Editing Minneapolis–Saint Paul (section)

===Sports===

{{Main|Sports in Minneapolis–Saint Paul|Sports in Minnesota}}
[[File:Minneapolis Millers 1905.jpg|thumb|right|300px|upright=2|The 1905 [[Minneapolis Millers]] baseball team]]

The Twin Cities is one of [[U.S. cities with teams from four major league sports|12 American metropolitan areas]] with teams in all four [[Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada|major professional sports]]—baseball (MLB), football (NFL), basketball (NBA) and ice hockey (NHL). Including Major League Soccer (MLS), it is one of 11 metro areas with five major professional sports teams. To avoid favoring either city, most teams based in the area use only the word "Minnesota" in their names, rather than "Minneapolis" or "St. Paul".

Minneapolis was the site of two [[Super Bowl]]s—[[Super Bowl XXVI]] in 1992 and [[Super Bowl LII]] in 2018. It is the farthest north that a Super Bowl has ever been played. The [[Minnesota Vikings]] have played in four Super Bowls—[[Super Bowl IV|IV]] in 1970, [[Super Bowl VIII|VIII]] in 1974, [[Super Bowl IX|IX]] in 1975 and [[Super Bowl XI|XI]] in 1977.

The [[World Series]] has been played in the Twin Cities three times—1965, 1987 and 1991—as have three [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game]]s—1965, 1985 and 2014. [[National Hockey League|NHL]] All-Star games were hosted in 1972 and 2004, [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] All-Star game in 1994, [[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA]] All-Star game in 2018 and [[Major League Soccer|MLS]] All-Star game in 2022.

The [[Stanley Cup Finals]] have been played in the Twin Cities twice, in 1981 and 1991. The [[NHL Stadium Series]] had a game in the Twin Cities in 2016, and the [[NHL Winter Classic]] was played at [[Target Field]] in 2022.

The [[NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|Final Four]] Men's National College Athletics Association (NCAA) basketball tournament has been hosted by Minneapolis four times—1951, 1992, 2001 and 2019—and the Women's twice, in 1995 and 2022.

The [[NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament|Frozen Four]] Men's NCAA hockey tournament has been hosted by the Twin Cities nine times—1958, 1966, 1989, 1991, 1994, 2002, 2011, 2018 and 2024.

[[File:Mnrg0301 195840.jpg|thumb|left|Over 3,700 fans attend the opening bout of the 2007 [[Minnesota RollerGirls]] season]]

Major golf tournaments hosted in the Twin Cities include: [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]—1916, 1930, 1970, 1991; [[U.S. Women's Open]]—1966, 1977, 2008; [[PGA Championship]]—1932, 1954, 2002, 2009; [[Women's PGA Championship]], 2019; [[Walker Cup]], 1957; [[Solheim Cup]], 2002; and the [[Ryder Cup]], 2016. The Ryder Cup is scheduled to return in 2028.

The 1998 [[World Figure Skating Championships]] were held at the [[Target Center]] in Minneapolis.

The [[X Games Minneapolis 2017|2017]], [[X Games Minneapolis 2018|2018]] and 2019 X Games were held in Minneapolis. The 2020 X Games were canceled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].

The Twin Cities host three nationally competing [[Roller Derby]] leagues: the [[Minnesota Roller Derby]] of the [[Women's Flat Track Derby Association]] Division 1, the [[North Star Roller Derby]] of WFTDA Division 2, and Minnesota Men's Roller Derby, a league of the [[Men's Roller Derby Association]]. MNRD and NSRD have four home teams each: the Dagger Dolls, Garda Belts, Rockits, and Atomic Bombshells of MNRD and the Banger Sisters, Delta Delta Di, Kilmores, and Violent Femmes of NSRD, as well as two traveling teams each. MMRD has three home teams: The Gentlemen's Club, Destruction Workers, and Thunderjacks, and two traveling teams.

The annual [[Twin Cities Marathon]] is held in the fall with a course running through Minneapolis and Saint Paul. Minneapolis was the birthplace of [[Rollerblade]] and is a center for [[inline skating]], as well as home to the most golfers per capita of any U.S. city.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.50states.com/facts/minnesota.htm |title=Minnesota Facts and Trivia |access-date=December 16, 2018 |last1=Douglas |first1=Phil |first2=Ward |last2=Blumer |work=50States.com }}</ref> Additionally, [[water skiing]] got its start on [[Lake Pepin]], a lake southeast of the metropolitan area, in the Mississippi River about {{convert|50|mi|km}} downstream from Saint Paul.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usa-wwf.org/history-of-water-skiing |work=USA Water Ski & Wake Sports Foundation |access-date=December 16, 2018 |title=A Look Back |quote=1922: Ralph Samuelson designed the first water skis from two pine boards and successfully skied on Lake Pepin in Lake City, MN. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217062814/https://www.usa-wwf.org/history-of-water-skiing |archive-date=December 17, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Some other sports teams gained their names from being in Minnesota before relocating. The [[Los Angeles Lakers]] get their name from once being based in Minneapolis, the City of Lakes. The [[Dallas Stars]] also derived their name from their tenure as a Minnesota team, the [[Minnesota North Stars]].

====Professional sports teams in Minneapolis–Saint Paul====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Club
!Sport
!League
!Venue
!City
!Since
!Titles
|-
|[[Minnesota Twins]]
|[[Baseball]]
|[[American League]], [[Major League Baseball]]
|[[Target Field]]
| Minneapolis
|1961
| [[1987 World Series|1987]], [[1991 World Series|1991]]
|-
|[[St. Paul Saints]]
|[[Baseball]]
|[[International League]], [[Minor League Baseball]]
|[[CHS Field]]
| St. Paul
|1993
|2019 {{small|([[American Association of Professional Baseball|AA]])}}<br/>1993, 1995, 1996, and 2004 {{small|([[Northern League (baseball, 1993–2010)|NL]])}} 
|-
|[[Minnesota Vikings]]
|[[American football]]
|[[National Football League]]
|[[U.S. Bank Stadium]]
| Minneapolis
|1961
| [[1969 NFL Championship Game|1969]] {{small|(Not [[Super Bowl]])}}
|-
|[[Minnesota Vixen]]
|[[American football]]
|[[Women's Football Alliance]]
|[[Sea Foam Stadium]]
|St. Paul
|1999
|
|-
|[[Minnesota Timberwolves]]
|[[Basketball]]
|[[National Basketball Association]]
|[[Target Center]]
| Minneapolis
|1989
|
|-
|[[Minnesota Lynx]]
|[[Basketball]]
|[[Women's National Basketball Association]]
|[[Target Center]]
| Minneapolis
|1999
| 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
|-
|[[Minnesota Wild]]
|[[Ice hockey]]
|[[National Hockey League]]
|[[Xcel Energy Center]]
| St. Paul
|2000
|
|-
|[[PWHL Minnesota|Minnesota Frost]]
|[[Ice hockey]]
|[[Professional Women's Hockey League]]
|[[Xcel Energy Center]]
| St. Paul
|2023
|2024
|-
|[[Minnesota United FC]]
|[[Association football|Soccer]]
|[[Major League Soccer]]
|[[Allianz Field]]
| St. Paul                          
|2015
|2011 {{small|([[North American Soccer League (2011–2017)|NASL]])}}
|-
|[[Minnesota Aurora FC]]
|[[Association football|Soccer]]
|[[USL W League]]
|[[TCO Stadium]]
| Eagan
|2021
|
|}

The Twin Cities are also home of the [[University of Minnesota Golden Gophers]] who play in the [[Big Ten]] Conference.