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Many North American professional sports franchises have used the same team name. The list below are names that have been shared by two or more professional sports teams.

Format

Name – location (sport, status)

Name refers to the team name (like Yankees).
Location refers to the city (like Boston), state/province (California), or area (New England).
Sport refers to the sports played by major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada:

Status refers to one of five statuses of the franchise:

List of currently active franchises with a shared name

List of former franchises with a shared name

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