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==Culture== ===Festivals=== {{Main|Delaware festivals}} ===Sports=== [[File:2017 Apache Warrior 400 from turn 1.jpg|thumb|[[NASCAR]] racing at [[Dover Motor Speedway]] in [[Dover, Delaware|Dover]]]] ;Professional teams {| class="wikitable" |- !Team !Sport !League |- |[[Delaware Black Foxes]] |[[Rugby League]] |[[USA Rugby League]] |- |[[Delaware Blue Coats]] |[[Basketball]] |[[NBA G League]] |- |[[Delaware Thunder]] |[[Ice hockey|Hockey]] |[[Federal Prospects Hockey League]] |- |[[Diamond State Roller Girls]] |[[Roller derby]] |[[Women's Flat Track Derby Association]] |- |[[Wilmington Blue Rocks]] |[[Baseball]] |[[High-A East]] |} As Delaware has no franchises in the major American professional sports leagues, many Delawareans follow either [[Sports in Philadelphia|Philadelphia]] or [[Sports in Baltimore|Baltimore]] teams. In the [[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA]], the [[Washington Mystics]] enjoy a major following due to the presence of Wilmington native and University of Delaware product [[Elena Delle Donne]]. The [[Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football|University of Delaware's football team]] has a large following throughout the state, with the [[Delaware State Hornets football|Delaware State University]] and [[Wesley College (Delaware)|Wesley College]] teams also enjoying a smaller degree of support. Delaware is home to [[Dover Motor Speedway]] and [[Bally's Dover]]. Dover Motor Speedway, also known as the ''Monster Mile'', is one of only 10 tracks in the nation to have hosted 100 or more [[NASCAR]] Cup Series races. Bally's Dover is a popular [[harness racing]] facility. It is the only co-located horse- and car-racing facility in the nation, with the Bally's Dover track located inside the Dover Motor Speedway track. Delaware is represented in [[USA Rugby League|rugby]] by the Delaware Black Foxes, a 2015 expansion club. Delaware has been home to [[professional wrestling]] outfit [[Combat Zone Wrestling]] (CZW). CZW has been affiliated with the annual Tournament of Death and [[East Coast Wrestling Association|ECWA]] with its annual [[ECWA Super 8 Tournament|Super{{spaces}}8 Tournament]]. Delaware's official state sport is [[bicycling]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.NSF/vwLegislation/HB+235 |title=An Act to Amend Title 29 of the Delaware Code Relating to the Designation of a State Sport|access-date=July 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213444/http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.NSF/vwLegislation/HB+235 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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