Editing Moline, Illinois (section)

== Sports ==
{{See also|Quad Cities sports teams}}
Moline was home to the [[Tri-Cities Blackhawks]], a professional basketball team that evolved into what is today the [[Atlanta Hawks]]. The Blackhawks played at [[Wharton Field House]] from 1946 to 1951.

For 27 seasons between 1914 and 1948, the [[Moline Plowboys]] played minor league baseball at [[Browning Field]]. The Plowboys played primarily in the [[Three-I League]]. Such notable future [[Major League Baseball|Major Leaguers]] as [[Rube Ehrhardt]], [[Peanuts Lowrey]], [[Claude Passeau]] and [[Eddie Waitkus]] played for the Plowboys, whose team president for three years was [[Warren Giles]], later inducted in the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame]].

Moline's [[Vibrant Arena at The MARK]] is currently home to the [[Quad City Steamwheelers (2018–)|Quad City Steamwheelers]], an [[Indoor American football|indoor football]] team in the [[Indoor Football League]]. The Vibrant Arena is also home to the [[Quad City Storm]] of the [[SPHL]] The Quad Cities are also home to the [[Quad City River Bandits]], the Single A [[Midwest League]] affiliates of the [[Kansas City Royals]]. The River Bandits play their home games at [[Modern Woodmen Park]] (formerly John O'Donnell Stadium) in [[Davenport, Iowa]].