Editing Ohio (section)

===Sports===
{{main|Sports in Ohio}}

====Professional sports====
[[File:10Cincinnati 2015 (2).jpg|thumb|[[Great American Ball Park]], home to the [[Cincinnati Reds]] baseball team]]

Ohio is home to eight professional sports teams across the five different [[Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada|major leagues]] in the United States. Current teams include the [[Cincinnati Reds]] and [[Cleveland Guardians]] of [[Major League Baseball]],<ref>{{cite web| title = The Official Site of the Cincinnati Reds| publisher = [[Major League Baseball]]| url = http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=cin| access-date = March 28, 2009| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080404013847/http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=cin| archive-date = April 4, 2008| url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title = The Official Site of the Cleveland Guardians| publisher = Major League Baseball| url = http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=cle| access-date = March 28, 2009| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090315191341/http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=cle| archive-date = March 15, 2009| url-status = dead}}</ref> the [[Columbus Crew]] and [[FC Cincinnati]] of [[Major League Soccer]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Major League Soccer Teams |publisher=Major League Soccer |url=http://www.mlsnet.com/teams/ |access-date=March 28, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221025932/http://www.mlsnet.com/teams/ |archive-date=February 21, 2009 }}</ref> the [[Cleveland Cavaliers]] of the [[National Basketball Association]],<ref>{{cite web| title = NBA.com Team Index| publisher = National Basketball Association| url = http://www.nba.com/teams/index.html| access-date = March 28, 2009| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090318064233/http://www.nba.com/teams/index.html| archive-date = March 18, 2009| url-status = live}}</ref> the [[Cincinnati Bengals]] and [[Cleveland Browns]] of the [[National Football League]],<ref name="NFL">{{cite web| title = NFL Teams| website = [[National Football League]]| url = http://www.nfl.com/teams| access-date = March 28, 2009| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110223135832/http://www.nfl.com/teams| archive-date = February 23, 2011| url-status = live}}</ref> and the [[Columbus Blue Jackets]] of the [[National Hockey League]].<ref>{{cite web| title = NHL Teams| website = National Hockey League| url = http://www.nhl.com/ice/teams.htm| access-date = March 28, 2009| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090311030113/http://www.nhl.com/ice/teams.htm| archive-date = March 11, 2009| url-status = live}}</ref>

Ohio has brought home seven [[World Series]] titles (Reds 1919, 1940, 1975, 1976, 1990; Indians 1920, 1948), three [[MLS Cup]]s (Crew [[MLS Cup 2008|2008]], [[MLS Cup 2020|2020]], [[MLS Cup 2023|2023]]), one [[NBA Finals|NBA Championship]] (Cavaliers 2016), and nine [[History of the National Football League championship|NFL Championships]] ([[1920 Akron Pros season|Pros 1920]]; [[1922 Canton Bulldogs season|Bulldogs 1922]], [[1923 Canton Bulldogs season|1923]], [[1924 Cleveland Bulldogs season|1924]]; [[1945 NFL Championship Game|Rams 1945]]; Browns [[1950 NFL Championship Game|1950]], [[1954 NFL Championship Game|1954]], [[1955 NFL Championship Game|1955]], [[1964 NFL Championship Game|1964]]). Despite this success in the [[NFL]] in the first half of the 20th century, no Ohio team has won the [[Super Bowl]] since its inception in [[Super Bowl I|1967]]. No Ohio team has made an appearance in the [[Stanley Cup Finals]].

[[File:Pro Football Hall of Fame (23945852607).jpg|thumb|The [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] in Canton]]

Ohio played a central role in the development of both Major League Baseball and the National Football League. Baseball's first fully professional team, the [[Cincinnati Red Stockings]] of 1869, were organized in Ohio.<ref>{{cite web| last = Griffith| first = Grant| title = Legend of the Cincinnati Red Stockings| publisher = Cincinnati Vintage Base Ball Club| year = 2007| url = http://www.1869reds.com/history/| access-date = March 28, 2009| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080724175805/http://www.1869reds.com/history| archive-date = July 24, 2008| url-status = dead| df = mdy-all}}</ref> An informal early-20th-century American football association, the [[Ohio League]], was the direct predecessor of the modern NFL, although neither of Ohio's modern NFL franchises trace their roots to an Ohio League club. The NFL itself was founded in [[Canton, Ohio|Canton]] in 1920 as the American Professional Football Conference.<ref name="profootballhof.com"/> The first official game occurred on October 3, 1920, when the [[Dayton Triangles]] beat the [[Columbus Panhandles]] 14–0 in Dayton.<ref name="daytonlocal.com"/> Canton was enshrined as the home of the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] in 1963.<ref name="Akron-Canton Football Heritage"/>

On a smaller scale, Ohio hosts [[minor league baseball]], [[arena football]], [[indoor American football|indoor football]], mid-level hockey, and lower division soccer.

====Individual sports====
The [[Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course]] has hosted several auto racing championships, including [[CART World Series]], [[IndyCar Series]], NASCAR [[Nationwide Series]], [[Can-Am]], [[Formula 5000]], [[IMSA GT Championship]], [[American Le Mans Series]] and [[Rolex Sports Car Series]]. The [[Grand Prix of Cleveland]] also hosted CART races from 1982 to 2007. The [[Eldora Speedway]] is a major dirt oval that hosts NASCAR [[Camping World Truck Series]], [[World of Outlaws]] Sprint Cars and [[USAC Silver Crown Series]] races.

Ohio hosts two [[PGA Tour]] events, the [[WGC-Bridgestone Invitational]] and [[Memorial Tournament]]. The [[Cincinnati Open]] is an [[ATP World Tour Masters 1000]] and [[WTA 1000 tournaments|WTA 1000]] tennis tournament.

====College sports====
{{main|List of college athletic programs in Ohio}}
[[File:Ohio Stadium, Columbus.jpg|thumb|[[Ohio Stadium]] in Columbus, home to the [[Ohio State Buckeyes football]] team, is the [[List of stadiums by capacity|fifth-largest stadium]] in the world.]]

Ohio has eight [[NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision]] college football teams, divided among three different [[List of NCAA conferences|conferences]]. It has also experienced considerable success in the secondary and tertiary tiers of college football divisions.

There are two programs in the [[Power Four conferences|Power Five conferences]]; the [[Ohio State Buckeyes]] of the [[Big Ten Conference]] and the [[Cincinnati Bearcats]] of the [[Big 12 Conference]]. The [[Ohio State Buckeyes football]] team is second in all-time winning percentage, with a 977–335–53 overall record and a 30–29 [[Bowl game|bowl record]] as of [[2024 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|2024]]. The program has produced seven [[Heisman Trophy]] winners, forty-one conference titles, and nine undisputed national championships. The [[Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball|men's basketball]] program has appeared in the [[NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament]] 27 times.

The [[Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball]] team has over 1,800 wins and 33 [[NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|March Madness]] appearances, whilst the [[Cincinnati Bearcats football|Bearcats football]] team became the first [[Group of Five conferences|so-called "Group of Five"]] team to qualify to the [[College Football Playoff]] in 2022.<ref>{{cite web |website=[[New York Times]] |last=Blinder |first=Alan |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/05/sports/ncaafootball/alabama-michigan-georgia-cincinnati-college-football-playoff.html |title=Alabama, Michigan, Georgia and Cincinnati Make College Football Playoff |date=December 5, 2021 |accessdate=December 5, 2021 |archive-date=December 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205173134/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/05/sports/ncaafootball/alabama-michigan-georgia-cincinnati-college-football-playoff.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the Group of Five conferences, six teams are represented in the [[Mid-American Conference]]: the [[Akron Zips]], [[Bowling Green Falcons]], [[Kent State Golden Flashes]], [[Miami RedHawks]], [[Ohio Bobcats]] and the [[Toledo Rockets]]. The MAC headquarters are in Cleveland. The [[Victory Bell (Cincinnati–Miami)|Cincinnati–Miami]] rivalry game has been played in southwest Ohio every year since 1888 and is the oldest current non-conference [[NCAA football]] rivalry. Other Division I schools, either part of the [[NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision]] or not fielding in football include the [[Cleveland State Vikings]], [[Xavier Musketeers]], [[Wright State Raiders]], and [[Youngstown State Penguins]]. Xavier's [[Xavier Musketeers men's basketball|men's basketball]] has performed particularly well, with 27 [[NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|March Madness]] appearances. Youngstown State's [[Youngstown State Penguins football|football]] has the third most [[NCAA Division I Football Championship]] wins, with 3.

There are 12 [[NCAA Division II]] universities and 22 [[NCAA Division III]] universities in Ohio.