Editing Paducah, Kentucky (section)

==Sports==
Paducah was home to professional baseball's minor league Class D [[Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League]] (or KITTY League) Paducah Paddys (1903), Paducah Indians (1904–06, 1910, 1914, 1922–23, 1936–41), Paducah Polecats (1911), [[Paducah Chiefs]] (1912–13, 1951–55), and Paducah Redbirds (1935). The Chiefs competed in the [[Mississippi-Ohio Valley League]] from 1949 to 1950.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}

The Chiefs played in [[J. Polk Brooks Stadium]] from its opening in 1948 until the [[Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League|KITTY League]] folded after the 1955 season. Since then, the ballpark has served as the home venue for [[Paducah Tilghman High School]] and American Legion Post 31 baseball teams, as well as various special baseball games and tournaments. In recent years, Brooks Stadium hosted the [[Ohio Valley Conference]] baseball tournament (2001–2009) and the [[National Club Baseball Association]] World Series (2015 and 2016).<ref>[http://brooksstadium.com/ Brooks Stadium home page]</ref><ref>[http://ovcsports.com/documents/2016/12/13//baseball.pdf?id=6211 Ohio Valley Conference baseball record book]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.clubbaseball.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/NCBA-History-1.pdf |title=National Club Baseball Association World Series history |access-date=January 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202002643/http://www.clubbaseball.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/NCBA-History-1.pdf |archive-date=February 2, 2017 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> Brooks Stadium currently is the home field for the Paducah Chiefs of the Ohio Valley Summer Collegiate Baseball League.<ref>[http://brooksstadium.com/schedule.htm Paducah Chiefs page on Brooks Stadium website]</ref>

In 1969, the [[Paducah Community College]] Indians won the [[NJCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|National Junior College men's basketball championship]].

The [[Paducah International Raceway]] is a 3/8-mile motorsport racetrack built in 1972.