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New Orleans Saints
New Orleans Saints, NFL franchise founded November 1, 1966 as the league's 16th team; based in New Orleans, home of the Superdome, winners of Super Bowl XLIV (2009 season), owned by Gayle Benson, coached by Kellen Moore.
New Orleans Saints bounty scandal
New Orleans Saints bounty scandal, or Bountygate: NFL case over a 2009-2011 Saints pay-for-performance pool run under defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, paying $1,500 knockouts and $1,000 cart-offs; coach suspensions stood, player suspensions were vacated.
New South Philadelphia Arena
New South Philadelphia Arena: planned NBA/NHL/WNBA arena on the former Spectrum site in Philadelphia's South Philadelphia Sports Complex, a 50-50 HBSE-Comcast Spectacor joint venture announced January 2025 after the 76ers abandoned the Center City 76 Place plan; targeted to open in 2030.
New South Wales Waratahs
New South Wales Waratahs: professional Sydney-based rugby union team in Super Rugby Pacific, winners of the 2014 Super Rugby title and 2025 Super Rugby AUS, controlled by Rugby Australia since November 2023.
New Stadium at RFK Campus
New Stadium at RFK Campus: proposed 65,000-seat roofed Washington Commanders NFL stadium in Washington, D.C., on the former RFK Stadium site, part of a $3.7 billion redevelopment after the 2025 federal land transfer, targeted to open in 2030.
New York Giants
New York Giants, NFL franchise founded 1925 by Tim Mara for $500; four NFL titles (1927, 1934, 1938, 1956) and four Super Bowls (XXI, XXV, XLII, XLVI); plays at MetLife Stadium; John Harbaugh named 21st head coach in 2026.
New York Heights
New York Heights, WPBL women's professional baseball team named for civil rights leader Dorothy Irene Height; inaugural 2026 season, manager Rocky Henley, captain Denae Benites, based in New York City.
New York Islanders
New York Islanders, NHL team on Long Island founded 1972; won four consecutive Stanley Cups 1980-83, matched only by Montreal; now play at UBS Arena.
New York Jets
New York Jets, NFL AFC East team at MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, N.J.; began 1960 as AFL's New York Titans, renamed Jets 1963; won Super Bowl III (16-7 over Colts, Jan. 12, 1969) behind Joe Namath; longest active NFL playoff drought since 2010.
New York Knicks
New York Knicks, NBA founding franchise (1946) at Madison Square Garden; three championships (1970, 1973, 2026), the 2026 title under Leon Rose, Mike Brown, and Jalen Brunson ending a 53-year wait.
New York Liberty
New York Liberty, WNBA Eastern Conference team founded 1996 as a charter franchise; won first game in league history June 21, 1997; six Finals appearances; first WNBA championship in 2024 under Joe Tsai ownership at Barclays Center.
New York Metropolitans
New York Metropolitans, the original Mets, a 19th-century professional baseball club founded in 1880 by John B. Day and Jim Mutrie; American Association team 1883-1887, won the 1884 AA pennant, lost the 1884 World Series precursor 3-0 to Providence, and folded after 1887.
New York Mets
New York Mets, MLB National League East team at Citi Field, Queens; founded 1960 as NL expansion club, first played 1962; World Series titles 1969 and 1986; owned by Steve Cohen.
New York Rangers
New York Rangers, NHL ice hockey team at Madison Square Garden, founded May 15, 1926; Original Six member with four Stanley Cups (1928, 1933, 1940, 1994), valued at $4 billion by Forbes in 2025.
New York Yankees
New York Yankees, MLB American League East club founded 1903 as the New York Highlanders, renamed Yankees in 1913; record 27 World Series titles and 41 pennants, most valuable MLB franchise at $8.2 billion.
New York Yanks
The New York Yanks were an NFL franchise at Yankee Stadium for the 1950 and 1951 seasons, continuing the Boston Yanks and New York Bulldogs lineage.
New Zealand national rugby league team
New Zealand Kiwis, the men's national rugby league team since 1907; won the 2008 Rugby League World Cup 34-20 over Australia, plus 2023 and 2025 Pacific Championships titles.
New Zealand national rugby union team
New Zealand national rugby union team, the All Blacks, men's Test side governed by New Zealand Rugby (formed 1892); black jersey since 1893, famous 1905 Originals tour, haka, and the highest Test winning ratio of any nation.
New Zealand Rugby
New Zealand Rugby, formally the New Zealand Rugby Union and formerly the New Zealand Rugby Football Union (NZRFU), governs rugby union in New Zealand, running the All Blacks and Black Ferns.
New Zealand Warriors
New Zealand Warriors (One New Zealand Warriors, formerly Auckland Warriors and Vodafone Warriors), Auckland-based NRL rugby league club founded 1995; first non-Australian team in the competition, grand finalists 2002 and 2011, minor premiers 2002, home ground Mt Smart/Go Media Stadium.
Newcastle Falcons
Newcastle Falcons, English rugby union club founded 1877 as Gosforth FC, renamed Newcastle Gosforth then Falcons, 1998 Premiership champions, Kingston Park home, bought by Red Bull in 2025 and rebranded Newcastle Red Bulls.
Newcastle Knights
Newcastle Knights, also nib Newcastle Knights, an Australian professional rugby league club founded in 1988 in Newcastle, NSW, playing in the NRL and NRLW; two men's premierships (1997, 2001) and two women's titles (2022, 2023), based at McDonald Jones Stadium.
Newfoundland Regiment (ice hockey)
Newfoundland Regiment, QMJHL junior hockey team in St. John's at Mary Brown's Centre; began play 2025-26 using the relocated Acadie-Bathurst Titan franchise, named for the Royal Newfoundland Regiment.
Neyland Stadium
Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, home of Tennessee Volunteers football since 1921 (Shields-Watkins Field); capacity 101,915, sixth-largest college venue; $337M renovation through 2026; named for coach Gen. Robert R. Neyland.
NFC Championship Game
NFC Championship Game: annual NFL playoff game deciding the National Football Conference champion since 1970, created by the AFL-NFL merger; winner advances to the Super Bowl; 49ers hold most appearances (17).
NFC East
The NFC East, formerly the NFL Capitol Division, is an NFC division comprising the Cowboys, Giants, Eagles, and Commanders, each of which has won a Super Bowl.
NFC North
NFC North: NFL division of the Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, and Minnesota Vikings, created in the 2002 realignment from the former NFC Central; Packers hold four Super Bowl titles, Bears one.
NFC South
NFC South: NFL division formed in 2002 realignment with the Falcons, Panthers, Saints, and Buccaneers. Saints lead with 8 division titles; Panthers are 2025 champions at 8-9.
NFC West
NFC West: NFL division with the 49ers, Rams, Seahawks, and Cardinals. In 2025 Seattle went 14-3, won Super Bowl LX 29-13 over New England, and the division led the NFL at 29-15 outside it.
NFL Big Game Night
NFL Big Game Night: Channel 5's 2025 free-to-air NFL show, also called NFL on 5, hosted by Dermot O'Leary, Sam Quek, and Osi Umenyiora, mixing live Sunday games with a studio game show; rebranded NFL On 5 in 2026.