Flint, Michigan

==Sports==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:98%;"
|- style="background:#adadad;"
| style="width:150px;"|'''Club'''
| style="width:120px;"|'''Sport'''
| style="width:270px;"| '''League'''
| style="width:180px;"| '''Venue'''
|-
|[[Flint City Bucks]]
|[[Soccer]]
|[[USL League 2]]
|[[Atwood Stadium]]
|-
|[[Flint Rogues Rugby Club]]
|[[Rugby union|Rugby]]
|[[Michigan Rugby Football Union]]
|[[Longway Park]]
|-
|[[Flint Fury]]
|[[American football|Football]]
|[[Midwest Elite Football Alliance]]
|[[Flint Hamady High School]]
|-
|[[Flint United]]
|[[Men's Basketball]]
|[[The Basketball League]]
|[[Dort Financial Center]]
|-
|[[Flint Monarchs]]
|[[Women's basketball]]
|[[Women's American Basketball]]<ref name=FlintTeams>{{cite news|last1=Woodyard|first1=Eric|title=Flint Monarchs locked in to become city's first professional women's basketball team|url=http://www.mlive.com/sports/flint/index.ssf/2013/08/flint_monarchs_locked_in_to_be.html|access-date=June 12, 2014|work=Mlive|date=August 12, 2013}}</ref>
|[[Dort Financial Center]]
|-
|[[Flint Firebirds]]
|[[Ice hockey|Hockey]]
|[[Ontario Hockey League]]
|[[Dort Financial Center]]
|- 
|[[Flint City Handball Club]]
|[[Club Team Handball]]
|[[To be determined|TBD]]
|[[Berston Fieldhouse]]
|}

===American football===
There is [[Semi-professional|semi-pro]] football at Atwood Stadium with the Flint Fury. Atwood is an 11,000+ seat stadium in downtown Flint which has hosted many events, including baseball. When [[artificial turf]] was installed, it was no longer able to host baseball games.{{why|date=March 2016}} The Flint Fury have been in action since 2003, and are currently a part of the [[Great Lakes Football League]]. The team was founded by two of its players; Charles Lawler and Prince Goodson, who both played for the defunct Flint Falcons semi-pro team. The team is now solely owned by Lawler.

The 2009 [[Heisman Trophy]] winner [[Mark Ingram II]], born and raised in Grand Blanc, attended his final year of high school at Flint Southwestern Academy. He won the Heisman with 1304 total votes. Ingram attended the [[University of Alabama]] and is their first Heisman winner. He was a member of the National Champion [[2009 Alabama Crimson Tide football team]].

===Basketball===
Many Flint natives have played basketball in the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA), [[NCAA Division 1]] or European professional basketball. [[NBA champion]] [[Glen Rice]], [[Eddie Robinson (basketball)|Eddie Robinson]] and three-time [[NBA champion]] [[JaVale McGee]], and [[Washington Wizards]] forward [[Kyle Kuzma]] all hail from Flint,<ref>[http://hoopsaddict.com/2006/05/24/flint-star-the-greatest-player-from-flint-you%E2%80%99ve-never-heard-of/ Flint Star: The Greatest Player From Flint You've Never Heard Of, ''HoopsAddict.com'' Retrieved July 19, 2007] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070822142248/http://hoopsaddict.com/2006/05/24/flint-star-the-greatest-player-from-flint-you%E2%80%99ve-never-heard-of/ |date=August 22, 2007 }}</ref> as do [[Morris Peterson]], [[Mateen Cleaves]], and [[Charlie Bell (basketball)|Charlie Bell]] (four of the five starters from [[Michigan State University]]'s "[[Flintstones (basketball)|Flintstones]]" 2000 National Championship team).

Local teacher and independent film maker Marcus Davenport chronicles Flint's ties to basketball and the basketball culture in his documentary ''Flint Star: The Motion Picture''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flintstarmovie.com/ |title=Flint Star: The Motion Picture |publisher=Flintstarmovie.com |access-date=May 21, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514140611/http://www.flintstarmovie.com/ |archive-date=May 14, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elevationmag.com/basketball/index.php?itemid=206 |title=Catching up with Marcus Davenport maker of Flint Star "The Motion Picture" |publisher=Elevationmag.com |access-date=May 21, 2012}}</ref> [[Will Ferrell]]'s 2008 movie ''[[Semi-Pro]]'' is based on the fictional basketball team the "Flint Tropics".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flinttropicsshirts.com/ |title=Flint Tropics |publisher=Flinttropicsshirts.com |access-date=May 21, 2012}}</ref>

===Ice hockey===
On January 14, 2015, the [[Ontario Hockey League]]'s [[Plymouth Whalers]] were relocated to Flint after a sale of the team to the owner of Perani Arena for the 2015–16 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mlive.com/sports/flint/index.ssf/2015/02/its_official_ontario_hockey_le.html|title=It's official: Ontario Hockey League approves Plymouth Whalers' move to Flint|work=MLive.com|date=February 2, 2015}}</ref> The team changed its name to the [[Flint Firebirds]].

===Other sports===
Flint is twinned with [[Hamilton, Ontario]], and its amateur athletes compete in the [[CANUSA Games]], held alternatively between the two cities since 1957.

===Former sports teams===
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" style="width:98%;"
|- style="background:#adadad;"
| style="width:150px;"|'''Club'''
| style="width:120px;"|'''Sport'''
| style="width:270px;"| '''League'''
| style="width:180px;"| '''Venue'''
|-
|Flint Flames (2000)
|[[Arena football]]
|[[Indoor Football League]]
|IMA Sports Arena
|-
|[[Michigan Pirates]] (2007)
|Arena Football
|[[Continental Indoor Football League]]
|[[Perani Arena and Event Center]]
|-
|[[Flint Phantoms]] (2008)
|Arena Football
|[[Continental Indoor Football League]]
|Perani Arena and Event Center
|-
|[[Flint Flyers]] (1889–1891)
|[[Baseball]]
|[[Michigan State League]]
|Venue Unknown
|-
|[[Flint Vehicles]] (1906–1915, 1921–1925)
|Baseball
|Michigan-Ontario League
|Athletic Park
|-
|Flint Halligans (1919–1920)
|Baseball
|[[Michigan-Ontario League]]
|[[Athletic Park (Flint)|Athletic Park]]
|-
|[[Flint Gems]] (1940)
|Baseball
|Michigan State League
|[[Atwood Stadium]]
|-
|[[Flint Indians]] (1941)
|Baseball
|Michigan State League
|Atwood Stadium
|-
|[[Flint Arrows]] (1948–1951)
|Baseball
|[[Central League (baseball)|Central League]]
|Atwood Stadium
|-
|Flint Pros (1972–1974)
|[[Basketball]]
|[[Continental Basketball Association]]<ref name=FlintTeams/>
|[[IMA Auditorium]]
|-
|[[Flint Fuze]] (2001)
|Basketball<ref name=FlintTeams/>
|Continental Basketball Association
|[[Perani Arena and Event Center|IMA Sports Arena]]
|-
|[[University of Michigan-Flint|UM-Flint]] Kodiaks
|[[College football|College Football]]
|[[National Club Football Association]]
|Atwood Stadium
|-
|[[Flint Wildcats]] (1974–1977)
|[[American football|Football]]
|Midwest Football League
|Atwood Stadium
|-
|[[Flint Sabres]] (1974–1988)
|Football
|Midwest Football League
|Atwood Stadium
|-
|[[Flint Falcons]] (1992–2001)
|Football
|[[Michigan Football League, Ohio Valley Football League]]
|Atwood Stadium, [[Holy Redeemer Field]]
|-
|[[Michigan Admirals]] (2002–2009)
|Football
|North American Football League, United States Football Alliance
|[[Hamady Field]], [[Russ Reynolds Field]], [[Atwood Stadium]]
|-
|[[Genesee County Patriots]] (2003–2009)
|Football
|Ohio Valley Football League, North American Football League
|Atwood Stadium, [[Guy V. Houston Stadium]]
|-
|Flint Blue Devils
|Football
|League unknown
|Atwood Stadium
|-
|Flint Yellow Jackets
|Football
|League unknown
|Atwood Stadium
|-
|[[Flint Rampage]]
|Football
|[[Great Lakes Football League]]
|Atwood Stadium
|-
|[[Flint Generals (1969–1985)]]
|[[Ice hockey|Hockey]]
|[[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|International Hockey League]]
|[[Perani Arena and Event Center|IMA Center]]
|-
|[[Flint Spirits]] (1985–1990)
|Hockey
|[[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|International Hockey League]]
|IMA Sports Arena
|-
|[[Flint Bulldogs]] (1991–1993)
|Hockey
|[[United Hockey League|Colonial Hockey League]]
|IMA Sports Arena
|-
|[[Flint Generals]] (1993–2010)
|Hockey
|[[United Hockey League|Colonial/United/International Hockey League]] (1993–2010)
|Perani Arena and Event Center
|-
|[[Michigan Warriors]] (2010–2015)
|Hockey
|[[North American Hockey League]]
|[[Perani Arena]], [[Iceland Arena]]
|-
|[[Flint City Riveters]]
|Women's Football
|[[Women's Football Alliance]]
|Guy V. Houston Stadium
|-
|[[Michigan Phoenix]]
|[[Women's Soccer]]
|[[Women's Premier Soccer League]]
|[[Guy V. Houston Stadium]]
|-
| [[Waza Flo]]
| indoor soccer
| [[Major Arena Soccer League]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Woodyard|first1=Eric|title=Major Arena Soccer League team moves home games to Flint's Dort Federal Event Center|url=http://www.mlive.com/sports/flint/index.ssf/2015/09/major_arena_soccer_league_team.html|access-date=November 16, 2015|work=Flint Journal|publisher=Mlive Media Group|date=September 29, 2015}}</ref>
| Dort Federal Credit Union Event Center
|}
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