Memphis, Tennessee

== Sports ==
{{Main|Sports in Memphis, Tennessee}}
[[File:FedExForum 2015.jpg|thumb|right|[[FedExForum]] during a Grizzlies game]]

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|+ Current professional and major college teams
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! Sports franchise !! League !! Sport !! Founded !! Stadium (capacity)
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|[[Memphis Grizzlies]] ||align=center |[[National Basketball Association|NBA]] ||Basketball ||align=center |2001 ||[[FedExForum]] (18,100)
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|[[Memphis Redbirds]] ||align=center |[[Minor League Baseball|MiLB]] ||Baseball ||align=center |1998 ||[[AutoZone Park]] (10,000)
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|[[Memphis Hustle]] ||align=center |[[NBA G League]] ||Basketball||align=center |2017 ||[[Landers Center]] (8,400)
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|[[Memphis 901 FC]] ||align=center |[[USL Championship|USLC]] ||Soccer ||align=center |2018 ||[[AutoZone Park]] (10,000)
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|[[Memphis Showboats (2022)|Memphis Showboats]] ||align=center |[[United Football League (2024)|UFL]] ||Football ||align=center |2022 ||[[Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium]] (58,318)
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|[[Memphis Tigers]] ||align=center |[[NCAA Division I|NCAA D1]] ||Football  ||align=center |1920 ||[[Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium]] (58,318)
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|[[Memphis Tigers]] ||align=center |[[NCAA Division I|NCAA D1]] ||Basketball  ||align=center |1920 ||[[FedExForum]] (18,100)
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|[[Christian Brothers Buccaneers|CBU Buccaneers]] ||align=center |[[NCAA Division II|NCAA D2]] ||Baseball  ||align=center |1966 ||Nadicksbernd Field (800)
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The [[Memphis Grizzlies]] of the [[National Basketball Association]] is the only team from one of the "[[Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada|big four]]" major sports leagues in Memphis.<ref>{{cite web|title=Connecting Memphis|url=https://www.nba.com/grizzlies/connecting-memphis|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|website=Grizzlies.com|date=August 2, 2018|access-date=August 3, 2018}}</ref> The [[Memphis Redbirds]] of the [[Triple-A East]] are a [[Minor League Baseball]] affiliate of the [[St. Louis Cardinals]].<ref name=BRMemphis>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?city=Memphis&state=TN&country=US|title=Memphis, Tennessee Register History|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=April 18, 2016}}</ref> 
[[Memphis 901 FC]] is a professional soccer team that plays in the [[USL Championship]] division and plays their home matches at [[AutoZone Park]]

[[Memphis Tigers men's basketball|The University of Memphis]] [[college basketball]] team, the [[Memphis Tigers]], has a strong following in the city due to a history of competitive success. The Tigers have competed in three NCAA Final Fours (1973, 1985, 2008), with the latter two appearances being vacated. The current coach of the Memphis Tigers is [[Penny Hardaway]]. Memphis is home to [[Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium]], the site of [[University of Memphis]] football, the [[Liberty Bowl]] and the [[Southern Heritage Classic]].

The annual [[St. Jude Classic]], a regular part of the [[PGA Tour]], is also held in the city. Each February the city hosts the [[Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup]], which are [[Association of Tennis Professionals|men's]] [[ATP World Tour 500 series]] and [[Women's Tennis Association|WTA]] events, respectively.

Memphis has a significant history in [[pro wrestling]]. [[Jerry Lawler|Jerry "The King" Lawler]] and [[Jimmy Hart|Jimmy "The Mouth of the South" Hart]] are among the sport's most well-known figures who came out of the city. [[Sputnik Monroe (wrestler)|Sputnik Monroe]], a wrestler of the 1950s, like Lawler, promoted racial integration in the city. [[Ric Flair]] also noted Memphis as his birthplace.

In the 1970s and early 1980s, the former WFL franchise [[Memphis Southmen]] / Memphis Grizzlies sued the [[National Football League|NFL]] in an attempt to be accepted as an expansion franchise. In 1993, the [[Memphis Hound Dogs]] was a proposed NFL expansion that was passed over in favor of the [[Jacksonville Jaguars]] and [[Carolina Panthers]]. The Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium also served as the temporary home of the former [[Tennessee Oilers]] (now the Titans) while the city of [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] worked out stadium issues.

The city is also the site of [[Memphis International Raceway]], which held [[NASCAR]] events from 1998 to 2009, when [[Dover Motorsports]] closed it. In 2011 it reopened under different ownership. It no longer holds NASCAR races, but the [[ARCA Menards Series|Arca Menards Series]] returned to the track in 2020.