Baton Rouge, Louisiana

==Sports==
[[File:A. W. Mumford Stadium-Arnett W. Ace Mumford Fieldhouse end zone seating.jpg|thumb|230x230px|[[A. W. Mumford Stadium]] of [[Southern University]]]]
College sports play a major role in the culture of Baton Rouge. The [[LSU Tigers]] and the [[Southern Jaguars|Southern University Jaguars]] are [[Division I (NCAA)|NCAA Division I]] athletic programs with the [[LSU Tigers football]] and [[Southern Jaguars football]] teams being the local college [[American football]] teams. College baseball, basketball, and gymnastics are also popular.<ref>{{cite web
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Much of the city's sport's attention is focused on the [[List of sports teams in Louisiana|professional teams in Greater New Orleans]]. Baton Rouge has had multiple minor-league baseball teams (the [[Baton Rouge Red Sticks]]), soccer teams ([[Baton Rouge Bombers]]), indoor football teams, a basketball team, and a hockey team ([[Baton Rouge Kingfish]]).

Following a successful round of exhibition games, the [[Federal Prospects Hockey League]] announced that Baton Rouge would be awarded a franchise, beginning play in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brproud.com/news/local-news/baton-rouge-raising-canes-river-center-sports-entertainment/|title=Baton Rouge getting professional hockey team|date=April 11, 2023}}</ref> The [[Baton Rouge Zydeco]] play their home games at the [[Raising Cane's River Center|River Center]].

The city is home to many alternative or less known leagues. For [[Australian football|Australian rules football]], the city has the [[Baton Rouge Tigers]] which began play in 2004 and competes in the [[United States Australian Football League|USAFL]]. The [[Baton Rouge Rugby Football Club]] began playing in 1977 and has won numerous conference championships. Currently, the team competes in the [[Deep South Rugby Football Union]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.batonrougerugby.net/ |title=Baton Rouge Rugby.net |publisher=Baton Rouge Rugby.net |access-date=April 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723023043/http://www.batonrougerugby.net/ |archive-date=July 23, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> Baton Rouge is also home to [[Red Stick Roller Derby]], a [[WFTDA]] Division 3 [[roller derby]] league.

The Baton Rouge Rougarou, a college summer league baseball team in the [[Texas Collegiate League]] play home games at [[Pete Goldsby Field]] in the north of the city.

Soccer for the city currently consists of [[Louisiana Parish AC]] of [[USL League Two]]. The team plays at various home field including LSU recreation fields on campus and [[BREC Memorial Stadium]] near the Rougarou's home field.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uslleaguetwo.com/schedule/team_instance/7213546?subseason=800197|title=Game Schedule - 2022 Regular Season - LA Parish|website=www.uslleaguetwo.com}}</ref>