Baltimore

===Football===
{{Further|History of the Baltimore Colts|Baltimore Ravens}}
[[File:M&T Bank Stadium DoD.jpg|thumb|[[M&T Bank Stadium]], home to the [[Baltimore Ravens]] of the [[National Football League]]]]
Prior to a [[National Football League]] team moving to Baltimore, there had been several attempts at a professional football team prior to the 1950s, which were blocked by the Washington team and its NFL friends. Most were minor league or [[semi-professional]] teams. The first major league to base a team in Baltimore was the [[All-America Football Conference]] (AAFC), which had a team named the [[Baltimore Colts (1947–50)|Baltimore Colts]]. The AAFC Colts played for three seasons in the AAFC (1947, 1948, and 1949), and when the AAFC folded following the 1949 season, moved to the NFL for a single year (1950) before going bankrupt. 

In 1953, the NFL's [[Dallas Texans (NFL)|Dallas Texans]] folded. Its assets and player contracts were purchased by an ownership team headed by Baltimore businessman [[Carroll Rosenbloom]], who moved the team to Baltimore, establishing a new team also named the [[History of the Baltimore Colts|Baltimore Colts]]. During the 1950s and 1960s, the Colts were one of the NFLs more successful franchises, led by [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] quarterback [[Johnny Unitas]] who set a then-record of 47 consecutive games with a touchdown pass. The Colts advanced to the [[NFL Championship]] twice (1958 & 1959) and [[Super Bowl]] twice (1969 & 1971), winning all except [[Super Bowl III]] in 1969. After the 1983 season, the team [[Baltimore Colts relocation to Indianapolis|left Baltimore for Indianapolis in 1984]], where they became the [[Indianapolis Colts]].

The NFL returned to Baltimore when the former [[Cleveland Browns relocation controversy|Cleveland Browns]] moved to Baltimore to become the [[Baltimore Ravens]] in 1996. Since then, the Ravens won a Super Bowl championship in [[Super Bowl XXXV|2000]] and [[Super Bowl XLVII|2012]], seven [[AFC North]] division championships (2003, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2018, 2019 and 2023), and appeared in five [[AFC Championship Game]]s (2000, 2008, 2011, 2012 and 2023).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoreravens.com/team/history/baltimore-football|title=Baltimore Ravens History|access-date=May 15, 2022}}</ref>

Baltimore also hosted a [[Canadian Football League]] franchise, the [[Baltimore Stallions]] for the [[1994 CFL season|1994]] and [[1995 CFL season|1995 season]]s. Following the 1995 season, and ultimate end to the [[Canadian Football League in the United States]] experiment, the team was sold and relocated to [[Montreal]].