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| Los Angeles Apartment Locator Services : Los Angeles |  | Contents | |
| Sports |
| Los Angeles is the home of the Los Angeles Dodgers
baseball team, the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers
men's basketball teams, the Los Angeles Sparks women's basketball
team, the Los Angeles Kings hockey team, the Club Deportivo
Chivas USA and Los Angeles Galaxy soccer teams, and the Los
Angeles Avengers arena football team. Los Angeles has been without
an NFL franchise since 1995 despite being the second biggest
television market in North America. |
| Anaheim, about 25 miles (40 km) to the south-east,
is home to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim hockey team and the Los
Angeles Angels of Anaheim baseball team. At various times in
history, however, the Angels have been known as the Los Angeles
Angels (1961-1965), the California Angels (1965-1997), and the
Anaheim Angels (1997-2004); talks in 2004 suggested the team
was considering returning to the original name, over loud protests
from the Anaheim government. In late December 2004 the name
was officially changed to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
in order to associate with the larger city while still complying
with contractual obligations. |
| Beach volleyball and windsurfing were both invented
in the area (though predecessors of both were first invented
in some form by Duke Kahanamoku in Hawaii). Venice, also known
as Dogtown, is credited with being the birthplace of skateboarding
and the place where rollerblading first became popular. Area
beaches are popular with surfers, who have created their own
subculture. |
| Los Angeles has twice played host to the summer
Olympic Games: in 1932 and in 1984. |
| Los Angeles is perhaps the most mountainous metropolis
in the world, with four mountain ranges partly inside city boundaries.
Thousands of miles of trails crisscross the city and neighboring
areas, providing exercise and wilderness access on foot, bike,
or horse. Across the county a great variety of outdoor activities
are available, such as skiing, rock climbing, gold panning,
hang gliding, and windsurfing. Numerous outdoor clubs serve
these sports, including the Angeles Chapter of the Sierra Club,
which annually leads over 4,000 outings in the area. |
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