Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada" in English language version.

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3downnation.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Hodge, John (October 28, 2024). "CFL regular season attendance grows 1 percent from 2023 to 2024". 3downnation. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
"CFL's American broadcast deal with CBS Sports Network valued at $1 million annually: report". 3 Down Nation. April 27, 2023. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
"Details of Bo Levi Mitchells contract with the stampeders – Article – 3downnation". 3downnation. February 19, 2018. Archived from the original on April 13, 2019. Retrieved February 19, 2018..

adcouncil.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Star Athletes Share Their Mental Health "Rituals," Encouraging Fans to Prioritize Their Mental Health". 30 May 2024.

angusreid.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

Super-ior Bowl? Most Canadian football fans would choose Super Bowl over Grey Cup, but not everywhere (Report). Angus Reid Institute. February 9, 2023. Retrieved June 9, 2023.

athleticbusiness.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

""Strike Threatens Canadian Football League 2014 Season"". Archived from the original on May 26, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2014.

axios.com (Global: 1,716^th place; English: 973^rd place)

"Why this time might be different for the XFL". Axios. March 29, 2023. Retrieved March 29, 2023.

baseball-reference.com (Global: 213^th place; English: 140^th place)

"World Series Winners". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved May 6, 2025.

baseballprospectus.com (Global: low place; English: 6,855^th place)

Brown, Maury (November 13, 2012). "Bizball: Ranking 10 MLB Relocation and Expansion Markets Shows Why Either is Difficult". Baseball Prospectus. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 14, 2015.

bbc.co.uk (Global: 8^th place; English: 10^th place)

news.bbc.co.uk

"NFL has game at Wembley Stadium". ^{[dead link]}

bizjournals.com (Global: 407^th place; English: 241^st place)

Bench, Emily (December 6, 2018). "Columbus Crew's proposed buyers pledging $645M total investment". Columbus Business First. Archived from the original on May 15, 2020. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
Salazar, Daniel (December 19, 2018). "Austin and PSV finalize soccer stadium deal; MLS team likely to kick off in 2021". Austin Business Journal. Archived from the original on June 21, 2020. Retrieved January 3, 2019.

bleacherreport.com (Global: 262^nd place; English: 194^th place)

"Power Ranking the Best Basketball Leagues in the World, Outside of the NBA". Bleacher Report. Archived from the original on 2020-11-11. Retrieved 2020-12-08.

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

Jozsa, Frank P.; Guthrie, John J. (1999). Relocating Teams and Expanding Leagues in Professional Sports: How the Major Leagues Respond to Market Conditions. Praeger. pp. 21–23. ISBN 978-1567201932. Retrieved February 3, 2020.

businessinsider.com (Global: 140^th place; English: 115^th place)

Gaines, Cork. "The NFL and Major League Baseball are the most attended sports leagues in the world". Business Insider. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
Gaines, Cork (May 22, 2015). "The NFL and Major League Baseball are the most attended sports leagues in the world". Business Insider. Retrieved June 9, 2023.

businessofsoccer.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Savino, Christopher. "NYCFC More About Major League Soccer Than New York". Business of Soccer. Archived from the original on December 25, 2019. Retrieved May 14, 2015.

calgarysun.com (Global: low place; English: 7,122^nd place)

Austin, Daniel (8 January 2020). "CFL coaches, GMs acknowledge XFL is impacting off-season". calgarysun. Calgary Sun. Archived from the original on 29 January 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.

cbc.ca (Global: 115^th place; English: 82^nd place)

The Associated Press (3 October 2018). "CFL already facing competition from nascent Alliance of American Football". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2020.

cebl.ca (Global: low place; English: low place)

"CEBL - Canada Basketball Partnership". www.cebl.ca. Archived from the original on 2019-05-14. Retrieved 2023-04-09.

cfl.ca (Global: 3,597^th place; English: 1,852^nd place)

"2024 Schedule". Canadian Football League. December 14, 2023. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
"A statement from the CFL about the Montreal Alouettes". CFL.ca. 2023-02-14. Archived from the original on 2023-02-14. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
"Pierre Karl Péladeau Acquires the Montreal Alouettes" (Press release). Canadian Football League. March 10, 2023. Retrieved April 19, 2023.

cfldb.ca (Global: low place; English: low place)

stats.cfldb.ca

"Canadian Football League 2023 Attendance on CFLdb Statistics". stats.cfldb.ca. Retrieved 2024-03-28.

chapman.edu (Global: low place; English: 6,881^st place)

blogs.chapman.edu

Cox, Wendell (August 2025). "Demographia World Urban Areas – 20th Annual Edition" (PDF). Demographia. Retrieved September 14, 2025.

cnbc.com (Global: 220^th place; English: 155^th place)

"Major League Baseball revenue for 2019 season hits a record $10.7 billion". CNBC. December 22, 2019. Archived from the original on July 30, 2020. Retrieved Aug 9, 2020.
"Robert Kraft, professional sports leagues join forces with campaign against antisemitism". CNBC. 10 October 2024.

cnn.com (Global: 28^th place; English: 26^th place)

cnn.com

Axelrod, Josh (July 2, 2018). "Forget the World Cup. On Saturday, the largest soccer crowd was in Atlanta". CNN. Retrieved July 8, 2018.

sportsillustrated.cnn.com

"The strike is history, but for Pete Rozelle the headaches – 09.01.83 – SI Vault". Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved December 26, 2019.

conferenceboard.ca (Global: low place; English: low place)

Hodgson, Glen and Mario Lefebvre. The pro sport market in Canada Archived September 10, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Conference Board of Canada. Retrieved June 21, 2013.

ctvnews.ca (Global: 768^th place; English: 482^nd place)

ottawa.ctvnews.ca

"Group pays millions to bring CFL back to Ottawa". CTV News Ottawa. March 25, 2008. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved November 24, 2008. A group of investors has agreed to pay the Canadian Football League a $7 million fee to bring a new CFL franchise to Ottawa

dailygazette.com (Global: low place; English: 7,570^th place)

"Major Professional Sports Leagues: The US & Canada". The Daily Gazette. Archived from the original on 2020-11-25. Retrieved 2020-11-26.

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

Cain, Louis P.; Haddock, David D. (2005). "Similar Economic Histories, Different Industrial Structures: Transatlantic Contrasts in the Evolution of Professional Sports Leagues". Journal of Economic History. 65 (4): 1116–1147. doi:10.1017/S0022050705000422. S2CID 154506974.

espn.com (Global: 56^th place; English: 42^nd place)

"Major League Baseball completes eight-year deal with Fox, Turner Sports". ESPN. October 2, 2012. Archived from the original on June 9, 2015. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
"NBA extends television deals with ESPN, TNT". ESPN. February 14, 2016. Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
Bontemps, Tim (July 25, 2024). "What NBA's new TV deal means for the league, players, teams and fans". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
"Reports: WNBA to get $200M per year; union exec concerned". ESPN.com. July 18, 2024. Retrieved November 1, 2024.
"Major League Soccer and Apple TV agree 10-year deal". ESPN.com. Reuters. June 14, 2022. Archived from the original on February 8, 2023. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
"Fox signs new four-year deal to broadcast Major League Soccer games". ESPN.com. Associated Press. December 13, 2022. Archived from the original on February 8, 2023. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
"San Diego named 30th MLS club; debut in '25". ESPN.com. 2023-05-18. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
Kaplan, Emily (December 4, 2018). "Seattle gets NHL expansion team, to debut in 2021–22 season". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on December 4, 2018. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
"MLS announces David Beckham's expansion team in Miami". ESPN. January 29, 2018. Archived from the original on February 2, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
Kaplan, Emily; Wyshynski, Greg (April 30, 2024). "Inside the tumultuous tenure of the Coyotes in Arizona and their stunning move to Utah". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
"Bud Selig says MLB will run Dodgers". ESPNLosAngeles.com. April 20, 2011. Archived from the original on April 23, 2011. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
"Frank McCourt to sell Dodgers". ESPNLosAngeles.com. November 2, 2011. Archived from the original on November 10, 2011. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
"Dodgers sold to Magic Johnson group". ESPNLosAngeles.com. Associated Press. March 28, 2012. Archived from the original on March 28, 2012. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
"Coyotes Finally have owner". ESPN. Associated Press. August 5, 2013. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved September 10, 2013.
Stein, Marc (December 6, 2010). "Sources: NBA set to take over Hornets". ESPN. Archived from the original on December 7, 2010. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
"Saints owner agrees to buy Hornets". ESPN. Associated Press. April 13, 2012. Archived from the original on April 13, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
Carlisle, Jeff (February 26, 2021). "Sacramento MLS team on indefinite hold after investor pulls out of deal". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on June 3, 2022. Retrieved March 23, 2021.

euroleague.net (Global: 1,878^th place; English: 1,386^th place)

"Euroleague, NBA announce 2006, 2007 tournaments". Archived from the original on April 20, 2006. Retrieved May 7, 2006.

fangraphs.com (Global: 3,674^th place; English: 2,488^th place)

blogs.fangraphs.com

"Let's Update the Estimated Local TV Revenue for MLB Teams". Fangraphs. April 16, 2020. Archived from the original on July 24, 2020. Retrieved Aug 9, 2020.

fangraphs.com

"Forbes, Bloomberg Battle It Out on MLB Team Valuations | FanGraphs Baseball". Fangraphs.com. November 8, 2013. Archived from the original on May 25, 2017. Retrieved March 6, 2017.

fivethirtyeight.com (Global: 2,031^st place; English: 1,171^st place)

Silver, Nate (May 31, 2013). "Why Can't Canada Win The Stanley Cup?". FiveThirtyEight. Archived from the original on December 4, 2018. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
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forbes.com (Global: 54^th place; English: 48^th place)

"Forbes Releases 22nd Annual NBA Team Valuations". Forbes. Archived from the original on August 13, 2020. Retrieved Aug 9, 2020.
"Major League Soccer's Most Valuable Teams 2019: Atlanta Stays On Top As Expansion Fees, Sale Prices Surge". Forbes. Archived from the original on November 6, 2019. Retrieved Aug 9, 2020.
Quillen, Ian Nicholas (December 14, 2022). "Breaking Down The New MLS 4-Year TV Deal With Fox Sports". Forbes. Archived from the original on February 8, 2023. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
"Sports Money: 2019 NFL Valuations". Forbes. Archived from the original on 2019-12-30. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
"The Business Of Basketball". Forbes. Archived from the original on 2012-05-20. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
"The Business Of Baseball". Forbes. Archived from the original on 2020-02-07. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
"The Business of Hockey: The List". Forbes. Archived from the original on July 13, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2019.

fox2now.com (Global: low place; English: 5,761^st place)

Schneider, Joey (2024-01-03). "'St. Louis was all in' – UFL leader Daryl Johnston speaks on Battlehawks and new merger". FOX 2. Retrieved 2024-01-04.

ghostarchive.org (Global: 32^nd place; English: 21^st place)

Rathborn, Jack (November 18, 2020). "NBA Draft 2020: What time does it start in the UK, who has the No 1 pick and how can I watch it?". The Independent. Archived from the original on June 18, 2022. Retrieved December 10, 2020. The 2020 NBA Draft is here after days of juicy gossip surrounding trades as the world's greatest basketball league dominates the headlines during its offseason.

globalsportmatters.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Mathewson, TJ (March 7, 2019). "TV is biggest driver in global sport league revenue". Archived from the original on December 7, 2021. Retrieved July 7, 2020.

globalsportssalaries.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Sporting Intelligence". www.globalsportssalaries.com. Archived from the original on 2022-05-20. Retrieved 2022-05-12.

go.com (Global: 48^th place; English: 39^th place)

abcnews.go.com

"Houston's NFL Franchise Called the Texans". ABC News. January 7, 2006. Archived from the original on May 25, 2017. Retrieved March 6, 2017.

houstondynamo.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Dynamo History". Houston Dynamo. May 12, 2012. Archived from the original on April 29, 2015. Retrieved May 14, 2015.

huffingtonpost.com (Global: 109^th place; English: 87^th place)

"American Needle Supreme Court Ruling: NFL Loses Lawsuit". HuffPost. May 24, 2010. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved February 19, 2011.

ibaf.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"IBAF introduces new Format of International Tournaments – IBAF.com (English Site)". Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.

independent.co.uk (Global: 36^th place; English: 33^rd place)

Rathborn, Jack (November 18, 2020). "NBA Draft 2020: What time does it start in the UK, who has the No 1 pick and how can I watch it?". The Independent. Archived from the original on June 18, 2022. Retrieved December 10, 2020. The 2020 NBA Draft is here after days of juicy gossip surrounding trades as the world's greatest basketball league dominates the headlines during its offseason.

jacksonville.com (Global: 2,279^th place; English: 1,245^th place)

Bauerlein, David (November 30, 2018). "NFL's surprise bet pays off". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved February 8, 2024. But in some respects, Jacksonville remains the exception to the rule for NFL cities. Other than Green Bay, Jacksonville is the only NFL city that does not have another major sports franchise in baseball, basketball or hockey.

jsonline.com (Global: 1,392^nd place; English: 753^rd place)

Gary D'Amato (January 19, 2011). "Packers season tickets worth the wait – 955 years for some on the list". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Archived from the original on January 31, 2011. Retrieved February 24, 2011.

justia.com (Global: 696^th place; English: 428^th place)

law.justia.com

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latimes.com (Global: 22^nd place; English: 19^th place)

Farmer, Sam (October 16, 2018). "NFL owners vote to allow cross-ownership in cities with football teams". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on April 20, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
"Sprinter Noah Lyles says NBA Finals winner is 'world champion of what? Not the world'". August 28, 2023. Archived from the original on February 15, 2025. Retrieved May 5, 2025.

leaderpost.com (Global: low place; English: 7,267^th place)

"Zach Collaros signs restructured contract with the Saskatchewan Roughriders". Regina Leader-Post. January 19, 2018. Archived from the original on January 20, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.

mlb.com (Global: 130^th place; English: 113^th place)

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"MLB announces 2025 regular season schedule". MLB.com. July 18, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
"MLB Finishes 2024 Season With Highest Attendance in Seven Years" (Press release). Major League Baseball. October 1, 2024. Retrieved November 1, 2024.

mlssoccer.com (Global: 579^th place; English: 443^rd place)

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"MLS unveils 2024 Regular Season schedule". MLSsoccer.com. December 20, 2023. Archived from the original on December 20, 2023. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
"ESPN, Fox and Univision promise new emphasis to domestic game, MLS in landmark eight-year TV deal". MLSSoccer.com. Archived from the original on May 13, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
"Major League Soccer Completes Record-Setting Regular Season" (Press release). Major League Soccer. October 21, 2024. Retrieved October 28, 2024.

nationalpost.com (Global: 818^th place; English: 524^th place)

Farus, Nick (30 June 2017). "'The true and strong and free': Why the CFL's humiliating expansion to the United States was actually a force for good". National Post. Retrieved 1 May 2020.

nba.com (Global: 64^th place; English: 55^th place)

"NBA unveils schedule for 2024-25 season". National Basketball Association. August 15, 2024. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
"NBA sets all-time records for attendance and sellouts in 2023-24" (Press release). National Basketball Association. April 15, 2024. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
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nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com (Global: 8,464^th place; English: 4,640^th place)

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neworleanssaints.com (Global: 7,210^th place; English: 3,819^th place)

"London Calling". Archived from the original on February 7, 2008. Retrieved February 9, 2008.

newspapers.com (Global: 55^th place; English: 36^th place)

"NBL, BAA merge, end pro net war". The Republic. UP. 4 August 1949. p. 11. Retrieved 21 June 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

newyorker.com (Global: 146^th place; English: 110^th place)

Zirin, Dave (January 25, 2011). "Those Non-Profit Packers". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on August 7, 2018. Retrieved December 28, 2014.

newyorkjets.com (Global: 4,122^nd place; English: 2,181^st place)

"Jets history – 1962". NewYorkJets.com. Archived from the original on November 14, 2006. Retrieved February 8, 2007.
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nfl.com (Global: 147^th place; English: 97^th place)

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nflacademy.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Home". NFL Academy. Retrieved 2024-11-09.

nhl.com (Global: 224^th place; English: 150^th place)

"NHL 2024-25 schedule released, begins with Global Series in Czechia on Oct. 4". National Hockey League. July 2, 2024. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
"NHL, NBC sign record-setting 10-year TV deal". National Hockey League. Archived from the original on February 1, 2016. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
"NHL salary cap will be $79.5 million next season". NHL. June 1, 2018. Archived from the original on July 9, 2018. Retrieved December 13, 2018.

nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; English: 7^th place)

Stejskal, Sam; Tenorio, Paul. "How will MLS' Apple TV deal affect the league? Everything we know about the agreement". The Athletic. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
Das, Andrew (May 12, 2014). "M.L.S. and TV Networks Reach Deal to Set Weekly Slots for Games". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 13, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
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Wagner, James (February 26, 2023). "M.L.B. Has Labor Peace, but Also Plenty of Posturing". The New York Times.
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pro-football-reference.com (Global: 100^th place; English: 68^th place)

"2023 NFL Attendance Data". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved January 14, 2024.

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