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- Sports in New York City have a long and distinguished history. The city has a few historic sports venues: the original Yankee Stadium, home of the New York Yankees from 1923 to 2008, before the team moved into their new stadium in 2009, Ebbets Field, home of the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1913 until 1957, was torn down in 1960, and the Polo Grounds in northern Harlem was the home of the New York Giants of Major League Baseball from 1911 to 1957 (and the first home of the New York Mets) before being demolished in 1964. The Mets, who previously played at Shea Stadium moved into the newly constructed Citi Field in 2009. Also the current Madison Square Garden, atop Pennsylvania Station in Midtown Manhattan, is actually the fourth separate building to use that name; the first two were near Madison Square, hence the name, and the third was at 50th Street and Eighth Avenue. New York City was also the host of parts of the 1996 World Cup of Hockey, and the 1998 Goodwill Games. In 2005, it bid to host the 2012 Summer Olympics, but lost to London. The New York City metropolitan area has nine teams in the four major North American professional sports leagues, each of which also has its headquarters in the city. Baseball is the city's most closely followed sport. There have been fourteen World Series championship series between New York City teams, in matchups called Subway Series. New York is one of only two cities (Chicago being the other) and one of four metropolitan areas (the Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay areas) to have two baseball teams. The city's two current Major League Baseball teams are the New York Yankees and the New York Mets. The city also was once home to the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers. Both teams moved to California in 1958. There are also two minor league baseball teams in the city, the Staten Island Yankees and Brooklyn Cyclones. The city is represented in the National Football League by the New York Jets and New York Giants (officially the New York Football Giants). Both the New York Jets and the New York Giants play in New Meadowlands Stadium in nearby East Rutherford, New Jersey near New York City. In 2014 the stadium will host Super Bowl XLVIII. The New York Rangers and The New York Islanders represent the city in the National Hockey League, calling Madison Square Garden and Nassau Coliseum home. In soccer, New York is represented by the New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer. The Red Bulls also play their home games in a new stadium of their own, also in New Jersey. The city's National Basketball Association team is the New York Knicks and the city's Women's National Basketball Association team is the New York Liberty. The first national basketball championship for major colleges, the National Invitation Tournament, was held in New York in 1938, and its semifinal and final rounds remain in the city. Rucker Park in Harlem is a celebrated court where many professional athletes play in the summer league. As a global city, New York supports many events outside these sports. Queens is host of the U.S. Tennis Open, one of the four Grand Slam tournaments. The New York City Marathon is the world's largest, and the 2004–2006 runnings hold the top three places in the marathons with the largest number of finishers, including 37,866 finishers in 2006. The Millrose Games is an annual track and field meet whose featured event is the Wanamaker Mile. Boxing is also a very prominent part of the city's sporting scene, with events like the Amateur Boxing Golden Gloves being held at Madison Square Garden each year. Many sports are associated with New York's immigrant communities. Stickball, a street version of baseball, was popularized by youths in working class Italian, German, and Irish neighborhoods in the 1930s. In recent years several amateur cricket leagues have emerged with the arrival of immigrants from South Asia and the Caribbean.
- Fichier:Yankee stadium. jpg Yankee Stadium, Bronx, Base-ball Le sport à New York est dominé par la présence de sept franchises des quatre grandes ligues professionnelles et un calendrier événementiel toujours fourni comportant notamment le Marathon de New York, des courses hippiques prestigieuses, un tournoi de tennis du grand chelem et des championnats du monde de boxe, notamment. Pour accueillir ces compétitions, New York possède quelques stades et salles de renom tel le Madison Square Garden, le Yankee Stadium et le Shea Stadium, mais certaines des franchises new-yorkaises ont dû s'expatrier au New Jersey (Giants Stadium où jouent les deux franchises de la NFL). Si l'on inclus la banlieue, l'agglomération new-yorkaise compte neuf franchises majeures, étant la seule métropole américaine a compter au moins deux franchises dans chaque ligue. La ville possède de plus une ancienne tradition sportive. C'est là que le baseball fut mis au monde en 1845.
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