Editing Kingsport, Tennessee (section)

==Sports==
[[File:1921 Kingsport Indians.jpg|thumb|alt=A black and white photograph of thirteen men arranged in two rows, standing and kneeling, on a baseball field. They are wearing light baseball uniforms with dark stripes and "Kingsport" written on the chest.|The 1921 [[Kingsport Indians]] were the first professional baseball team from Kingsport.]]

The city is home to the [[Kingsport Axmen]], a [[collegiate summer baseball]] team of the [[Appalachian League]].<ref name=AMcClung2-5-2021>{{cite web |last=McClung|first=Andrew|url=https://wcyb.com/sports/content/kingsport-appy-league-team-unveils-axmen-as-new-name|title=Kingsport Appy League Team Unveils 'Axmen' as New Name|website=WCYB|date=February 5, 2021|access-date=February 5, 2021}}</ref> The nickname is in reference to frontiersman [[Daniel Boone]], who began the [[Wilderness Road]] in Kingsport.<ref name=AMcClung2-5-2021/> The Axmen play their home games at [[Hunter Wright Stadium]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Hunter Wright Stadium|url=https://www.mlb.com/appalachian-league/kingsport/ballpark|website=Kingsport Axmen|publisher=Major League Baseball|access-date=February 5, 2021}}</ref> which is named after former mayor Hunter Wright.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/news/gcs-53308556|title=Hunter Wright Stadium information|website=Kingsport Mets|publisher=Minor League Baseball|access-date=February 5, 2021}}</ref>

[[Professional baseball]] was first played in Kingsport, by the [[Kingsport Indians]] in the Appalachian League from 1921 to 1925.<ref name=BRcity>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?city=Kingsport&state=TN&country=US|title=Kingsport, Tennessee Encyclopedia|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=February 5, 2021}}</ref> The team went dormant for 12&nbsp;years before it returned to the circuit as the [[Kingsport Cherokees]] from 1938 to 1955—with the exception of the 1942 season as the [[Kingsport Dodgers]] and as members of the [[Mountain States League (1948–1954)|Mountain States League]] in 1953 and 1954.<ref name=BRcity/> The club was later known as the [[Kingsport Orioles]] (1957), [[Kingsport Pirates]] (1960–1963), [[Kingsport Royals]] (1969–1973), and [[Kingsport Braves]] (1974–1979).<ref name=BRcity/> The [[Kingsport Mets]] were members of the Appy League from 1980 to 2020, except for the 1983 season when the [[New York Mets]] temporarily relocated the team to [[Sarasota, Florida]], as the [[Gulf Coast League Mets]], while their home ballpark was being renovated.<ref name=BRcity/> In conjunction with a contraction of [[Minor League Baseball]] beginning with the 2021 season, the Appalachian League was reorganized as a collegiate summer baseball league, and the Mets were replaced by the Axmen, a new franchise in the revamped league designed for rising college freshman and sophomores.<ref>{{cite web|title=MLB, USA Baseball Announce New Format for Appalachian League|url=https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-mlb-usa-baseball-announce-new-format-for-appalachian-league|website=Major League Baseball|date=September 29, 2020|access-date=September 29, 2020}}</ref>