Editing Raleigh, North Carolina (section)

===Professional===
The [[National Hockey League]]'s [[Carolina Hurricanes]] franchise moved to Raleigh in 1997 from [[Hartford, Connecticut]] (where it was known as the [[Hartford Whalers]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/hurricanes |title=The Official Website of the Carolina Hurricanes |website=nhl.com |access-date=June 30, 2020}}</ref> The team played its first two seasons more than 60 miles away at [[Greensboro Coliseum]] while its home arena, Raleigh Entertainment and Sports Arena (later RBC Center and now [[Lenovo Center]]), was under construction. The Hurricanes are the only major league ([[National Football League|NFL]], [[National Hockey League|NHL]], [[National Basketball Association|NBA]], [[Major League Baseball|MLB]]) professional sports team in North Carolina to have won a championship, winning the [[Stanley Cup]] in 2006, over the [[Edmonton Oilers]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/recap/_/gameId/260619007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426131802/http://www.espn.com/nhl/recap/_/gameId/260619007 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 26, 2017 |title=Brind'Amour Hurricanes beat Oilers for first Stanley Cup title |date=June 20, 2006 |website=ESPN.com |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=May 30, 2021}}</ref> The city played host to the [[2011 National Hockey League All-Star Game|2011 NHL All-Star Game]].
[[File:PNC Arena.jpg|right|thumb|The [[Lenovo Center]] in Raleigh]]

In addition to the Hurricanes, the [[North Carolina FC]] of the [[United Soccer League Championship]] and [[North Carolina Courage]] of the [[National Women’s Soccer League]] play in suburban Cary to the west;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.northcarolinafc.com/|title=North Carolina FC Official website|website=northcarolinafc.com|access-date=November 26, 2022}}</ref> the [[Carolina Mudcats]], a [[Single-A (baseball)|Single-A minor-league baseball]] team, play in the city's eastern suburbs;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/carolina-mudcats|title=The Official website of the Carolina Mudcats|website=[[Minor League Baseball]]|access-date=November 26, 2022}}</ref> the newly formed [[Single-A (baseball)|Single-A minor-league baseball]] [[Fayetteville Woodpeckers]], who formerly played in [[Buies Creek, North Carolina|Buies Creek]], began play in the nearby out-of-county southern suburb of [[Fayetteville, North Carolina|Fayetteville]] when their [[Fayetteville Ballpark|new ballpark]] opened in 2019;<ref>{{cite web |title=Fayetteville Ballpark |url=https://www.milb.com/fayetteville/ballpark |access-date=2020-10-23 |website=[[Minor League Baseball]] |language=en |archive-date=October 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023023932/https://www.milb.com/fayetteville/ballpark/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the [[Carolina Flyers]] of the [[American Ultimate Disc League]] play primarily at Cardinal Gibbons High School near the Lenovo Center; and the [[Durham Bulls]], the [[Triple-A (baseball)|AAA minor-league baseball]] team made internationally famous by the movie ''[[Bull Durham]]'', play in the neighboring city of Durham. The [[Raleigh Firebirds]] of [[The Basketball League]] play at [[St. Augustine's University (North Carolina)|St. Augustine's University]].

Several other professional sports leagues have had former franchises (now defunct) in Raleigh, including the [[Raleigh IceCaps]] of the [[ECHL]] (1991–1998); [[Carolina Cobras]] of the [[Arena Football League]] (2000–2004); the [[Raleigh–Durham Skyhawks]] of the [[World League of American Football]] (1991); the [[Raleigh Bullfrogs]] of the [[Global Basketball Association]] (1991–1992); the [[Raleigh Cougars]] of the [[United States Basketball League]] (1997–1999); and most recently, the [[Carolina Courage]] of the [[Women's United Soccer Association]] (2000–2001 in Chapel Hill, 2001–2003 in suburban Cary), which won that league's championship Founders Cup in 2002.

The Raleigh area has hosted the [[Professional Golfers' Association of America|Professional Golfers' Association (PGA)]] [[Nationwide Tour]] [[Rex Hospital Open]] since 1994, with the current location of play at Raleigh's [[Country Club at Wakefield Plantation]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rexhospitalopen.com/rh/rex-hospital-open/tournament-information/ |title=Official website of Rex Hospital Open |website=RexHospitalopen.com |access-date=November 7, 2016 |archive-date=August 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813215618/https://rexhospitalopen.com/rh/rex-hospital-open/tournament-information/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Nearby [[Prestonwood Country Club]] hosts the PGA [[SAS Championship]] every fall.