There's no place like home: politics of league expansions

America is saturated with professional sports teams. If you don’t live in a city that has one — or a handful — chances are there’s one not too far from home that you can pledge allegiance to. Teams can weave themselves into the fabric of a city’s culture, as with the New York Yankees or the Dallas Cowboys, or bring a new fanbase to life, as with the Vegas Golden Knights or Angel City FC. The demand for American professional sports is insatiable: existing leagues are expanding and new ones are forming, leaving teams’ ownerships to grapple with selecting the perfect locations for new organizations to thrive. After all, building a team from the group up and, more importantly, getting the fans to buy into it is a massive investment. It would be a shame if it didn’t work out.Plus, on this week’s Fun Friday, in honor of the NHL opening the regular season, we rank our top five favorite NHL reverse retro jerseys from the 2022-2023 season.Transition track credits:Downtown Walk by | e s c p | https://escp-music.bandcamp.comMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/