Editing Bellingham, Washington (section)

==Sports==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Club
! Sport
! League
! Stadium
|-
| [[Bellingham Bells]]
| [[Baseball]]
| [[West Coast Collegiate Baseball League]]
| [[Joe Martin Stadium]]
|-
| [[Bellingham Slam]]
| [[Basketball]]
| [[International Basketball League]], West Conference
| [[Whatcom Pavilion]]
|-
| [[Bellingham Blazers (2012)|Bellingham Blazers]]
| [[Ice hockey]]
| USPHL
| [[Bellingham Sportsplex]]
|-
| [[Bellingham Roller Betties]]
| [[Roller derby]]
| [[WFTDA]]
| [[Whatcom Pavilion]]
|-
| [[Bellingham United FC]]
| [[Soccer]]
| [[Evergreen Premier League|EPLWA]]
| [[Civic Stadium (Bellingham, Washington)|Civic Stadium]]
|-
| [[Chuckanut Bay RFC|Chuckanut Bay Geoducks]]
| [[Rugby union]]
| Pacific Northwest Rugby Football Union
| Bellingham Rugby & Polo Fields
|-
| Bellingham Jr. Blazers
| Youth ice hockey
| PCAHA & PNAHA
| [[Bellingham Sportsplex]]
|-
| [[Bellingham Figure Skating Club]]
| [[Figure skating]]
| [[USFSA]] Recreational and Competitive Club
| [[Bellingham Sportsplex]]
|-
| Bellingham United FC (indoor soccer)
| [[Indoor soccer]]
| [[Western Indoor Soccer League|WISL]]
| [[Bellingham Sportsplex]]
|}

Bellingham has been the home of several [[minor league]] sports teams that competed in regional competitions. The [[Northwest League]], a short-season baseball league, awarded an expansion franchise to the city in 1973. The team was known as the [[Bellingham Dodgers]] for four seasons until they became affiliated with the [[Seattle Mariners]] and were renamed to the [[Bellingham Mariners]].<ref name="CDN-Bells">{{cite news |last=Palmer |first=Hailey |date=June 15, 2022 |title=Bellingham Bells taking field for summer season |url=https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2022/jun/15/bellingham-bells-taking-field-for-summer-season/ |work=Cascadia Daily News |accessdate=April 6, 2025}}</ref> They were briefly renamed to the [[Bellingham Giants]] from 1995 to 1996 and relocated to [[Keizer, Oregon]], due to the lack of a suitable stadium.<ref>{{cite news |last=Derrick |first=Chris |date=June 12, 1997 |title=Ticket sales bubbling over for Salem-Keizer Volcanoes |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/jun/12/tickets-sales-bubbling-over-for-salem-keizer/ |work=[[The Spokesman-Review]] |accessdate=April 6, 2025}}</ref> Future Hall of Famer [[Ken Griffey Jr.]] began his professional career with Bellingham Mariners in 1987.<ref>{{cite web | title=Griffey's career nearly ended after one season in Bellingham | website=Bellingham Herald | date=July 18, 2016 | url=https://www.bellinghamherald.com/sports/mlb/seattle-mariners/article90162677.html | access-date=March 2, 2024}}</ref> A collegiate baseball team, the [[Bellingham Bells]], were founded in 1999 and play in the [[West Coast League]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Benintendi |first=Connor J. |date=August 7, 2023 |title=Joe Martin: The man behind the stadium |url=https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2023/aug/07/joe-martin-the-man-behind-the-stadium/ |work=Cascadia Daily News |accessdate=April 6, 2025}}</ref>

The city's first minor league football team was the Bellingham Buttercups, who played for two seasons from 1930 to 1931. The [[Bellingham Bulldogs]] were established in 2008 and played for several years in various leagues until they suspended operations in 2017.<ref>{{cite news |last=Zeller-Singh |first=Nick |date=March 20, 2025 |title=Minor league football history in Whatcom County |url=https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/mar/19/minor-league-football-history-in-whatcom-county/ |work=Cascadia Daily News |accessdate=April 6, 2025}}</ref> The Whatcom County Vikings, named for the defunct [[Western Washington Vikings football|college football program]] at WWU, began play in 2025.<ref>{{cite news |last=Zeller-Singh |first=Nick |date=March 20, 2025 |title=New minor league football team comes to Whatcom County |url=https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/mar/20/new-minor-league-football-team-comes-to-whatcom-county/ |work=Cascadia Daily News |accessdate=April 6, 2025}}</ref>

Bellingham is located near the [[Mount Baker Ski Area]], which offers [[skiing]] and [[snowboarding]] in the winter and [[kayaking]] and [[cycling]] in the summer. The ski area claims a world record for seasonal snowfall, with {{convert|1140|in|mm}} recorded in the 1998–1999 season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Climate-Watch, May 1999 |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |url=http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/extremes/1999/may/extremes0599.html |access-date=November 10, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061111005218/http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/extremes/1999/may/extremes0599.html |archive-date=November 11, 2006 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Western Washington University is home to [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] Division II National Women's [[Rowing (sport)|Rowing]] Champions. The Lady Vikings became Western's first NCAA champion team in 2005 and won again in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2017, and 2024,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Western Washington crowned 2024 DII rowing champions |url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/rowing/article/2024-06-01/western-washington-crowned-2024-dii-rowing-champions |publisher=[[NCAA]] |access-date=2024-11-15}}</ref> as well as winning two national championship titles at the [[National Collegiate Rowing Championship|National Collegiate Rowing Championships]] in 1984 and 1996 before the NCAA began holding women's rowing championships in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Western Washington University – Athletics: Rowing – Women |url=https://wwuvikings.com/documents/2018/7/18//ROW.pdf?id=1996 |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=Western Washington University Athletics |language=en}}</ref> The 2011-2012 Western Men's Basketball team won the NCAA Division II National Championship. In 2016, the nationally ranked Western Women's Soccer Team won the NCAA Division II National Championship.{{cn|date=April 2025}} Western Washington University also operates a collegiate road cycling program that took top-5 positions nationwide at the 2006 nationals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwucycling.com/|title=wwucycling.com|access-date=September 28, 2015|archive-date=September 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929152325/http://www.wwucycling.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref>