Professional Clubs
| Club | Sports | Founded | League | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Red Sox | Baseball | 1901 | Major League Baseball: American League | Fenway Park |
| New England Patriots | Football | 1960 | National Football League: American Football Conference | Gillette Stadium |
| Boston Celtics | Basketball | 1946 | National Basketball Association: Eastern Conference | TD Garden |
| Boston Bruins | Ice hockey | 1924 | National Hockey League | TD Garden |
| Boston Cannons | Lacrosse (Outdoor) | 2001 | Major League Lacrosse | Harvard Stadium |
| Boston Blazers | Lacrosse (Indoor/Box) | 2007 | National Lacrosse League: Eastern Division | TD Garden |
| Brockton Rox | Baseball | 2002 | Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball | Campanelli Stadium |
| Lowell Spinners | Baseball | 1996 | Single-A Minor League Baseball | Edward A. LeLacheur Park |
| Worcester Tornadoes | Baseball | 2005 | Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball | Fitton Field |
| Cape Cod Frenzy | Basketball | 2004 | American Basketball Association | TBA |
| New England Intensity | Football | 2004 | Independent Women's Football League | Medway High School (Massachusetts)] |
| Boston Militia | Football | 2007 | Women's Football Alliance | Somerville High School (Massachusetts)] |
| New England Surge | Indoor football | 2007 | Continental Indoor Football League | DCU Center |
| Lowell Devils | Ice hockey | 2006 | American Hockey League | Tsongas Arena |
| Springfield Falcons | Ice hockey | 1994 | American Hockey League | MassMutual Center |
| Worcester Sharks | Ice hockey | 2006 | American Hockey League | DCU Center |
| Boston Braves | Rugby league | 2006 | American National Rugby League | |
| New England Riptide | Softball | 2004 | National Pro Fastpitch | Martin Softball Field |
| New England Revolution | Soccer | 1995 | Major League Soccer | Gillette Stadium |
| Western Mass Pioneers | Soccer | 1998 | USL Premier Development League | Lusitano Stadium |
| Cape Cod Crusaders | Soccer | 1994 | USL Premier Development League | Barnstable Stadium Field |
| Boston Lobsters | Tennis | 1974 | World TeamTennis | Harvard University Bright Arena |
| New England Hurricanes | Paintball | 2000 | National Professional Paintball League | |
| Boston Crusaders | Drum and Bugle Corps | 1940 | Drum Corps International | |
| Boston Breakers (defunct) | Soccer | 2001 | Women's United Soccer Association | Nickerson Field |
| Boston Breakers | Soccer | 2008 | Women's Professional Soccer | Harvard Stadium |
| Boston Braves (NFL)/Boston Redskins (moved to Washington, D.C. and are now the Washington Redskins) | Football | 1932 | National Football League | Braves Field/Fenway Park |
| Boston Braves (moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and became the Milwaukee Braves, would move again to Atlanta, Georgia and are now the Atlanta Braves) | Baseball | 1871 | Major League Baseball | South End Grounds/Braves Field |
| New England Whalers (joined the National Hockey League and moved to Hartford, Connecticut and became the Hartford Whalers, would move again to Raleigh, North Carolina and are now the Carolina Hurricanes) | Ice hockey | 1972 | World Hockey Association | Boston Arena/Boston Garden/The Big E Coliseum/MassMutual Center |
| Boston Yanks (defunct) | Football | 1944 | National Football League | Fenway Park |
| Boston Breakers (moved to New Orleans, Louisiana and became the New Orleans Breakers, would move again to Portland, Oregon and become the Portland Breakers for the rest of the team's existence) | Football | 1983 | United States Football League | Nickerson Field |
| North Shore Spirit (defunct) | Baseball | 2003 | Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball | Fraser Field |
| Boston Braves (defunct) | Ice hockey | 1971 | American Hockey League | Boston Garden |
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Famous quotes containing the words professional and/or clubs:
“I sometimes wonder whether, in the still, sleepless hours of the night, the consciences of ... professional gossips do not stalk them. I myself believe in a final reckoning, when we shall be held accountable for our misdeeds. Do they? If so, they have cause to worry over many scoops that brought them a day’s dubious laurels and perhaps destroyed someone’s peace forever.”
—Mary Pickford (1893–1979)
“I had the idea that there were two worlds. There was a real world as I called it, a world of wars and boxing clubs and children’s homes on back streets, and this real world was a world where orphans burned orphans.... I liked the other world in which almost everyone lived. The imaginary world.”
—Norman Mailer (b. 1923)