Editing Reading, Pennsylvania (section)

==Sports==
[[File:First energy stadium rainout.jpg|thumb|[[FirstEnergy Stadium (Reading, Pennsylvania)|FirstEnergy Stadium]], the home field of the [[Reading Fightin Phils]], the [[Double-A (baseball)|Double-A]] affiliate of the [[Philadelphia Phillies]], in 2006]]
The [[Reading Fightin Phils]], minor league affiliate of the [[Philadelphia Phillies]], play at [[FirstEnergy Stadium (Reading, Pennsylvania)|FirstEnergy Stadium]]. Notable alumni are [[Larry Bowa]], [[Ryne Sandberg]], [[Mike Schmidt]], [[Ryan Howard]], and [[Jimmy Rollins]].

[[Reading United AC]], [[USL League Two]] affiliate of the [[Philadelphia Union]], are considered one of the top amateur soccer teams in the United States. The team most recently played in the first PDL Championship in team history in 2018. Notable alumni include multiple players with [[United States men's national soccer team]] experience, including [[Matt Hedges]], [[Alex Bono]], [[CJ Sapong]], [[Ben Sweat]], and [[Keegan Rosenberry]]. Over 110 alumni from the team have gone on to play soccer professionally.

The city has been the residence of numerous professional athletes. Among these native to Reading are [[Brooklyn Dodgers]] [[outfielder]] [[Carl Furillo]], [[History of the Indianapolis Colts|Baltimore Colts]] [[running back]] [[Lenny Moore]], and [[Philadelphia 76ers]] [[Forward (basketball)|forward]] [[Donyell Marshall]]. Pro golfer [[Betsy King]], a member of the [[World Golf Hall of Fame]], was born in Reading.

The open-wheel racing portion of [[Penske Racing]] had been based in Reading, Pennsylvania since 1973 with the cars, during the F1 and CART era, being constructed in [[Poole]], Dorset, England as well as being the base for the F1 team. On October 31, 2005, Penske Racing announced after the 2006 IRL season, they would consolidate IRL and NASCAR operations at the team's [[Mooresville, North Carolina]] facility; with the flooding in Pennsylvania in 2006, the team's operations were moved to Mooresville earlier than expected. [[Penske Truck Leasing]] is still based in Reading.

[[Maple Grove Raceway]] opened in 1962 and hosts a [[NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series]] event since 1985.

Duryea Drive, which ascends Mount Penn in a series of [[Hairpin turn|switchbacks]], was a testing place for early automobiles and was named for [[Charles Duryea]]. The Blue Mountain Region [[Sports Car Club of America]] hosts the Duryea Hill Climb, the longest in the Pennsylvania Hillclimb Association series, which follows the same route the automaker used to test his cars.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pahillclimb.org/Courses/Reading.htm |title=Duryea / Pagoda |access-date=April 7, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219005138/http://pahillclimb.org/Courses/Reading.htm |archive-date=December 19, 2010  }}</ref>

Reading played host to a stop on the [[PGA Tour]], the [[Reading Open]], in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="col" | Club
! scope="col" | League
! scope="col" | Venue
! scope="col" | Established
! scope="col" | Championships
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal;" | [[Reading Fightin Phils]]
| [[Double-A Northeast]], Baseball
| [[FirstEnergy Stadium (Reading, Pennsylvania)|FirstEnergy Stadium]]
| 1967
| 4
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal;" | [[Reading Royals]]
| [[ECHL]], Ice hockey
| [[Santander Arena]]
| 2001
| 1
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal;" | [[Reading United AC]]
| [[USL League Two]], Soccer
| [[Wilson High School (Pennsylvania)|Gurski Stadium]]
| 1996
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal;” | [[Reading Rebels]]
| [[The Basketball League]], Basketball
| [[Alvernia University]]
| 2022
|}