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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 a candidate city for the 2016 Summer Olympics but lost to Rio de Janeiro. ^[1]Upon the USOC reaching a new revenue sharing agreement with the IOC, Chicago has been mentioned as a potential candidate for the 2024 Summer Olympics. ^[2] 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.

Contents [hide] 1 Chicago teams 2 Baseball 2.1 Major league 2.2 Minor league 3 Basketball 3.1 Men's leagues 3.2 Women's leagues 4 Football 4.1 Men's leagues 4.2 Women's leagues 5 Ice hockey 6 Motorsports 7 Roller derby 8 Rugby 8.1 Rugby League 8.2 Rugby Union 9 Soccer 9.1 Women's leagues 10 Softball 11 Wrestling 12 Former teams 12.1 Baseball 12.2 Basketball 12.3 Football 12.4 Hockey 12.5 Lacrosse 12.6 Soccer 13 College sports 14 See also 15 References