Sports in Memphis, Tennessee

Sports in Memphis, Tennessee, are supported in the city by Memphis Park Services, which offers a wide range of public facilities, including 17 swimming pools, 8 public golf courses, 48 athletic fields hosting a range of 510 youth and 269 adult teams, 130 basketball courts (101 outdoor and 29 indoor), 7 tennis centers and a soccer complex.

Golf, basketball, baseball and tennis are popular recreational sports in Memphis.

The Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association is the only one of the "big four" major sports leagues in the city.

The Grizzlies' NBA G League affiliate, the Memphis Hustle, plays its home games at the Landers Center in the suburb of Southaven, Mississippi.

The Tigers compete in the American Athletic Conference; the men share FedExForum with the Grizzlies and the women play home games on campus at Elma Roane Fieldhouse.

The city has been home to the Triple-A Memphis Redbirds, the top farm club of the St. Louis Cardinals, since 1998.

[2] The University of Memphis Tigers football team plays their home games in Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.

The Memphis Mad Dogs were an expansion franchise of the Canadian Football League in 1995.

In 2018, the Alliance of American Football announced the city's franchise team, the Memphis Express, would begin play in 2019 at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.

[7] Memphis is home to the annual FedEx St. Jude Classic, a regular part of the PGA TOUR.

The team is a sanctioned member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association and competes in the South Central Region.

[1] Memphis is home to the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup.

The senior event, the Stanford Championships started in Memphis, but it has since relocated to Dallas, Texas.

Other greats who started out in Memphis include Hulk Hogan, The Undertaker, Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, Mick Foley, "Macho Man" Randy Savage", and Ric Flair.