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Fort Wayne, Indiana is home to three minor league sports teams. These include the Fort Wayne Komets of the ECHL, the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA Development League, and the Fort Wayne TinCaps of baseball's Midwest League. Fort Wayne has also been home to three former professional sports teams. These include the NBA's Fort Wayne Pistons (now in Detroit), the Fort Wayne Daisies of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, and the Fort Wayne Kekiongas of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (an early predecessor to the current MLB). Intercollegiate sports in the city include IPFW in the NCAA's Division I Summit League as well as NAIA schools Indiana Tech and University of Saint Francis. ==History== Fort Wayne has been home to a few sports firsts; the first professional baseball game was played May 4, 1871 between the Fort Wayne Kekiongas and the Cleveland Forest Citys.〔(January 19, 2008). (Fort Wayne Sports Moments ). ''The News-Sentinel''. Retrieved on June 11, 2009.〕 It was rained-out in the top of the ninth inning, with the Kekiongas ahead 2–0.〔(Retrosheet.org – First Game ). Retrieved on May 16, 2008.〕 On June 2, 1883, Fort Wayne hosted the Quincy Professionals for one of the first lighted baseball games ever recorded.〔〔Miklich, Eric, (Night Baseball in the 19th century ). Retrieved on May 16, 2008.〕 Fort Wayne has been credited for being the birthplace of the NBA when Fort Wayne Pistons owner Fred Zollner brokered the merger of the BAA and the NBL in 1949 from his kitchen table.〔〔Rushin, Steve, (February 5, 2007). (Storming The Fort (wayne) ). ''Sports Illustrated''. Retrieved on May 16, 2008.〕 Also, on March 10, 1961, Wilt Chamberlain became the first player in the NBA to reach 3,000 points in a single season while competing at Memorial Coliseum.〔 Fort Wayne hosted two NBA Finals Games in 1955 and 1956, as well as the third city to host the NBA All-Star Game in 1953.〔(NBA All-Star Games – Names and Numbers ), ''Basketball Digest'', March, 2002. Retrieved on May 16, 2008.〕 The Allen County War Memorial Coliseum was also venue to the 2000 NCAA Men's Division I Volleyball Championship matches, in addition to hosting the 2000, 2001, and 2002 Mid-Continent Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments. Fort Wayne also annually hosts the U.S.S.S.A. National and Boys State Championships, held at Spiece Fieldhouse.〔(U.S.S.S.A. National Tournament ). Retrieved on May 16, 2008.〕 On November 22, 1950, the Fort Wayne Pistons defeated the Minneapolis Lakers with a final score of 19 to 18 in the lowest scoring game in NBA history.〔(NBA Dateline ). Retrieved on February 2, 2008.〕 Wildcat Baseball League was a baseball league in Fort Wayne formed by Dale McMillen in April 1960 as an alternative to Little League Baseball.〔(Lakeland Ledger article )〕〔http://wildcatbaseball.us/wildcatleaguehistory.html〕〔http://sportsillustrated.ca/vault/article/magazine/MAG1067140/index.htm〕 Fort Wayne was rated the "Best Place in the Country for Minor League Sports" in a 2007 issue of ''Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「History of sports in Fort Wayne, Indiana」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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