Editing Maryland (section)

==Sports==
{{See also|Sports in Maryland|List of people from Maryland#Athletes}}
[[File:CamdenYards 2005-05-08.jpg|thumb|[[Oriole Park at Camden Yards]], home of the [[Baltimore Orioles]]]]
[[File:M&T Bank Stadium DoD.jpg|thumb|[[M&T Bank Stadium]], home of the [[Baltimore Ravens]]]]
With two major metropolitan areas, Maryland has a number of major and minor professional sports franchises. Two [[National Football League]] teams play in Maryland, the [[Baltimore Ravens]] in [[Baltimore, Maryland|Baltimore]] and the [[Washington Commanders]] in [[Landover, Maryland|Landover]]. The [[History of the Baltimore Colts|Baltimore Colts]] represented the NFL in Baltimore from 1953 to 1983 before moving to [[Indianapolis]].

The [[Baltimore Orioles]] are the state's [[Major League Baseball]] franchise. The [[National Hockey League]]'s [[Washington Capitals]] and the [[National Basketball Association]]'s [[Washington Wizards]] formerly played in Maryland, until the construction of an arena in Washington, D.C. in 1997 (now known as [[Capital One Arena]]). [[University of Maryland, College Park|University of Maryland]]'s team is the [[Maryland Terrapins]].

Maryland enjoys considerable historical repute for the talented sports players of its past, including [[Cal Ripken Jr.]] and [[Babe Ruth]]. In 2012, ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]'' published a list of Maryland's top ten athletes in the state's history. The list includes Babe Ruth, Cal Ripken Jr, [[Johnny Unitas]], [[Brooks Robinson]], [[Frank Robinson]], [[Ray Lewis]], [[Michael Phelps]], [[Jimmie Foxx]], [[Jim Parker (American football)|Jim Parker]], and [[Wes Unseld]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Top 10 Maryland athletes in The Sun's 175-year history|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/bal-top-175-top-10-story-gallery,0,2436595.storygallery|newspaper=Baltimore Sun|date=May 16, 2012|access-date=March 16, 2013|archive-date=January 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120112259/http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/bal-top-175-top-10-story-gallery,0,2436595.storygallery|url-status=deviated}}</ref>

Other professional sports franchises in the state include three affiliated [[minor league baseball]] teams, one [[independent league baseball]] team, the [[Baltimore Blast (current)|Baltimore Blast]] indoor soccer team, two indoor football teams and three low-level outdoor soccer teams. Maryland is also home to one of the three races in horse racing's annual Triple Crown, the [[Preakness Stakes]], which is run every spring at [[Pimlico Race Course]] in Baltimore. [[Baltimore Stallions|The Baltimore Stallions]] were a Canadian Football Team in the [[Canadian Football League|CFL]] that played the 1994–95 season.

[[Congressional Country Club]] has hosted three golf tournaments for the [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] and a [[PGA Championship]].

The official state sport of Maryland, since 1962, is [[jousting]]; the official team sport since 2004 is [[lacrosse]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/symbols/sport.html |title=State Symbols |access-date=December 6, 2007 |publisher=Maryland State Archives |archive-date=May 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527151933/http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/symbols/sport.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[National Lacrosse Hall of Fame]] is located in [[Sparks, Maryland]] at the [[US Lacrosse|USA Lacrosse]] headquarters. In 2008, intending to promote physical fitness for all ages, [[Walking#Leisure activity|walking]] became the official state exercise. Maryland is the first state with an official state exercise.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.journalism.umd.edu/cns/wire/2008-editions/09-September-editions/080930-Tuesday/WalkingState_CNS-UMCP.html |title=State Symbols: Marylanders take a walk, and eat cake too |publisher=Journalism.umd.edu |date=September 30, 2008 |access-date=September 28, 2013 |archive-date=September 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130928143050/http://www.journalism.umd.edu/cns/wire/2008-editions/09-September-editions/080930-Tuesday/WalkingState_CNS-UMCP.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>