New York - Sports - Post 24th October

The most famous sport in New York is baseball, in contrast to other large American cities, where the american football has preference.

New York has two teams linked to Major League Baseball: New York Yankees, the American League and member of the biggest winner in the history of MLB, with 27 titles, and the New York Mets, a member of the National League. The matches between these two teams are called "Subway Series." Only once in the history Yankees and Mets faced each other in a World Series. The year was 2000.

The New Yankee Stadium, home of the New York Yankees

The metropolitan area of ​​New York also has three basketball teams (New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets, who vie for the NBA, and the New York Liberty women's basketball team), three hockey teams on the ice (New York Rangers, New York Islanders and New Jersey Devils), two american football teams (New York Giants and New York Jets), and a football team (Red Bull New York).

An important event is the New York Marathon, whose route includes all five areas of the city. Another major annual sporting event in the city is the dispute of the U.S. Open, one of the four Grand Slam (biggest tennis tournaments in the world).