Editing Fort Wayne, Indiana (section)

==Sports==
{{Main|Sports in Fort Wayne, Indiana}}
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Fort Wayne is home to two [[minor league]] professional sports franchises: the [[Fort Wayne Komets]] of the [[ECHL]] and the [[Fort Wayne TinCaps]] of the [[High-A Central]]. Other teams based in the city include [[Fort Wayne FC]], a pre-professional soccer club which competes in the [[USL League Two|USL2]], and the [[Fort Wayne Derby Girls]] of the [[Women's Flat Track Derby Association Division 2]]. Fort Wayne's primary sports venues include the [[Allen County War Memorial Coliseum]] and [[Parkview Field]].

The city has been home to other [[professional sports]] franchises, including the [[National Basketball Association]]'s [[Fort Wayne Pistons]] (which moved to [[Detroit]] in 1957), the [[Fort Wayne Daisies]] of the [[All-American Girls Professional Baseball League]], and the [[Fort Wayne Kekiongas]] of the [[National Association of Professional Base Ball Players]] (precursor to [[Major League Baseball]]).

Intercollegiate sports in the city include the [[Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons]], representing [[Purdue University Fort Wayne]] (PFW) in the [[NCAA]]'s [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] [[Horizon League]], and [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]] schools [[Indiana Tech]] ([[Wolverine–Hoosier Athletic Conference]]) and [[Saint Francis Cougars|University of Saint Francis]] ([[Crossroads League]] and [[Mid-States Football Association]]). The Mastodons had represented Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) prior to its 2018 split into two separate institutions (see [[#Higher education|below]]), and from 2016 to 2018 were branded as the Fort Wayne Mastodons, but the athletic brand was changed to "Purdue Fort Wayne" shortly before the split took effect.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.gomastodons.com/news/2018/6/18/general-purdue-fort-wayne-branding-released.aspx |title=Purdue Fort Wayne Branding Released |publisher=Purdue University Fort Wayne |date=June 18, 2018 |access-date=June 21, 2018}}</ref>

Some notable events in sports history occurred in Fort Wayne. On June 2, 1883, Fort Wayne hosted the Quincy Professionals for one of the first lighted evening baseball games ever recorded.<ref>Miklich, Eric, [http://www.19cbaseball.com/field-10.html Night Baseball in the 19th century]. Retrieved on May 16, 2008.</ref> Fort Wayne is also credited as the birthplace of the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]], as Pistons' coach [[Carl Bennett]] brokered the merger of the [[Basketball Association of America|BAA]] and the [[National Basketball League (United States)|NBL]] in 1948 from his Alexander Street home.<ref name="sports moments">(2008-01-19). [http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130909857 Fort Wayne Sports Moments] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518073139/http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130909857 |date=May 18, 2015 }}. ''The News-Sentinel''. Retrieved on June 11, 2009.</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Blake |last=Sebring |date=May 17, 2013 |url=http://fortwayne.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130517/SPORTS/320126915 |title=Carl Bennett built part of Fort Wayne history Fort Wayne Sports History: Time to vote for the all-time best |newspaper=The News-Sentinel |access-date=May 17, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193916/http://fortwayne.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20130517%2FSPORTS%2F320126915 |archive-date=October 29, 2013}}</ref><ref>Rushin, Steve, (February 5, 2007). [https://www.si.com/vault/2007/02/05/8399819/storming-the-fort-wayne Storming The Fort (wayne)]. ''Sports Illustrated''. Retrieved on May 16, 2008.</ref> On March 10, 1961, [[Wilt Chamberlain]] became the first player in the NBA to reach 3,000 points in a single season while competing at the War Memorial Coliseum.<ref name="sports moments"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=NBA.com: This Date In The NBA: March |website=[[NBA.com]] |url=http://www.nba.com/history/features/this-date-mar/index.html |access-date=May 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151022220207/http://www.nba.com/history/features/this-date-mar/index.html |archive-date=October 22, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>