Editing Michigan (section)

===Sports===
{{Main|List of Michigan professional sports teams}}
{{see also|List of Michigan sport championships}}

[[File:6C5A0415 (53678226573).jpg|thumb|The [[2024 NFL draft]] held in [[Detroit, Michigan]]]]

Michigan's major-league sports teams include: [[Detroit Tigers]] baseball team, [[Detroit Lions]] [[American football|football]] team, [[Detroit Red Wings]] [[ice hockey]] team, and the [[Detroit Pistons]] men's basketball team. All of Michigan's major league teams play in the Metro Detroit area. The state also has a professional second-tier ([[USL Championship]]) soccer team in [[Detroit City FC]], which plays its home games at [[Keyworth Stadium]] in [[Hamtramck, Michigan]].

The Pistons played at Detroit's [[Cobo Arena]] until 1978 and at the [[Pontiac Silverdome]] until 1988 when they moved into [[The Palace of Auburn Hills]]. In 2017, the team moved to the newly built [[Little Caesars Arena]] in downtown Detroit. The Detroit Lions played at [[Tiger Stadium (Detroit)|Tiger Stadium]] in Detroit until 1974, then moved to the Pontiac Silverdome where they played for 27 years between 1975 and 2002 before moving to [[Ford Field]] in Detroit in 2002. The Detroit Tigers played at Tiger Stadium (formerly known as Navin Field and Briggs Stadium) from 1912 to 1999. In 2000, they moved to [[Comerica Park]]. The Red Wings played at [[Olympia Stadium]] before moving to [[Joe Louis Arena]] in 1979. They later moved to Little Caesars Arena to join the Pistons as tenants in 2017. Professional hockey got its start in 1903 in [[Houghton, Michigan]],<ref>{{cite news |url = http://abc10up.com/marquette-regional-history-center-will-host-houghton-hockey-history-talk/ |title = Marquette Regional History Center Will Host Houghton Hockey History Talk |date = March 25, 2014 |first = Mike |last = Hoey |location = Ishpeming, MI |publisher = [[WBUP-TV]] |access-date = May 8, 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140513012308/http://abc10up.com/marquette-regional-history-center-will-host-houghton-hockey-history-talk/ |archive-date = May 13, 2014 |url-status = live}}</ref> when the Portage Lakers were formed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ice hockey {{!}} History, Rules, Equipment, Players, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/sports/ice-hockey |access-date=June 23, 2022 |website=Britannica |language=en |archive-date=November 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103093203/https://www.britannica.com/sports/ice-hockey |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:DSCN0986 (6376855383).jpg|thumb|left|The [[2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series]] at [[Michigan International Speedway]] in [[Brooklyn, Michigan]]]]

The [[Michigan International Speedway]] is the site of [[NASCAR]] races and Detroit was formerly the site of a Formula One World Championship [[Detroit Grand Prix|Grand Prix]] race. From 1959 to 1961, [[Detroit Dragway]] hosted the [[NHRA]]'s U.S. Nationals.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.50th-usnationals.com/apcm/templates/50th_history.asp?articleid=802&zoneid=52 |title = 50th Anniversary Mac Tools U.S. Nationals: History |publisher = 50th-usnationals.com |access-date = November 5, 2011 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131017190407/http://www.50th-usnationals.com/apcm/templates/50th_history.asp?articleid=802&zoneid=52 |archive-date = October 17, 2013}}</ref> Michigan is home to one of the major canoeing marathons: the {{convert|120|mi|km|adj=on}} [[Au Sable River Canoe Marathon]]. The [[Port Huron to Mackinac Boat Race]] is also a favorite.

[[File:Mackinacislandsailboatsafterporthuronrace2006.jpg|thumb|[[Mackinac Island]] Marina after the 2006 [[Port Huron to Mackinac Boat Race]]]]

Twenty-time Grand Slam champion [[Serena Williams]] was born in Saginaw. The [[2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2011 World Champion for Women's Artistic Gymnastics]], [[Jordyn Wieber]] is from DeWitt. Wieber was also a member of the [[Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic team all-around|gold medal team]] at the London Olympics in 2012.

Collegiate sports in Michigan are popular in addition to professional sports. The state's two largest athletic programs are the [[Michigan Wolverines]] and [[Michigan State Spartans]]. They compete in the [[NCAA]] [[Big Ten Conference]] for most sports. The [[Michigan High School Athletic Association]] features around 300,000 participants.