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- Local Area Sports Teams
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- Baseball
- Memphis baseball fans are treated to games by the Memphis
Chicks, the Southern Association's Class AA Minor League farm club of the Kansas City
Royals. The Chicks play their games at Tim McCarver Stadium near the Fairgrounds. Heisman
Trophy winner Bo Jackson got his professional baseball start with the Chicks in 1986. Tim
McCarver Stadium - (901) 272-1687.
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- Basketball
- The University of Memphis Tigers basketball, a frequent top-20
team and a regular visitor to the NCAA Championship, plays its games in the Pyramid Arena,
a stunning 32-story stainless steel landmark. Pyramid Arena - (901) 521-9675
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- Football
- The Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium is the site of many of the
area's fiercest football contests. The stadium is the home field for the University of
Memphis Tiger Football team. U of M's schedule regularly includes teams such as Alabama,
Southern Mississippi, Florida State and Ole Miss, the school's biggest rival. The stadium
is home to the Liberty Bowl Football Classic which pits the armed forces service academy
awarded the Commander In Chief's Trophy against an at-large team in a nationally televised
post season showdown. The Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium is also the site of the Southern
Heritage Classic festivities, highlighted by a football game between traditional rivals
Tennessee State University and Jackson (Mississippi) State University. Liberty Bowl
Memorial Stadium - (901) 278-4747
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- Racing
- The Memphis International Motorsports Park, located on a
800-acre tract in north Shelby County, offers a variety of racing, from drag racing to
Atlantic Formula racing. The racing season runs from early spring to autumn and features
local and regional favorites among the drivers. Memphis Motorsports Park - (901) 356-RACE
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