Missouri Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Sports=== {{Main|Sports in Missouri}} [[File:Major sports by state.svg|thumb|upright=1.15|Missouri has five major sports teams: the [[Kansas City Royals|Royals]] and [[St. Louis Cardinals|Cardinals]] of [[MLB]], [[St. Louis City SC]] of [[Major League Soccer|MLS]], the [[Kansas City Chiefs|Chiefs]] of the [[National Football League|NFL]], and the [[St. Louis Blues|Blues]] of the [[National Hockey League|NHL]].]][[File:Art Wall KC Chiefs Westport Alehouse.jpg|thumb|A mural honoring the Kansas City Chiefs on the wall of the Westport Alehouse in Kansas City, MO.]] [[File:Busch Pano 2022.jpg|thumb|[[Busch Stadium]], where the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] play.]] Missouri hosted the [[1904 Summer Olympics]] at [[St. Louis]], the first time the games were hosted in the United States. Professional major league teams: * [[Major League Baseball|MLB]]: '''[[St. Louis Cardinals]]''', '''[[Kansas City Royals]]''' * [[National Football League|NFL]]: '''[[Kansas City Chiefs]]''' * [[National Hockey League|NHL]]: '''[[St. Louis Blues]]''' * [[Major League Soccer|MLS]]: '''[[St. Louis City SC]]''' Former professional major league teams: * '''[[National Football League]]''': ** [[St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)|St. Louis Cardinals]] (moved from Chicago in 1960; moved to [[Tempe, Arizona]], in 1988 and are now the [[Arizona Cardinals]]) ** [[St. Louis All Stars]] (active in 1923 only) ** [[Kansas City Blues/Cowboys]] (active 1924β1926, folded) ** [[St. Louis Gunners]] (independent team, joined the NFL for the last three weeks of the 1934 season and folded thereafter) ** [[St. Louis Rams]] 1995β2015 moved from Los Angeles and then back to Los Angeles * '''[[Major League Baseball]] ([[American League]])''': ** [[St. Louis Browns]] (moved from [[Milwaukee]] in 1902; moved to [[Baltimore]], Maryland after the 1953 season and are now the [[Baltimore Orioles]]) ** [[Kansas City Athletics]] (moved from [[Philadelphia]] in 1955; moved to [[Oakland]], California after the 1967 season and are now the [[Oakland Athletics]]) * '''[[National Basketball Association]]''': ** [[St. Louis Bombers (NBA)|St. Louis Bombers]] (charter [[Basketball Association of America|BAA]] franchise in 1946, joined the NBA when it formed in 1949; ceased operations in 1950) ** [[St. Louis Hawks]] (moved from [[Milwaukee]] in 1955; moved to [[Atlanta]] in 1968 and are now the [[Atlanta Hawks]]) ** [[Kansas City Kings]] (moved from [[Cincinnati]] in 1972; moved to [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]] in 1985 and are now the [[Sacramento Kings]]; prior to locating in Kansas City, they were known as the [[Cincinnati Royals]]) * '''[[National Hockey League]]''': ** [[Kansas City Scouts]] (1974 expansion team, moved to [[Denver]], Colorado in 1976 and became the [[Colorado Rockies (NHL)|Colorado Rockies]], and would move again to [[Newark, New Jersey]]; now called the [[New Jersey Devils]]) ** [[St. Louis Eagles]] (1934 relocation of the [[Ottawa Senators (original)|original Ottawa Senators]], folded after the 1934β35 season) * '''[[Major League Soccer]]''': ** [[Sporting Kansas City#The early years: 1996β1999|Kansas City Wiz/Kansas City Wizards]] (founded in 1995, but moved from [[Kansas City, Missouri]], to [[Kansas City, Kansas]], in 2010 and became [[Sporting Kansas City]]) Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page