Sports
Windsor's sports fans tend to support the major professional sports league teams in either Detroit or Toronto, but the city itself is home to the following youth, minor league, post-secondary and professional teams. Many Windsor sports teams at the amateur level are sponsored by the AKO Fraternity.
- Windsor Spitfires (Ontario Hockey League Major Junior "A" 2009 & 2010 Memorial Cup Champions)
- Windsor Express (National Basketball League of Canada)
- Windsor Clippers (Ontario Lacrosse Association Junior "B")
- Windsor AKO Fratmen (Canadian Junior Football League)
- Windsor Lancers (Canadian Interuniversity Sport)
- St. Clair Saints (Canadian Colleges Athletic Association)
- Windsor Rogues Rugby (Ontario Rugby Union (ORU))
- Windsor FC Nationals (Ontario Youth Soccer League)(Western Ontario Youth Soccer League)
- Central Combat Sports (Mixed Martial Arts)
- Windsor Ultimate (non-profit Ultimate Frisbee league)
- Windsor Stars (Canadian Soccer League)
- Border City Brawlers (Women's Flat Track Derby Association)
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“It is usual for a Man who loves Country Sports to preserve the Game in his own Grounds, and divert himself upon those that belong to his Neighbour.”
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719)
“Reading about ethics is about as likely to improve one’s behavior as reading about sports is to make one into an athlete.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“Come, my Celia, let us prove
While we may the sports of love;
Time will not be ours forever,
He at length our good will sever.”
—Ben Jonson (1572–1637)