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Chicago Sports
Chicago is the home of many professional sports teams and
one of four U.S. cities to have teams from the five major
American professional team sports (baseball, football,
basketball, hockey, soccer).
 The city was the official United States nominee for the 2016
Summer Olympics. Its rivals were Madrid, Tokyo and Rio de
Janeiro, with the International Olympic Committee selecting
Rio de Janeiro as the 2016 Olympics site in October, 2009.[1]
Chicago also hosted the 1959 Pan American Games.
 Chicago has been named as the Best Sports City by Sporting
News three times in 1993, 2006, and 2010.
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Chicago Basketball Team
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The Chicago Bulls of the National
Basketball Association is a professional
basketball team. One of the team's
most well-known players, Michael
Jordan, led the Bulls to six NBA
championships in eight seasons in the
1990s. Other well known Bulls that
helped them win the championships
were Dennis Rodman and Scottie
Pippen. The new generation of Bulls,
"The Baby Bulls", have made it to the
playoffs in 2005, 2006, 2007,2009 and
2010. In 2007, they swept the
defending champs, the Miami Heat. In
2010 they made it to the Eastern
Finals losing to the Miami Heat. The
players on the team include Derrick
Rose, Luol Deng, Carlos Boozer, Ronnie
Brewer, Kyle Korver, Brian Scalabrine,
Keith Bogans, Taj Gibson, Kurt
Thomas, CJ Watson, Ömer Aşık, and
Joakim Noah.
Legendary Players
Chicago Bulls Stadium
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The United Center is an indoor sports arena
located in Chicago. It is named after its corporate
sponsor, United Airlines. The United Center is home
to both the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball
Association (NBA) and the Chicago Blackhawks of
the National Hockey League. The plan to build the
arena was created by the late Bill Wirtz and Jerry
Reinsdorf, the owners of the two sports teams. The
United Center's predecessor was the indoor Chicago
Stadium, the original "Madhouse on Madison",
which was demolished after the newer arena
opened for business on August 18, 1994. The east
side of the stadium features statues of Michael
Jordan (known as "The Spirit"), Bobby Hull and
Stan Mikita, while a statue of various Blackhawks
sits to the north on Madison Street, where the
Chicago Stadium was located. United Airlines pays
about $1.8 million per year until 2014 for its
naming rights.[5] United merged with Continental
Airlines in October 2010, retaining the latter's logo
and corporate look. The stadium continued to use
United's previous logo for the duration of the 201011 season. The new logo began being phased in at
the start of the 2011-12 season, including 2 new lit
signs on the east and west ends of the arena below
the upper level suites complimenting the
"Madhouse" signs on the north and south sides.
Chicago Baseball Team
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Chicago is one of four metro areas in the
United States that has two Major League
Baseball teams, the other three being Los
Angeles, New York, and the San Francisco
Bay Area, and is one of only two, along with
New York, which has both teams in the
central city.
The Chicago Cubs of the National League
play at Wrigley Field, which is located in the
north side neighborhood of Lakeview, the
western part of which is commonly referred
to as "Wrigleyville." The Cubs are the oldest
team to play continuously in the same city
since the formation of the National League
in 1876.
The Chicago White Sox of the American
League play at US Cellular Field, which is
located in the South Side neighborhood of
Armour Square. They have played in
Chicago since the formation of the American
League in 1900.
Chicago Cubs Stadium
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Wrigley Field (pronounced /ˈrɪɡli/) is a baseball stadium in
Chicago, Illinois, United States that has served as the home
ballpark of the Chicago Cubs since 1916. It was built in 1914
as Weeghman Park for the Chicago Federal League baseball
team, the Chicago Whales. It was called Cubs Park between
1920 and 1926 before being renamed for then Cubs team
owner and chewing gum magnate, William Wrigley, Jr..
Between 1921 and 1970, it was also the home of the Chicago
Bears of the National Football League. In addition, it hosted
the second annual National Hockey League Winter Classic on
January 1, 2009.
Located in the community area of Lakeview, Wrigley Field sits
on an irregular block bounded by Clark (west) and Addison
(south) Streets and Waveland (north) and Sheffield (east)
Avenues. The area surrounding the ballpark contains
residential streets, in addition to bars, restaurants and other
establishments and is called Wrigleyville. The ballpark's
mailing address is 1060 W. Addison Street.
Wrigley Field is nicknamed The Friendly Confines, a phrase
popularized by "Mr. Cub", Hall of Famer Ernie Banks. The
current capacity is 41,160, making Wrigley Field the 10thsmallest actively used ballpark. It is the oldest National
League ballpark and the second oldest active major league
ballpark (after Fenway Park on April 20, 1912), and the only
remaining Federal League park. Wrigley is known for its ivy
covered brick outfield wall, the unusual wind patterns off Lake
Michigan, the iconic red marquee over the main entrance, the
hand turned scoreboard, and for being the last major league
park to get lights.
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