Sports in New England

Three popular American sports were invented in New England. Basketball was invented by James Naismith, a Canadian, in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1891.[1] Volleyball was invented by William G. Morgan in Holyoke, Massachusetts, in 1895.[2] Paintball was invented in 1981 in Henniker, New Hampshire.[3]

It is also widely believed the first organized ice hockey game in the United States was played in Concord, New Hampshire, in 1883.[4]

The region is famous for its passion for baseball and the Boston Red Sox, as well as for the intense rivalry between the Red Sox and the New York Yankees. The Red Sox were founded in 1901, and won the first-ever World Series in 1903. After five championships in the early 1900s, the team became infamous for the Curse of the Bambino, a period between 1918 and 2004 during which the Red Sox did not win any titles. After breaking the streak, the Red Sox won three more titles in the early 2000s, and currently have nine MLB titles.

On November 1, 1924, the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League became the first NHL franchise to be based in the United States. They are now the second-oldest surviving major professional sports team in Boston, after the Red Sox. The Bruins' historic rivalry with the Montreal Canadiens, a fellow Original Six team, has, at times, reached the level of intensity of the Yankees – Red Sox rivalry in professional baseball in the region.[citation needed]

The Boston Celtics were founded on June 6, 1946, as one of the National Basketball Association's original teams, and are one of two to have remained in the city where they were founded. The team has won 18 NBA Finals, more than any other team, and the team's eight consecutive titles between 1959 and 1966 stand as a record amongst all four major American sports leagues. The Celtics' rivalry with the Los Angeles Lakers is generally considered the greatest in professional basketball, and has, at times, reached the level of intensity of the Yankees – Red Sox rivalry.

The New England Patriots football team is based in Foxborough, Massachusetts, halfway between Boston and Providence. In 1999, the Patriots flirted with the idea of moving to Hartford, in what three National Football League (NFL) franchise owners called "the greatest financial deal any NFL owner has ever received".[citation needed] The deal, however, fell through, and the team remained in Foxborough. The team has won six Super Bowls, tied for the most among all NFL teams.

Both the oldest Major League Baseball (MLB) professional baseball park still in use, Fenway Park, dating from April 1912, as well as the oldest indoor ice hockey rink still in use worldwide, Matthews Arena, which first opened in 1910 and currently stands on the property of Northeastern University for their collegiate ice hockey teams, are within the Boston city limits.

Famous athletes playing for New England teams

List of professional and semi-professional sports teams in New England

Football

Basketball

Ice hockey

Soccer

Lacrosse

Motorsports facilities in New England

NCAA Division I schools in New England

Football Bowl Subdivision
Football Championship Subdivision
Non-football

Additionally, two colleges compete at the Division I level in ice hockey only: American International and Bentley College compete in the Atlantic Hockey Association.

Hartford Whalers

Until April 13, 1997, Hartford also had its own major hockey team, the Hartford Whalers. Originally known as the New England Whalers, they changed their name in 1979 after leaving the WHA for the NHL, hoping to carve a niche market in Hartford.

In 1997, the Whalers left Hartford for Raleigh, North Carolina (amid much controversy), where they became the Hurricanes.

Fan base

In the parts of southwestern Connecticut that are close to New York City, most people tend to be fans of New York sports teams, and are often self-identified as suburban New Yorkers. Additionally, until the team relocated to Washington, D.C., for the start of the 2005 season, the Montreal Expos received some fan support in northern New England. The Montreal Canadiens are the NHL's closest team to Northern New England.

For the Mets, when they were in the World Series in their championship season of 1986, split allegiances among fans of both the Mets and opposing Boston Red Sox led to an article in The Boston Globe to coin the phrase "Red Sox Nation".[5]

Since the mid-1990s, the University of Connecticut men's and women's basketball programs (winning 5 men's and 11 women's NCAA national titles since 1995) has drawn a large regional following especially in their home state of Connecticut.[6]

The Boston College Eagles hockey team has also attracted a large following, winning four national championships in 2001, 2008, 2010, and 2012. Their football team also garnered support while current Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan played for the Eagles. The Boston University Terriers hockey team has likewise received large support over the years, winning the national championship in 2009, and has been a staple of Boston collegiate hockey over the past century. The Green Line Rivalry between Boston University and Boston College has been said to be one of the greatest rivalries in all of sports; the two teams compete against each other as well as the hockey teams from fellow Boston universities Harvard University Crimson and Northeastern University Huskies.[7]

New England is home to an NFL Football team, the New England Patriots. The Patriots, based in Foxborough, Massachusetts, are the most popular NFL team in Massachusetts.[8] However, other teams have small followings in the region, including the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New York Giants.[9]

New Hampshire Motor Speedway is an oval racetrack which has hosted several NASCAR and American Championship Car Racing races, whereas Lime Rock Park is a traditional road racing venue home of sports car races. Both NASCAR Cup races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway draw over 100,000 fans, thus making NHMS the largest capacity sports venue in New England.[10] New Hampshire also possesses the New England Dragway facility in Epping, New Hampshire, as one of the very few remaining dragstrips in the New England region.

See also

References

  1. ^ "James Naismith: Physical Education Instructor Who Invented Basketball". about.com. Archived from the original on July 9, 2012.
  2. ^ "Volleyball - General Information". www.volleyball.org.
  3. ^ Slater, Dahksha. "Who Made That Paintball?" New York Times. Published August 15, 2014. Accessed October 1, 2023.
  4. ^ O’Connor, Brion (10 April 2018). "Concord, N.H., Revisiting a Pond Hockey Legacy" – via NYTimes.com.
  5. ^ Cobb, Nathan (October 20, 1986). "Baseball Border War; In Milford Conn., Geography Brings Sox and Mets Fans". Boston Globe. p. 8.
  6. ^ "UConn Huskies Surge in Popularity on SNY - UConn Today". today.uconn.edu.
  7. ^ "Beanpot Hockey". www.beanpothockey.com.
  8. ^ "The NFL Fan & Brand Report for 2018".
  9. ^ "The Most Popular NFL Teams In States That Don't Have One".
  10. ^ "NHMS By-the-Numbers". www.nhms.com. Retrieved 2018-04-10.

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