Editing San Diego (section)

==Sports==
{{main|Sports in San Diego}}
[[File:Petco Park Padres Game.jpg|right|thumb|[[Petco Park]], home of the [[San Diego Padres]] (MLB)]]

Sports in San Diego includes [[Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada|major professional league]] teams, other [[Professional sports leagues in the United States#Other highest-level professional leagues|highest-level professional league]] teams, [[minor league]] teams, and [[college athletics]]. San Diego hosts three teams of major professional leagues, the [[San Diego Padres]] of [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB), [[San Diego FC]] of [[Major League Soccer]] (MLS), and [[San Diego Wave FC]] of [[National Women's Soccer League]] (NWSL).<ref name="MLS Announcement2">{{cite press release |title=Major League Soccer awards expansion team to San Diego |date=May 18, 2023 |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/major-league-soccer-awards-expansion-team-to-san-diego-x9222 |access-date=May 18, 2023 |website=Major League Soccer}}</ref> The city is home to several universities whose teams compete in various [[NCAA Division I]] sports, most notably the [[San Diego State Aztecs]]. The [[Farmers Insurance Open]], a professional golf tournament on the [[PGA Tour]], is played annually at [[Torrey Pines Golf Course]].

San Diego hosted the [[National Football League]] (NFL)'s [[San Diego Chargers]] from 1961 to 2017, when the team relocated to the [[Greater Los Angeles]] area (now the [[Los Angeles Chargers]]). The city also hosted the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA)'s [[San Diego Rockets]] from 1967 to 1971 (now the [[Houston Rockets]]) and [[Los Angeles Clippers#1978–1984: San Diego Clippers|San Diego Clippers]] from 1978 to 1984 (now the [[Los Angeles Clippers]]). San Diego has never hosted a [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) franchise, though it hosted the [[San Diego Mariners]] of the now-defunct [[World Hockey Association]] (WHA) from 1974 to 1977.

Currently, there is no NBA, NFL, or NHL team in the city. San Diego is the largest American city not to have won a championship in a "Big Four"{{Efn|MLB, NFL, NBA, and the NHL are commonly referred to as the "Big Four".}} major professional league. The city does have one major league title to its name: the [[1963 American Football League Championship Game|1963 American Football League (AFL) Championship]] won by the San Diego Chargers, when the AFL was an independent entity prior to the [[AFL–NFL merger]] in 1970. Some San Diego sports fans believe there is [[Sports-related curses#San Diego, California|a curse]] on professional sports in the city.

The [[San Diego Clippers (NBA G League)|San Diego Clippers]] of the [[NBA G League]] have played at [[Frontwave Arena]] since 2024. The [[San Diego Seals]] of the [[National Lacrosse League]] play at [[Pechanga Arena]].