		Flames
1967-Present		Jazz, Buccaneers
1968		Nets
1968-Present		Pilots, Supersonics
1969-Present		Roadrunners
1969-Present		Nets
1970-74, 1989-Present		Cougars, Hornets
1970-74, 1998-Present		Cougars
1971-Present		None
1971-75, 2002-Present		Pros, Tams, Sounds
1971-76, 1980-Present		Stars
1971-Present		Grizzlies
1973-96		Jets
1973-75		Kings
1973-Present		None
1976-Present		None
1976-77, 1981-Present		Cowboys
1976-Present		Devils
1976-Present		None
1977-79		Bulls
1986-Present		None
1990-Present		None
1992-Present		None
1995-Present		None
1997-Present		None
2008-Present		None

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American Sports Cities Quiz

by jacksparrow34313

Created Nov 16, 2009 in Sports
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	jacksparrow34313:	Nov 16th, 2009 at 04:26 GMT		3 points
	I worked really hard on this and I think I got every city that's hosted a team at any time, but I could've made mistakes, missed a city or two, or messed up on the years at some spot. If anyone sees a mistake, please let me know. I included the National Association of the 1870s in baseball, which I know some people don't recognize but there it is. Enjoy!

	ATQ:	Nov 16th, 2009 at 04:45 GMT		1 point
	A couple. The Carolina Hurricanes play in Raleigh. The Minnesota Wild play in St. Paul.

	coelho4187:	Nov 16th, 2009 at 04:46 GMT		1 point
	1974-present's answer is blank.

	ATQ:	Nov 16th, 2009 at 04:47 GMT		1 point
	And the Tampa Bay Rays play in St. Petersburg, Detroit Pistons in Auburn Hills

	jacksparrow34313:	Nov 16th, 2009 at 04:52 GMT		0 points
	Minnesota should be listed as Minneapolis-St. Paul. For teams that play in suburbs, I'm only listing the suburb specifically if the team isn't named after the city, i.e. Arizona Cardinals for Phoenix, New Jersey Devils for Newark, and so on. It's just too much otherwise. I'll fix the Hurricanes, although as a proud Connecticut citizen I would prefer not to acknowledge their existence

	jacksparrow34313:	Nov 16th, 2009 at 04:55 GMT		0 points
	And all the Tampa Bay teams just come up under Tampa Bay.

	Antithesys:	Nov 16th, 2009 at 04:59 GMT		1 point
	Not bad. You forgot the Wilmington Quicksteps, who played 18 games in the Union Association in 1884. Also, I would separate Minneapolis and St. Paul (and Bloomington MN) if you're also going to separate LA and Anaheim, SF and Oakland, etc., and perhaps even separate Brooklyn as it once was its own city.

	jacksparrow34313:	Nov 16th, 2009 at 05:02 GMT		1 point
	Damn it I saw Wilmington like 30 times and still forget them...embarrassing. I was back and forth on Minneapolis and St. Paul and decided not to, you're probably right I was just being lazy. I debated with myself whether or not to separate Brooklyn and decided not to. I'll separate Minny-St. Paul though.

	ReggieBall:	Nov 16th, 2009 at 05:03 GMT		1 point
	You may want to consider San Juan for the Expos, when they played half of their home schedule there a few years ago.

	Antithesys:	Nov 16th, 2009 at 05:03 GMT		1 point
	Also the New Haven Elm Citys, National Assoc. 1875.

	jacksparrow34313:	Nov 16th, 2009 at 05:12 GMT		1 point
	Thanks a lot for finding all these things folks. Keep the corrections coming if there are more to be made, I'll address them in the morning.

	Elmo:	Nov 16th, 2009 at 05:24 GMT		1 point
	There's some American cities not on here that have had CFL teams, ie Shreveport.

	Rosco:	Nov 16th, 2009 at 07:29 GMT		2 points
	A couple of things: Duluth is in MN, not MI. Decatur, IL had the Decatur Staleys, and Portsmouth, MI had the Portsmouth Spartans, who went on to become the Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions respectively. Those would have dodged a list of "defunct" franchises... Good Job Though!

	lazeeeyes:	Nov 16th, 2009 at 07:38 GMT		3 points
	What is Alberta doing there at the right column after Oilers? Alberta is a province in Canada, not a city. They have always played in Edmonton but they were named for the province in their first year.

	bdon:	Nov 16th, 2009 at 08:04 GMT		2 points
	Pottsville Maroons? Rightful 1925 NFL Champions?

	NCBerge:	Nov 16th, 2009 at 13:08 GMT		1 point
	You are missing Brooklyn, which was its own city until 1898. They had professional baseball before that. Also, do not make it teams that hosted a city. It should have to be in the team name. Cities like Champaign and Baton Rouge have hosted NFL teams for a year for one reason or another.

	mjkelly42:	Nov 16th, 2009 at 14:17 GMT		1 point
	Currently typing in 'Raleigh' also gives you 'Charlotte' for some reason. Those are separate cities that have both hosted teams, so I don't see why they are grouped together.

	MeltedMan:	Nov 16th, 2009 at 14:33 GMT		1 point
	Wow, this quiz must have taken a lot of work. I think it would be better if all the "nones" were left off.

	heggink1:	Nov 16th, 2009 at 14:54 GMT		1 point
	Great quiz. For 1920-21 Flyers, it's Muncie, not Munice.

	elnok:	Nov 16th, 2009 at 15:28 GMT		1 point
	Can't believe I forgot Tonawanda... I grew up there! I don't think putting the actual towns/suburbs the teams' stadiums are in is relevant on this kind of a quiz... that's for another time and place. The Sunrises and Foxboroughs of the world would seem to necessitate the Auburn Hillses and the Orchard Parks, and I think that defeats the purpose of your (very interesting) quiz.

	cerridwencol:	Nov 16th, 2009 at 17:13 GMT		1 point
	Brooklyn had the Dodgers for a long time...

	cmkeller:	Nov 16th, 2009 at 18:34 GMT		1 point
	Brooklyn should be a separate entry, because it had teams as a city in its own right before it merged with New York.

	miko:	Nov 16th, 2009 at 19:43 GMT		1 point
	Munice, Indiana?

	kidcanada:	Nov 16th, 2009 at 20:44 GMT		1 point
	Good quiz, but a bit inconsistent about naming cities where the teams play in suburbs. For example, you have Foxborough, MA for the Patriots, but not, say, Orchard Park NY for the Bills or Landover MD for the Redskins.

	dstern1724:	Nov 16th, 2009 at 20:48 GMT		2 points
	the nets dont play in uniondale, its the islanders that play there and the giants and jets play in east rutherford as well

	jacksparrow34313:	Nov 16th, 2009 at 21:09 GMT		1 point
	the nets are listed as a former team in Uniondale. They played there as the ABA New York Nets, they also played in a few other Long Island cities which come up as alternate answers for Uniondale. Giants and Jets aren't listed in East Rutheford because they are not former teams, they still plaed there. Raleigh comes up as an alternate answer for Charlotte because the ABA Carolina Cougars split their home games between those 2 cities and Winston-Salem, so I put those as alternate answers. I didn't want to put Brooklyn separate but since several people have indicated it, I Guess I will. Later today when I get more time I think I'm going to take out the suburbs too, because now that I think about it, if I include every team that plays in a suburb I might start flirting with the 200 entry limit.

	jacksparrow34313:	Nov 16th, 2009 at 21:12 GMT		1 point
	I'm going to leave the New Jersey suburbs of East Rutherford and Newark though, because there was actually a team called the Newark Pepper, and because the Nets and Devils aren't named after the city/state of New York, so I feel funny including them as being teams hosted by New York City.

	jacksparrow34313:	Nov 16th, 2009 at 21:35 GMT		1 point
	Removed Raleigh as an alternate for Charlotte. Also removed temporary homes like Oklahoma City for the Hornets (although it remains for the Thunder of course) and San Juan for the Expos because I don't wanna go down the road of including every team that ever played in another city during a renovation or something.

	Secret_Asian_Man:	Nov 16th, 2009 at 22:56 GMT		1 point
	Typing in Greensboro also yields Charlotte - also separate cities.

	Stewart:	Nov 16th, 2009 at 23:12 GMT		1 point
	Tampa Bay is not a city. If you're gonna lump the TB teams together, you should at least accept Tampa and St Petersburg as alternates. Also, the Virginia Squires split time between Richmond, Norfolk, Roanoke and Hampton, VA.

Years	City	Notable Former Team Names
1952, 1960-Present		Texans, Chaparrals
1958-Present		Warriors
1960-Present		Oaks, Seals
1960-Present		Rockets, Clippers
1960-Present		Oilers, Colt-45s, Mavericks
1965-Present		Amigos
1966-Present		Flames
1967-Present		Jazz, Buccaneers
1968		Nets
1968-Present		Pilots, Supersonics
1969-Present		Roadrunners
1969-Present		Nets
1970-74, 1989-Present		Cougars, Hornets
1970-74, 1998-Present		Cougars
1971-Present		None
1971-75, 2002-Present		Pros, Tams, Sounds
1971-76, 1980-Present		Stars
1971-Present		Grizzlies
1973-96		Jets
1973-75		Kings
1973-Present		None
1976-Present		None
1976-77, 1981-Present		Cowboys
1976-Present		Devils
1976-Present		None
1977-79		Bulls
1986-Present		None
1990-Present		None
1992-Present		None
1995-Present		None
1997-Present		None
2008-Present		None

	jacksparrow34313:	Nov 17th, 2009 at 00:32 GMT		1 point
	Greensboro was another city that hosted the Carolina Cougars, sorry I forgot that when I typed the previous post. I will put Tampa and St. Pete as alternatives. Wiki considers Tempe a part of the Phoenix metropolitan area and so I removed Tempe and Glendale since I decided not to include suburbs separately.

	russman10987:	Nov 17th, 2009 at 00:55 GMT		1 point
	You forgot the 1925 NFL "Champions" Pottsville Maroons. Damn NFL president stripping them of the title. I still hold a grudge to this day.

	Kicking222:	Nov 17th, 2009 at 01:39 GMT		0 points
	I like that it just says "Keokuk" as opposed to "Keokuk, IA", as if I'm supposed to inherently know where Keokuk is. Seriously, though, this is an outstanding quiz. 5/5.

	jacksparrow34313:	Nov 17th, 2009 at 01:40 GMT		1 point
	They aren't listed on pro-football-reference.com...I dunno if that means they aren't officially recognized as a team or what.

	jacksparrow34313:	Nov 17th, 2009 at 01:41 GMT		1 point
	haha whoops I meant to put the state next to all of the towns that weren't well known. Will fix.

	Wes_Mantooth:	Nov 17th, 2009 at 03:44 GMT		-2 points
	This is miserable. No constructive criticism to offer.

	truk:	Jan 28th, 2010 at 20:04 GMT		1 point
	fun quiz!

	UTR:	Jun 22nd, 2010 at 21:55 GMT		1 point
	The New Haven Elm Citys existed in 1875, not 1985. I mean come on...there's no way that name doesn't sound less than 100 years old.