Editing Binghamton, New York (section)

=== Professional and semi-pro teams ===
Binghamton has a long history with [[minor league]] sports, having been home to several teams over the years. The [[Eastern League (1938–2020)|Eastern League]], one of the older [[Double-A (baseball)|Double-A]] baseball leagues in the United States prior to the 2021 [[Minor League Baseball]] reorganization, was founded at the Arlington Hotel in downtown Binghamton in 1923.<ref>{{cite web |title=Eastern League history |url=https://www.milb.com/eastern/history |website=[[Minor League Baseball]] |access-date=November 11, 2020 |language=en |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728145556/https://www.milb.com/eastern/history |url-status=dead}}</ref> Today, the city hosts two professional minor league teams, the [[Binghamton Rumble Ponies]] (a baseball team affiliated with the [[New York Mets]]) and the [[Binghamton Black Bears]] (an ice hockey team in the [[Federal Prospects Hockey League]]). In 2018, the ''[[Sports Business Journal]]'' ranked the city as the 10th best minor-league sports market in the country.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Centorani |first1=Rob |title=Binghamton minor league teams, fans get high ranking from Sports Business Journal |url=https://www.pressconnects.com/story/sports/hockey/minors/bing-devils/2018/01/26/binghamton-minor-league-teams-fans-get-high-ranking-minor-accomplishment-ponies-devils-help-binghamt/1041210001/ |access-date=November 11, 2020 |work=[[Press & Sun-Bulletin]] |date=January 26, 2018 |archive-date=April 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403021132/https://www.pressconnects.com/story/sports/hockey/minors/bing-devils/2018/01/26/binghamton-minor-league-teams-fans-get-high-ranking-minor-accomplishment-ponies-devils-help-binghamt/1041210001/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Club !! Sport !! League !! Founded !! Venue !! League<br />titles !! Championship years
|-
| '''[[Binghamton Black Bears]]'''
| | [[Ice hockey]]
| [[Federal Prospects Hockey League]]
| align=center | 2021
| [[Visions Veterans Memorial Arena]]
| align=center | 1
| align=center | 2024
|-
| '''[[Binghamton Rumble Ponies]]'''
| [[Baseball]]
| [[Double-A Northeast]]
| align=center | 1992
| [[Mirabito Stadium]]
| align=center | 3
| 1992, 1994, 2014
|-
| '''Binghamton Bulldogs'''
| [[Basketball]]
| [[American Basketball Association (2000–present)|American Basketball Association]]
| align=center | 2017
| Bulldogs Sports Complex
| align=center | 0
|align=center| —
|-
| '''Broome County Stallions'''
| [[American football|Football]]
| [[Empire Football League]]
| align=center | 2018
| Stallions Field
| align=center | 0
| align=center | —
|}

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|caption    = Baseball game at [[Mirabito Stadium]]
|alt        = A night baseball game in progress in a small outdoor baseball stadium.
|height     = 200
}}