Mobile, Alabama is home to many different sports teams and events. It is also home to several notable athletes.
Events
Azalea Trail Run
The Azalea Trail Run is an annual 10K race and 2-mile fun run held each Spring which winds through the streets of historic downtown Mobile.
LendingTree Bowl
The LendingTree Bowl(previously the Mobile Alabama Bowl, GMAC Bowl, Go Daddy Bowl, and Dollar General Bowl) is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division I-A college football bowl game played annually at Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. It pits a Sun Belt Conference team against a team from the Mid-American Conference.
Senior Bowl
The Senior Bowl is an annual post-season college football exhibition game played in Mobile, Alabama which showcases the best NFL draft prospects of those collegiate players who have completed their eligibility. The game has been played in Mobile's Ladd–Peebles Stadium since 1951.
Baseball
Mobile is hometown to five baseball Hall of Fame members and rates as the third city with the most players honored in Cooperstown, New York, home of the Hall of fame. Only New York City and Chicago lead Mobile in this distinction.
Mobile Hall of Famers
Hank Aaron
Billy Williams
Willie McCovey
Satchel Paige
Ozzie Smith
List of baseball teams
Mobile Swamp Angels, Southern League (1887) Mobile Blackbirds, Southern League (1892–1893, 1896) Mobile Bluebirds, Southern League (1894–1895) Mobile Sea Gulls, Cotton States League (1905–1907) Mobile Sea Gulls, Southern Association (1908–1917) Mobile Bears, Southern Association (1918–1930, 1944–1961) Mobile Marines, Southern Association (1931) Mobile Red Warriors, Southeastern League (1932) Mobile Shippers, Southeastern League (1937–1942) Mobile A's, Southern League (1966) Mobile White Sox, Southern League (1970) Mobile BaySharks, Texas-Louisiana League (1994–1995) Mobile Bay Bears, Southern League (1997–2019)
Mobile Bears
Originally known as the Sea Gulls, Mobile changed its name to the Bears in 1918. In just two seasons, the Bears won the Southern Association Championship and the Dixie Series Championship over the Fort Worth Panthers, the Texas League Champions. The Bears relocated to Knoxville in 1931. In 1944, the Southern Association's Knoxville Smokies moved to Mobile and were renamed the Mobile Bears. The Mobile Bears won the 1947 Southern League Championship. After the 1961 season, the team was dissolved. Actor Chuck Connors was a former player for the Bears.
Mobile BaySharks
After 30 years, baseball returned to Mobile in the form of The Mobile BaySharks of the Texas-Louisiana League. The BaySharks played at Eddie Stanky Field at the University of South Alabama. This team played from 1994–1995. The team folded after the announcement was made that Southern League baseball was returning to Mobile.
Mobile BayBears
On April 17, 1997, baseball returned to Mobile in the new Hank Aaron Stadium. In just the 2nd year, the Mobile BayBears won the Southern League Championship over the Jacksonville Suns 3 games to 1. The BayBears were also named 1998 Minor League Team of the Year.
The BayBears were awarded their 2nd Southern League Championship in 2004 when the Southern League cancelled the Championship Series due to Hurricane Ivan. Both the BayBears and The Tennessee Smokies were named Co-Champions.
The Baybears were affiliated with the San Diego Padres from 1997–2006 seasons. Starting with the 2007 season, the Baybears will be affiliated with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Basketball
Mobile Revelers
The Mobile Revelers of the NBA Development League (NBDL) played in the 2001–2002 and 2002–2003 seasons in the Mobile Civic Center. The Mobile Revelers won the NBDL Championship of the 2002–2003 season defeating the Fayetteville Patriots 2 games to 1. The team folded after the season suffering from very poor attendance. The name was originally used for a minor league soccer team based in Mobile.
Southern Alabama Bounce
The Southern Alabama Bounce of the ABA came to Mobile for 2006–07 as an expansion team that was announced on August 4, 2006. The team folded after one season.
Mobile Bay Hurricanes
The Mobile Bay Hurricanes will play in the ABA 2010-2011 season. The team will play its home games on the campus of Davidson High School.