Editing The Bronx (section)

===Sports===
{{See also|Sports in the New York metropolitan area}}
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| footer            = [[Babe Ruth]], often considered the greatest baseball player of all time, is seen retiring from the [[New York Yankees|Yankees]] in a [[Babe Ruth Bows Out|Pulitzer prize-winning photograph]] in the Bronx's original [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]] ([[Yankee Stadium|current field]] at right).
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The Bronx is the home of the [[New York Yankees]]—nicknamed "the Bronx Bombers"—of [[Major League Baseball]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/yankees|title=The Official website of the New York Yankees|website=Yankees.com|publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]|access-date=January 7, 2022|archive-date=April 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409113050/https://www.mlb.com/yankees|url-status=live}}</ref> The Yankees have won 27 [[World Series]] titles, more than any other team, and their roster has featured players like [[Babe Ruth]], [[Lou Gehrig]], [[Joe DiMaggio]], and [[Mickey Mantle]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/teams-with-the-most-world-series-titles-c299893938|title=Teams with the most World Series titles|date=October 30, 2024|publisher=Major League Baseball|access-date=February 9, 2024|archive-date=February 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221072430/https://www.mlb.com/news/teams-with-the-most-world-series-titles-c299893938|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/yankees/history/timeline-1900s|title=Yankees Timeline – 1900s |website=New York Yankees |publisher=MLB.com |access-date=January 7, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127121436/https://www.mlb.com/yankees/history/timeline-1900s |archive-date= January 27, 2022 }}</ref>

When the team's original [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]] opened in 1923, it was the largest baseball park.<ref>{{cite news|last=Dayn|first=Perry|date=April 18, 2023|title= Old Yankee Stadium's rise and fall: Complete story of 'The House that Ruth Built' 100 years after its opening|url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/old-yankee-stadiums-rise-and-fall-complete-story-of-the-house-that-ruth-built-100-years-after-its-opening/|work=CBS Sports|access-date=January 2, 2024}}</ref> The field also hosted college football games, and was the home of two [[National Football League]] teams, the [[New York Yankees (NFL)|New York Yankees]] (1926–1929) and the [[New York Giants]] (1956–1973).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sabr.org/journal/article/a-brief-review-of-football-at-old-yankee-stadium/|title=A Brief Review Of Football At Old Yankee Stadium|last=Dietzler|first=Bryan|publisher=Society for American Baseball Research|access-date=February 9, 2025|archive-date=November 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241119102621/https://sabr.org/journal/article/a-brief-review-of-football-at-old-yankee-stadium/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2008, the park was replaced with the current [[Yankee Stadium]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kepner|first1=Tyler|last2=Bretherton|first2=George|last3=Bell|first3=Jack|last4=Klein|first4=Jeff|date=November 15, 2008|title=New Stadium Is Definitely Something to Write Home About|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/sports/16blogs.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 10, 2025}}</ref>

The Bronx additionally hosts the only [[Major League Soccer]] team in the five boroughs, the [[New York City FC]], which also plays in Yankee Stadium.<ref>[https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/new-york-city-fc-announce-yankee-stadium-be-home-field-2015-season "New York City FC announce Yankee Stadium to be home field for 2015 season"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241225211741/https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/new-york-city-fc-announce-yankee-stadium-be-home-field-2015-season |date=2024-12-25 }}, [[Major League Soccer]], April 21, 2014. Accessed January 2, 2024.</ref> Part of the [[New York City Marathon]] travels through the Bronx, including the notoriously difficult Mile 20.<ref>{{cite news|last=Coughlin|first=Jennie|date=October 31, 2024|title=Your Guide to the 2024 New York City Marathon|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/31/nyregion/nyc-marathon-guide.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 9, 2024|archive-date=January 15, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250115182505/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/31/nyregion/nyc-marathon-guide.html|url-status=live}}</ref> From 1889 to 1904, the borough used to have a horse racing facility, the [[Morris Park Racecourse]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nypl.org/blog/2019/03/14/bronx-history-morris-park-racecourse|title=Bronx History at the Bronx Library Center: The Morris Park Racecourse|author=NYPL Staff|date=March 14, 2019|publisher=New York public Library|access-date=February 9, 2025|archive-date=October 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012163703/https://www.nypl.org/blog/2019/03/14/bronx-history-morris-park-racecourse|url-status=live}}</ref> In its later years, the course was used for [[1905 Morris Park 5|motor racing]]: a new [[land speed record]] was reached on the track.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://einsteinmed.edu/features/stories/571/morris-park-from-horses-and-planes-to-racing-cars-and-ultimately-medicine/|title=Morris Park: From Horses and Planes to Racing Cars and Ultimately Medicine|publisher=Albert Einstein College of Medicine|access-date=February 9, 2025}}</ref> College teams in the Bronx include the [[Fordham Rams]] and the [[Lehman Lightning]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Appleman|first=Jake|date=January 4, 2013|title=Basketball Is Reborn at an Old Bronx Gym|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/05/sports/ncaabasketball/basketball-is-reborn-at-fordham.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 10, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://lehmanathletics.com|title=Lehman Athletics|publisher=Lehman College|access-date=February 10, 2025}}</ref>