Editing South Bend, Indiana (section)

==Sports==
[[File:Four Winds Field at Coveleski Stadium Gate D closeup.JPG|thumb|[[Four Winds Field at Coveleski Stadium|"The Cove"]] in South Bend]]

===South Bend Lions FC===
A [[USL League Two|USL2]] [[South Bend Lions FC|soccer franchise]] named in November 2019, located in South Bend. The team plays at TCU School Field with an inaugural season in Summer of 2020.
In the summer of 2022 the South Bend Lions earned the title, Champions of the USL2 Valley Division.

===South Bend Cubs===
The city is home to the [[South Bend Cubs]], a Class A [[Minor League Baseball]] team, which plays at [[Four Winds Field at Coveleski Stadium]] in downtown South Bend. In 2014, the franchise changed its name and logo to the South Bend Cubs<ref>{{cite web |title = UPDATE: South Bend Silver Hawks are now the South Bend Cubs! |url = http://www.wsbt.com/sports/future-of-south-bend-baseball-silver-hawks-get-new-name-today/28239050 |access-date = September 29, 2015 |last = WSBT |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140925112903/http://www.wsbt.com/sports/future-of-south-bend-baseball-silver-hawks-get-new-name-today/28239050 |archive-date = September 25, 2014 }}</ref> and became affiliated with the [[Chicago Cubs]]; prior to this, it had been known as the South Bend Silver Hawks and affiliated with the [[Arizona Diamondbacks]]. In 2005, the franchise nearly moved to [[Marion, Illinois]], but a group of investors, led by former Indiana governor and former South Bend mayor [[Joe Kernan (politician)|Joe Kernan]], bought the Silver Hawks in order to ensure the team stayed in South Bend.<ref name="Hawks" />

====Buildings and stadium====
The [[Ballpark Synagogue]] is a 1901 synagogue building on the grounds of the ballpark, which serves as the team's fan store. It is the nation's only ballpark synagogue and it is available for weddings and other events.<ref name="Eig">{{cite web |url = https://www.chicagotribune.com/2004/01/25/jewish-communities-fade-in-small-towns/ |title = Jewish communities fade in small towns |website = Articles.chicagotribune.com |date = January 25, 2004 |access-date = August 27, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url = https://www.newyorker.com/news/sporting-scene/americas-only-ballpark-synagogue |title = America's Only Ballpark Synagogue |magazine = The New Yorker |date = May 14, 2014 |access-date = August 27, 2017 }}</ref> The stadium is also used for multiple community events. In 2015, the South Bend Cubs broke their previous ticket sales record, with a total of 347,678 tickets sold.<ref>{{cite news |title = South Bend Cubs shatter ticket sales record for season |url = http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/sep/9/south-bend-cubs-shatter-ticket-sales-record-for-se/ |access-date = September 29, 2015 |newspaper = [[The Washington Times]] }}</ref>

===South Bend Roller Girls===
The city also hosts the South Bend Roller Girls,<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.southbendrollergirls.com/ |title = Home |website = South Bend Roller Girls |access-date = August 27, 2017 }}</ref> the city's non-profit flat-track roller derby league. Founded in March 2010, the league has worked to support fundraising for local charities, such as the Salvation Army's Adopt-A-Family program, the American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, and the St. Joe County Humane Society. The South Bend Roller Girls traveling/competitive team, The Studebreakers, is named after the historic Studebaker Corporation. The team is a member of the [[Women's Flat Track Derby Association]].

===East Race Waterway===
{{Main|East Race Waterway}}
South Bend is home to the first [[artificial whitewater]] center in North America, the [[East Race Waterway]], adjacent to Century Center. The East Race Waterway is one of only four operating artificial whitewater facilities in the United States, the others being [[Dickerson Whitewater Course]] (in [[Dickerson, Maryland]]), [[U.S. National Whitewater Center]] (in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]]), [[Adventure Sports Center International]] (in [[McHenry, Maryland]]), and [[Riversports Rapids]] (in [[Oklahoma City]], [[Oklahoma]]). The East Race Waterway is one of only [[List of artificial whitewater courses|six such facilities]] to have ever been operated in the US, the others being the four aforementioned courses and the now-defunct [[Ocoee Whitewater Center]] (in [[Ducktown, Tennessee]]). Prior to the opening of Riversports Rapids, the East Race had long been the only such US facility not located in an [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]] state. The waterway is closed as of 2021 because a [[hydroelectric]] [[dam]] is being built at the source.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://green.nd.edu/get-involved/energy-emissions/notre-dame-hydro-project-preparing-for-a-sustainable-future-by-looking-to-the-past/|title = Notre Dame Hydro Project: Preparing for a sustainable future by looking to the past. &#124; Energy & Emissions &#124; Get Involved &#124; Office of Sustainability &#124; University of Notre Dame}}</ref>

===Other sports===
During [[World War II]], the [[South Bend Blue Sox]] [[All-American Girls Professional Baseball League]] team was formed in the city. The team participated in all the league's seasons from 1943 to 1954.<ref name="bluesox">All-American Girls Professional Baseball League "[http://www.aagpbl.org/league/history.cfm All-American Girls Professional Baseball League History]." Retrieved on August 30, 2006.</ref>

The [[Blackthorn Golf Course]] in South Bend is home to the [[Four Winds Invitational]] of the [[Symetra Tour]].<ref name=":1">{{cite web |url = http://m.wsbt.com/news/Four-Winds-Invitational-under-way-in-South-Bend/33669182 |title = Four Winds Invitational under way in South Bend |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date = June 19, 2015 |website = m.wsbt.com |publisher = [[WSBT-TV]] ([[CBS]]-[[Network affiliate|affiliate]]) |access-date = June 27, 2015 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150630012848/http://m.wsbt.com/news/Four-Winds-Invitational-under-way-in-South-Bend/33669182 |archive-date = June 30, 2015 }}</ref>

The [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish]] also provides sports activity the South Bend locale, with football, basketball, and other collegiate [[University of Notre Dame#Athletics|sports]] attracting fans to the region. Along with [[Notre Dame, Indiana|Notre Dame]], South Bend was the site of the VII [[Special Olympics World Games|Special Olympics Summer World Games]] in 1987. Notre Dame also hosted the 1983 [[AAU Junior Olympics]].