Sports

New York has many professional sports teams, including the Mets and the Yankees (baseball); the Jets and the Giants (football); the Islanders and the Rangers (hockey); and the Knicks and the New York Liberty (basketball). The Knicks, the New York Liberty, and the Rangers play at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan. Nassau Coliseum, on Long Island, is home to the Islanders. The Jets and the Giants play at the Meadowlands Stadium in nearby East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Yankees play at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. Shea Stadium, in Queens, is home to the Mets. Also in Queens are Aqueduct Race Track, for thoroughbred horse racing, and the National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadow, site of the U.S. Open. Belmont Park, on Long Island, is a well-known thoroughbred track.