Editing Saginaw, Michigan (section)

===Sports===
[[File:Dow Event Center - Interior.JPG|thumb|The [[Saginaw Spirit]] play the [[Guelph Storm]] at the [[Dow Event Center]] during an [[Ontario Hockey League]] game, January 2016]]
The Saginaw area is home to a major junior hockey team, a minor league basketball team, and one [[NCAA]] Division-II school that has various sports programs. 

The [[Saginaw Spirit]] is an [[Ontario Hockey League]] team that became nationally known when television personality [[Stephen Colbert]] promoted the team on his show, ''[[The Colbert Report]]''.<ref name="spirit-tstar">{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/article/177061 |title=The Steagle has landed |newspaper=Toronto Star |author=Sunaya Sapurji |date=February 1, 2007 |access-date=November 26, 2007}}</ref> The Spirit hosted and won the [[2024 Memorial Cup]]. 

[[Saginaw Sting]] was an [[Indoor American football|indoor football]] team that formed in 2007 to play in Saginaw beginning in the 2008 season and is currently on hiatus.<ref name="sting-weyi">{{cite web |url=http://www.weyi.com/sports/sports_story.aspx?id=63899 |title=Saginaw feels the Sting |publisher=[[WEYI-TV]] |access-date=November 26, 2007}}</ref> 

The [[Saginaw Soul]] are a [[Basketball Super League (North America)|Basketball Super League]] team that will begin play in 2025.<ref name="z837">{{cite web | last=Sevilla | first=Dominic | title=Saginaw Soul bringing pro basketball to the region as part of the BSL | website=Midland Daily News | date=April 10, 2025 | url=https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/saginaw-soul-bringing-pro-basketball-region-part-20267361.php | access-date=April 10, 2025}}</ref>

At the collegiate level, [[Saginaw Valley State University]] competes in numerous sports such as [[American Football]], [[Basketball]], and [[Volleyball]].<ref name="svsu-athletics">{{cite web |url=http://www.svsu.edu/athletics/home.html |title=Athletics home |access-date=November 26, 2007}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Team
!Sport
!League
!Year founded
!Venue
|-
|[[Saginaw Spirit]]
|[[Ice hockey]]
|[[Ontario Hockey League]]
|2002
|[[Dow Event Center]]
|-
|[[Saginaw Soul]]
|[[Basketball]]
|[[Basketball Super League (North America)|Basketball Super League]]
|2025
|TBA
|-
|[[Saginaw Valley State University]]
|Various
|[[Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference]]
|1963
|[[SVSU Campus]]
|}