Editing Research Triangle (section)

=== Professional sports ===
[[File:RBC Center Stanley Cup Championship.jpg|thumb|[[2006 Stanley Cup Finals]] ceremony at the RBC Center (now [[Lenovo Center]])]]
The region has only one professional team of the [[Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada|four major sports]], the [[Carolina Hurricanes]] of the [[National Hockey League]], based in Raleigh. Since moving to the Research Triangle region from [[Hartford, Connecticut]], they have enjoyed great success, including winning a [[Stanley Cup]]. The [[North Carolina Courage]] began play in the [[National Women's Soccer League]] in 2017 after the owner of North Carolina FC bought the NWSL franchise rights of the [[Western New York Flash]] and relocated the NWSL franchise to the Triangle. The team has achieved broad success in the league, winning 2 NWSL championships and 3 NWSL Shields in the first five years in the Triangle. With limited top-level professional sports option, minor league sports are quite popular in the region. The [[Durham Bulls]] in downtown Durham are a AAA Minor League baseball affiliate of the [[Tampa Bay Rays]], and the [[Carolina Mudcats]], based in Zebulon, are the Advanced-A affiliate of the [[Milwaukee Brewers]]. In Cary, [[North Carolina FC]] plays in the second-tier [[USL Championship]]

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Team !! League !! Sport !! Venue (capacity)
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| [[Carolina Hurricanes]] ||  align=center | [[National Hockey League|NHL]] || Hockey || [[Lenovo Center]] (18,680)
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| [[Durham Bulls]] || align=center | [[International League|IL]] ([[Triple-A (baseball)|AAA]]) || Baseball || [[Durham Bulls Athletic Park|DBAP]] (10,000)
|-
| [[Carolina Mudcats]] ||  align=center | [[Carolina League|CL]] (A) || Baseball || [[Five County Stadium]] (6,500)
|-
| [[North Carolina Courage]] ||  align=center | [[National Women's Soccer League|NWSL]] ([[United States soccer league system#Women|D1]]) || Soccer || [[WakeMed Soccer Park]] (10,000)
|-
| [[North Carolina FC]] ||  align=center | [[USL Championship|USLC]] ([[United States soccer league system|D2]]) || Soccer || [[WakeMed Soccer Park]] (10,000)
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| [[Carolina Flyers]] || align=center | [[American Ultimate Disc League|AUDL]] || Ultimate || [[WakeMed Soccer Park]] (10,000) / [[Cardinal Gibbons High School (Raleigh, North Carolina)|Cardinal Gibbons High School]]
|}

The area also had a team in the fledgling [[World League of American Football]] – however, the [[Raleigh–Durham Skyhawks]], coached by [[Roman Gabriel]], did not exactly cover themselves in glory; they lost all 10 games of their inaugural (and only) season in 1991. The team folded after that, being replaced in the league by the [[Ohio Glory]], which fared little better at 1–9, ultimately suffering the same fate – along with the other six teams based in North America – when the league took a two-year hiatus, returning as a six-team all-European league in 1995. The [[Orange County Speedway]] in [[Rougemont, North Carolina|Rougemont]] hosts [[stock car racing]] events including the [[Pro All Stars Series]], the [[CARS Tour|CARS Super Late Model Tour]] and the CARS Late Model Stock Tour.