Editing Akron, Ohio (section)

===Overview===
[[File:Sunset at Canal Park.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Canal Park (Akron, Ohio)|Canal Park]], home to the [[Akron RubberDucks]] baseball team.]]
'''Current'''

The RubberDucks – formerly called the Akron Aeros – moved to Akron from Canton in 1997, and have won the [[Eastern League (1938–2020)|Eastern League]] Championship six times, most recently in 2021.

The [[Akron Marathon]] is an annual marathon in the city which offers a team relay and shorter races throughout the summer and fall.<ref>{{cite web|author=Akron Marathon |url=https://www.akronmarathon.org/race-series/ |title=Akron Marathon Race Series }}</ref>

The [[All-American Soap Box Derby]] takes place each year at the [[Derby Downs]] since 1936. [[LeBron James]]' King for Kids bike-a-thon feature James riding with kids through the city each June.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/news/LBJ_Bikeathon_060605.html |title=Cavaliers: NBA Stars Join LeBron's King for Kids Bikeathon |publisher=NBA |access-date=May 4, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090103133057/http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/news/LBJ_Bikeathon_060605.html |archive-date=January 3, 2009  }}</ref> In November, the city hosts the annual Home Run for the Homeless 4-mile run.

[[File:InfoCision Stadium.jpg|thumb|200px|[[InfoCision Stadium – Summa Field|InfoCision Stadium]] on the [[University of Akron]] campus, home field of the [[Akron Zips football]] team.]]
The [[University of Akron]]'s [[Akron Zips]] compete in the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] and the Mid-American Conference (MAC) in a variety of sports at the [[Division I (NCAA)|Division I]] level. The [[Akron Zips men's basketball|men's basketball team]] appeared in the NCAA Tournament in 1986, 2009, 2011, and 2013. In 2009, the [[Akron Zips men's soccer|Zips men's soccer team]] completed the regular-season undefeated, then won the [[NCAA Men's Division I Soccer Championship]] in 2010. [[Zippy (mascot)|Zippy]], one of the eight female NCAA mascots, won the National Mascot of the Year contest in 2007.

'''Past teams and events'''

Former teams of Akron include the [[Akron Professionals]] of the [[National Football League]] who played in the historic [[Rubber Bowl]] and won the 1920 championship; the [[Goodyear Silents]], a deaf semi-professional football; the [[Akron Black Tyrites]] of the [[Negro National League (1933-1948)|Negro National League]]; the [[Akron Americans]] of the [[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|International Hockey League]]; the [[Akron Lightning]] of the [[International Basketball League]]; the [[Akron Summit Assault]] of the [[USL Premier Development League]], the fourth tier of the [[American Soccer Pyramid]]; the [[Akron Wingfoots]] of the [[National Basketball League (United States)|National Basketball League]], who won the first [[National Basketball League (United States)|NBL Championship]] and the [[Intercontinental Cup (basketball)|International Cup]] three times; the [[Akron Firestone Non-Skids]], also of the [[National Basketball League (United States)|National Basketball League]], who won the title consecutively, in 1939 and 1940; and the Akron Vulcans, a professional football team that played in the [[Continental Football League]] for part of the 1967 season.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Akron_Vulcans?rec=2232 |title=Akron Vulcans |access-date=June 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308011330/http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Akron_Vulcans?rec=2232 |archive-date=March 8, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Akron had 2 teams who won the [[National Basketball League (United States)|National Basketball League]] in the '30s and '40s, before the foundation of the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]].

Akron hosted some of the events of the [[2014 Gay Games]] including the marathon, the men's and women's golf tournaments at [[Firestone Country Club]], and softball at [[Firestone Stadium]].<ref name="Cleveland-Akron win bid for 2014 Gay Games" />

The [[Firestone Country Club]], which annually hosted the [[WGC-Bridgestone Invitational]], has in the past hosted the [[PGA Championship]], [[American Golf Classic]], and [[Rubber City Open Invitational]]. On January 7, 1938, Akron became the birthplace of women's professional [[Mud Wrestling]], in a match including [[Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame|Professional Wrestling]], [[WWE Hall of Fame|WWE]], and [[Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame]]r, [[Mildred Burke]].<ref name="ohio.com">{{cite web| url=http://www.ohio.com/news/top_stories/112492234.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101003320/http://www.ohio.com/news/top_stories/112492234.html |archive-date=January 1, 2011 |title=Mighty mud maidens}}</ref> The [[Professional Bowlers Association]] started in the city during 1958.