Editing Manitoba (section)

== Sports ==
Manitoba has six professional sports teams: the [[Winnipeg Sea Bears]] ([[Canadian Elite Basketball League]]) the [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]] ([[Canadian Football League]]), the [[Winnipeg Jets]] ([[National Hockey League]]) and [[Manitoba Moose]] ([[American Hockey League]]), the [[Winnipeg Goldeyes]] ([[American Association of Independent Professional Baseball|American Association]]), and [[Valour FC]] ([[Canadian Premier League]]). The province was previously home to another team called the [[Winnipeg Jets (1972–1996)|Winnipeg Jets]], which played in the [[World Hockey Association]] and National Hockey League from 1972 until 1996, when financial troubles prompted a sale and move of the team to Arizona, where they became the [[Phoenix Coyotes]].<ref>{{vcite news |title=Latest Example of an NHL Trend Is the Flight of the Winnipeg Jets |work=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB830488243239275000?mod=googlewsj |author=Helyar, John |date=26 April 1996 |url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010214721/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB830488243239275000?mod=googlewsj |archivedate=10 October 2017  }}</ref> A second incarnation of the Winnipeg Jets returned after [[True North Sports & Entertainment]] bought the [[Atlanta Thrashers]] and moved the team to Winnipeg in time for the 2011 hockey season.<ref>{{vcite news|url=http://sports.nationalpost.com/2011/06/24/its-official-the-winnipeg-jets-are-back/|title=It's official: the Winnipeg Jets are back|author=Traikos, Michael|work=National Post|date=24 June 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120715040234/http://sports.nationalpost.com/2011/06/24/its-official-the-winnipeg-jets-are-back/|archivedate=15 July 2012}}</ref> Manitoba has one [[Canadian Hockey League|major junior-level]] ice hockey team, the [[Western Hockey League]]'s [[Brandon Wheat Kings]], and one junior football team, the [[Winnipeg Rifles]] of the [[Canadian Junior Football League]]. It is also home to two teams in the [[Western Women's Canadian Football League]]: the [[Manitoba Fearless]] and [[Winnipeg Wolfpack]].<ref>{{vcite news |author=Lunney, Doug |date=26 March 2012|title=Women eager to tackle new football challenge |work=Winnipeg Sun |url=https://winnipegsun.com/2012/03/26/women-eager-to-tackle-new-football-challenge }}</ref> The [[Manitoba Herd]], meanwhile, compete in the [[National Ringette League]].<ref>{{vcite news|author=Rasche, Teagan |date=12 March 2023 |title='We want to grow the sport': Manitoba Herd ringette team host top talent |work=Global News |url=https://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/golf/we-want-to-grow-the-sport-manitoba-herd-ringette-team-host-top-talent/ar-AA18xwg4 |via=MSN}}</ref>

The province is represented in university athletics by the university of [[Manitoba Bisons]], the university of [[Winnipeg Wesmen]], and the Brandon University [[Brandon Bobcats|Bobcats]]. All three teams compete in the [[Canada West Universities Athletic Association]], a regional division of [[U Sports]].<ref>{{vcite web|url=http://www.canadawest.org/sports/2010/8/9/About-CW.aspx?|title=About Canada West|year=2006|publisher=Canada West Universities Athletic Association|accessdate=11 April 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110425232906/http://www.canadawest.org/sports/2010/8/9/About-CW.aspx|archivedate=25 April 2011}}</ref>

[[Curling]] is an important winter sport in the province with Manitoba producing more [[Tim Hortons Brier#Top 3 finishes table|men's national champions]] than any other province, while additionally in the [[Scotties Tournament of Hearts#Top 3 finishes table|top 3 women's national champions]], as well as multiple world champions in the sport. The province also hosts the world's largest curling tournament in the [[MCA Bonspiel]].<ref>{{vcite news |title=World's biggest bonspiel open to women curlers in 2014 |url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/Worlds-biggest-bonspiel-open-to-women-curlers-in-2014-172702291.html |publisher=[[Winnipeg Free Press]] |date=10 April 2012 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214102745/http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/Worlds-biggest-bonspiel-open-to-women-curlers-in-2014-172702291.html |archivedate=14 December 2012  }}</ref>

Although not as prominent as ice hockey and curling, [[long track speed skating]] also features as a notable and top winter sport in Manitoba. The province has produced some of the world's best female speed skaters including [[Susan Auch]] and the country's top [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] medal earners [[Cindy Klassen]] and [[Clara Hughes]].<ref>{{vcite news |title=Canadian Athletes: The Greatest Athletes Canada Has Ever Produced |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/11/22/canada-greatest-athletes_n_2175537.html#slide=more240920 |publisher=[[Huffington Post Canada]] |date=22 November 2012 |url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130216061835/http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/11/22/canada-greatest-athletes_n_2175537.html#slide=more240920 |archivedate=16 February 2013  }}</ref>