Amarillo, Texas

==Sports==
The [[American Indoor Football]] team [[Amarillo Venom]] and the [[North American Hockey League|NAHL]] [[junior ice hockey|Jr. A]] hockey team, the [[Amarillo Bulls]] both play in the [[Amarillo Civic Center]]. Amarillo previously hosted an independent league baseball team, the [[Amarillo Thunderheads]] of the [[American Association of Independent Professional Baseball|American Association]], which played its home games in [[Potter County Memorial Stadium]] from 2011 to 2015. The city was the home of the [[Double-A (baseball)|Double-A]] [[Amarillo Gold Sox]] [[Minor League Baseball]] team of the [[Texas League]] off and on from 1939 to 1982.<ref>{{cite news |author=Lahnert, Lance |title=Mark Lee to be named revived Dillas' GM today |date=January 10, 2006 |work=Amarillo Globe-News |url=http://amarillo.com/stories/011006/dil_3686659.shtml|access-date= January 25, 2007}}</ref> In 2019, the Texas League's [[San Antonio Missions]] relocated to Amarillo as the [[Amarillo Sod Poodles]] and play at the $45.5 million [[Hodgetown]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/milb/news/san-antonio-missions-colorado-springs-sky-sox-helena-brewers-set-for-relocation/c-237847420/t-185364810|title=Missions, Sky Sox, Brewers set for relocation|website=Minor League baseball|date=June 21, 2017|access-date=June 22, 2017}}</ref> Amarillo had a minor league indoor soccer team called the [[Amarillo Challengers]] that competed in the [[SISL]] and later the [[USISL]].<ref>{{cite web |author= [[United Soccer Leagues]] |url= http://www.uslsoccer.com/aboutusl/history/53773.html |title= 1986... genesis: the beginning |access-date= July 25, 2006 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060912212758/http://www.uslsoccer.com/aboutusl/history/53773.html |archive-date= September 12, 2006 |url-status= dead |df= mdy-all }}</ref>

[[West Texas A&M University]] features a full slate of [[NCAA Division II]] teams; [[Amarillo College]] is in a different division than West Texas A&M,  however, playing in the NJCAA division 2 bracket. From 1968 to 1996, Amarillo hosted the annual [[National Women's Invitational Tournament]] (NWIT), a post season women's [[college basketball]] tournament.<ref>{{cite news |author=Riddle, Greg |title=NWIT – show board of directors the money |date=March 20, 1997 |work=Amarillo Globe-News |url=http://amarillo.com/stories/032097/directors.html|access-date= January 25, 2007}}</ref> During high school football season, the Amarillo Independent School District schools' home games are in [[Dick Bivins Stadium]] which had a $5.7&nbsp;million renovation in 2005.<ref>{{cite news |title=The new Dick Bivins |date=August 23, 2005 |work=Amarillo Globe-News |url=http://www.amarillo.com/stories/082305/pig_2547173.shtml|access-date= January 25, 2007}}</ref> Randall High School (part of the adjacent Canyon Independent School District) plays its home games in [[Kimbrough Memorial Stadium]] in Canyon, as well as the yearly Clinton Invitational horseshoe tournament. River Road, Highland Park, and Bushland High Schools, also play football, in addition other sports.

Another part of Amarillo's sporting history was its roots in [[professional wrestling]]. Amarillo residents Dory Funk, Stanley Blackburn and [[Doc Sarpolis]] promoted the territory for several decades. Funk's sons, [[Dory Funk, Jr.]], and [[Terry Funk]] were both [[National Wrestling Alliance]] World Heavyweight Champions and represented Amarillo.