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| American Football Conference |
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AFC |
The American Football Conference (AFC) is one of the two conferences of the National Football League (NFL). The other is the National Football Conference (NFC). This conference, along with the NFC, contains 16 teams. These two conferences make up...
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| American Quarter Horse |
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The American Quarter Horse is an American breed of horse that excels at sprinting short distances. Its name came from its ability to outdistance other breeds of horses in races of a quarter mile or less, where some individuals have been clocked at...
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| Fédération Internationale de Football Association |
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International Federation of Association Football |
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (International Federation of Association Football), commonly known by its acronym, FIFA (usual English pronunciation: /ˈfiːfə/), is the international governing body of association football. Its...
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| FA Premier League |
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English Premier League |
The Premier League is an English professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and...
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| Ivy League |
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The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The term is most commonly used to refer to those eight schools considered as a group. The term also has...
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Serie A, called Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top echelon of the Italian football league system operating for eighty years from 1929. It is organized by Lega Calcio until...
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| Minor league baseball |
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Minor league baseball is a hierarchy of professional baseball leagues in North America that compete at levels below that of Major League Baseball. All of the minor leagues are operated as independent businesses, and many are members of Minor League...
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NFL |
The National Football League (NFL) is the largest Professional American Football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing its name to the National Football...
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| National Hockey League |
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Ligue Nationale de Hockey |
The National Hockey League (NHL) (French: Ligue nationale de hockey - LNH) is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league as a joint venture for its self perpetuating membership of 30 franchised...
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| National Basketball Association |
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NBA |
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league, composed of thirty teams in North America (twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada). It is an active member of USA Basketball (USAB), which is recognized by...
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| UEFA |
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The Union of European Football Associations (French: Union des associations européennes de football) is the administrative and controlling body for European football. It is almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA (usually pronounced /juːˈeɪfə/...
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La Primera |
The Primera División (First Division) of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional (Professional Football League), commonly known as La Liga (The League) or, in terms of sponsorship, Liga BBVA (BBVA League) since 2008, is the top professional Football league...
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| Major League Baseball |
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MLB |
Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball. Specifically, Major League Baseball refers to the organization that operates the National League and the American League, by means of a joint...
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| Negro league baseball |
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The Negro leagues were American professional baseball leagues comprising teams predominantly made up of African Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be used narrowly for the seven...
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| Canadian Football League |
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Ligue canadienne de football |
The Canadian Football League or CFL (Ligue canadienne de football [LCF] in French) is a professional sports league located entirely in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football, a form of Gridiron football.
Its eight...
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| Scottish Football League |
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The Scottish Football League is a league of football teams in Scotland, comprising the Scottish First Division, Scottish Second Division and Scottish Third Division. Since July 2007 the league is known as the Irn-Bru Scottish Football League after a...
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| National League |
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The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League (NL), is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876,...
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| American League |
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The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League (AL), is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league based in the Great...
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| Western Baseball League |
The Western Baseball League was an independent minor league in the United States, whose member teams were not associated with any Major League Baseball teams. It operated from 1995 to 2002.
The league was founded in 1994 by Portland businessman...
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| Canadian Baseball League |
The Canadian Baseball League, was an independent minor league that operated in 2003. The league's only Commissioner was Major League Baseball Hall of Famer and Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame member Ferguson Jenkins. The league featured former major...
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Independent Frontier League |
The Frontier League, based in Sauget, Illinois, is a professional, independent baseball organization located in the Midwestern United States and Western Pennsylvania. It operates mostly in cities not served by Major or Minor League Baseball teams...
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| Southeastern League |
The Southeastern League was the name of three baseball circuits in minor league baseball league which operated in the southeastern and south central United States. Two of these leagues were associated with Organized Baseball; the third and most...
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| Mexican League |
The Mexican League may refer to one of two major baseball leagues in Mexico. The Liga Mexicana de Beisbol (English: Mexican League) is a summer AAA-level baseball minor league. The Liga Mexicana del Pacífico (English: Mexican Pacific League) is a...
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| Pacific Coast League |
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The Pacific Coast League (PCL) is a minor league baseball league operating in the West, Midwest, and Southeast of the United States. Along with the International League and the Mexican League, it is one of three leagues playing at the Triple-A level...
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| Eastern League |
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The Eastern League is a minor league baseball league which operates primarily in the northeastern United States, although it has had a team in Ohio since 1989. The Eastern League has played at the AA (Double-A) level since 1963. The league was...
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| New York - Penn League |
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The New York – Penn League is a minor league baseball league which operates in the northeastern United States. It is classified as a "Short-Season A" league; its season starts in June, after major-league teams have signed their amateur draft picks...
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| Gulf Coast League |
The Gulf Coast League is a minor league baseball league which operates in Florida. It is a Rookie League, with a season running from mid-June to late August. The season is 60 games long and teams in the league are divided into three divisions, East,...
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| Major League Soccer |
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MLS |
Major League Soccer (MLS) is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by United States Soccer Federation (U.S. Soccer). The league comprises 16 teams, 15 in the U.S. and one in Canada, which is scheduled to become 18...
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| American Basketball Association |
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The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a professional basketball league founded in 1967. The ABA ceased to exist with the ABA-NBA merger in 1976.
The original ABA was founded in 1967, competing with the well-established National Basketball...
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| Atlantic Coast Conference |
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The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. Founded in 1953, the ACC's twelve member universities compete in twenty sports in the Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Football...
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| Big Ten Conference |
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The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Its eleven member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Iowa and Minnesota in the west to Pennsylvania in the...
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| Big 12 Conference |
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The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of twelve schools located mostly in the central United States. It is a member of the NCAA's Division I for all sports; its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; formerly...
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| Conference USA |
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Conference USA, officially abbreviated C-USA, is a college athletic conference whose member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports. C-USA's offices are located...
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PAC 10 |
The Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) is a college athletic conference which operates in the western United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I; its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; formerly Division I-A), the...
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The Southeastern Conference (SEC) is a college athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, which operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division...
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The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word "thoroughbred" is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed. Thoroughbreds are considered...
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| National Lacrosse League |
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The National Lacrosse League (NLL) is a Mens Professional indoor lacrosse league in North America. It currently has 11 teams; three in Canada and eight in the United States. Unlike other lacrosse leagues which play in the summer, the NLL plays its...
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| NFL Europe |
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NFL Europa |
NFL Europe was an American football league which operated in Europe from 1991 until 2007. Backed by the National Football League (NFL), the largest professional American football league in the United States, it was founded as the World League of...
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| American Hockey League |
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The American Hockey League (AHL) is a 29-team professional ice hockey league based primarily in the United States that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League (NHL). During the 2009-10 season, 29 of the 30 NHL...
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| National Football Conference |
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NFC |
The National Football Conference (NFC) is one of the two conferences of the National Football League (NFL). The NFC was created after the league merged with the American Football League (AFL) in 1970. The NFC had 13 teams that year, all of which...
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| Ontario Hockey League |
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The Ontario Hockey League is one of the three Major Junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 15-20.
The OHL also operates under the Ontario Hockey Federation (OHF) of Hockey Canada.
The...
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| Western Hockey League |
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WHL |
The Western Hockey League (WHL) is a major junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) as the highest level of...
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| Quebec Major Junior Hockey League |
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| Standardbred horse |
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Standardbreds are a breed of horse best known for their ability to race in harness at a trot or pace instead of under saddle at a gallop. Developed in North America, the breed is now recognized worldwide for its harness racing ability. They are...
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| Scottish Premier League |
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SPL |
The Scottish Premier League (SPL, currently known as the Clydesdale Bank Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top level of the Scottish football league system — above the...
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| Canadian Lacrosse Association |
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The Canadian Lacrosse Association (French: l'Association canadienne de crosse), founded in 1925, is the governing body of lacrosse in Canada. It conducts national junior and senior championship tournaments for men and women in both field and box...
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| North American Soccer League |
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NASL |
North American Soccer League (NASL) was a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984.
In 1967 two professional soccer leagues started in the United States: the FIFA-sanctioned United Soccer...
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| Super 14 |
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Super 12 |
The Super 14 is the largest rugby union football club championship in the southern hemisphere, consisting of four teams from Australia (Queensland/Reds, New South Wales/Waratahs, Southern NSW & ACT/Brumbies, and Western Australia/Force), five teams...
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| Guinness Premiership |
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The English Premiership (known as the Guinness Premiership because of the league's sponsorship by Guinness) is a professional league competition for rugby union football clubs in the top division of the English rugby system. There are, at present,...
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| PGA Tour |
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The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the main professional golf tours in the United States. It is headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, a suburb of Jacksonville. Its name is officially rendered in all-capital letters as "PGA TOUR"....
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| ECHL |
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East Coast Hockey League |
The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey, with teams scattered across the United States and Canada, generally regarded as a tier below the American Hockey League....
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| West Australian Football League |
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The West Australian Football League (WAFL) (pronounced "waffle") is the premier state based Australian rules football league in Western Australia.
It was formed in 1885 as the Western Australian Football Association (WAFA) and was later changed to...
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| The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews |
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The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews is one of the oldest and most prestigious golf clubs in the world (the oldest being the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers at Muirfield). It is based in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, regarded as the...
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| Philippine Basketball Association |
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The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a professional basketball league in the Philippines founded in 1975. It is the first and the oldest professional basketball league in Asia. The league's rules are a hybrid of FIBA's and the NBA's rules....
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| International Basketball League |
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The International Basketball League (IBL) was a short lived professional basketball league in the United States. The IBL was headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The league started in 1999 and ended in 2001.
The International Basketball League was...
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| Serie B |
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Serie B is the name of the second highest football league in Italy. It consists of 22 teams. The championship is often called the cadetti, which means 'juniors' or 'cadets', or campionato cadetto. It is organized by Lega Calcio, as the major...
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| Euroleague |
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The Euroleague (EL), also known as Euroleague Basketball is the highest level and most important professional basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different European countries. The competition is operated by ULEB, a Europe-wide...
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| British Basketball League |
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The British Basketball League, often abbreviated to the BBL, is the top-tier professional basketball league in the United Kingdom. The BBL runs two knockout competitions alongside the league championship; the BBL Cup and the BBL Trophy, as well as...
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| Scottish Football League Second Division |
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The Scottish Football League Second Division is the second highest division of the Scottish Football League and the third highest overall in the Scottish football league system.
The division contains ten teams and each year the top team is promoted...
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| Scottish Football League First Division |
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Scottish First Division |
The Irn-Bru Scottish Football League First Division Championship is the highest division of the Scottish Football League and the second highest in the Scottish football league system.
The division was introduced in 1975–76 in Scottish football to...
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