Editing Columbia, Missouri (section)

===Sports===
[[File:Farout field from the air moments before a game.jpg|thumb|Faurot Field before a football game|alt=Ariel photograph of Faurot Field during a football game]]
The University of Missouri's sports teams, the [[Missouri Tigers]], play a significant role in the city's sports culture. [[Faurot Field]] at Memorial Stadium, which has a capacity of 62,621, hosts home football games. The [[Hearnes Center]] and [[Mizzou Arena]] are two other large sport and event venues, the latter being the home arena for [[Missouri Tigers basketball|Mizzou's basketball team]]. [[Taylor Stadium (Missouri)|Taylor Stadium]] is host to their [[Missouri Tigers baseball|baseball team]] and was the regional host for the 2007 [[NCAA]] Baseball Championship.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pac-10.org/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/060607aaa.html | title=2007 NCAA Division I College Baseball Regional & Super Regional Schedule & Results | publisher=[[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] | date=June 7, 2007 | access-date=July 19, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070710180029/http://www.pac-10.org/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/060607aaa.html |archive-date = July 10, 2007}}</ref> [[Columbia College (Columbia, Missouri)|Columbia College]] has several men and women collegiate sports teams as well. In 2007, Columbia hosted the [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics]] Volleyball National Championship, which the Lady Cougars participated in.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.columbiacougars.com/naiavolleyball/ | title=NAIA Volleyball National Championship | work=[[Columbia College (Columbia, Missouri)|Columbia College]] | access-date=January 9, 2008 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080108060109/http://www.columbiacougars.com/naiavolleyball/ | archive-date=January 8, 2008 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>

Columbia also hosts the [[Show-Me State Games]], a non-profit program of the Missouri Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Health. They are the largest [[National Congress of State Games|state games]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.smsg.org/news/index.asp?ID=89 | title=Show-Me State Games 2008 | work=Show-Me State Games | access-date=January 9, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080202140944/http://www.smsg.org/news/index.asp?ID=89 | archive-date=February 2, 2008 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="HAB" >{{cite web | url=http://360columbia.com/HealthAndBeauty/Fitness/Show-MeStateGames.html | title=Show-Me State Games – About Us | work=360Columbia | access-date=January 9, 2008 | archive-date=January 5, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080105081816/http://360columbia.com/HealthAndBeauty/Fitness/Show-MeStateGames.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>

Situated midway between [[St. Louis]] and [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]], Columbians will often have allegiances to the professional sports teams housed there, such as the [[St. Louis Cardinals]], the [[Kansas City Royals]], the [[Kansas City Chiefs]], the [[St. Louis Blues]], [[Sporting Kansas City]], and [[St. Louis City SC]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2009/11/30/chiefs-and-rams-fans-columbia-remain-dedicated-despite-down-years/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120728193026/http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2009/11/30/chiefs-and-rams-fans-columbia-remain-dedicated-despite-down-years/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 28, 2012 |title=Chiefs and rams fans remain dedicated despite down years |publisher=[[Columbia Missourian]] |access-date=February 12, 2009 }}</ref>
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