Editing North Adams, Massachusetts (section)

==Sports==
The city is home to the [[North Adams SteepleCats]] of the [[New England Collegiate Baseball League]] (NECBL). The SteepleCats play at [[Joe Wolfe Field]] in North Adams. The SteepleCats hold the NECBL record for highest single-game attendance. The record was made on [[Independence Day (United States)|July 4]], 2006, in a game against the [[North Shore Navigators|Holyoke Giants]] in front of 6,714 fans.<ref>[http://www.necbl.com/NECBLRecordBook.htm NECBL Record Book] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090710050112/http://www.necbl.com/NECBLRecordBook.htm |date=2009-07-10 }} at necbl.com, URL accessed August 16, 2009</ref> Holyoke won the game 3–2.<ref>[http://www.necbl.com/2006webstats/704hgna.htm NA v. HOL Boxscore 7/4/06] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060819113553/http://www.necbl.com/2006webstats/704hgna.htm |date=2006-08-19 }} at necbl.com, URL accessed August 16, 2009</ref>

North Adams' first professional sports franchise was the [[Berkshire Battalion]], an expansion team of the [[Federal Hockey League]], which played a single season in 2014–2015. Troubled by an embezzlement charge against its coach and general manager, who had also been manager of the municipal skating ring, and fractious lease negotiations with the city, the team relocated after its single season to [[Dayton Demolition|Dayton, Ohio]].

There are many athletic complexes and recreational fields throughout the city, including the Noel Field Athletic Complex, just south of the downtown, and the recently constructed Alcombright Athletic Complex, in the city's west end.