League
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League may refer to:
- League (unit)League (unit)A league is a unit of length . It was long common in Europe and Latin America, but it is no longer an official unit in any nation. The league originally referred to the distance a person or a horse could walk in an hour...
, obsolete unit of length of an hour's walk, usually equal to three miles- Roman league, one of the ancient Roman units of measurementAncient Roman units of measurementThe ancient Roman units of measurement were built on the Hellenic system with Egyptian, Hebrew, and Mesopotamian influences. The Roman units were comparatively consistent and well documented.-Length:Notes...
, approximately 1.5 miles
- Roman league, one of the ancient Roman units of measurement
- Rugby leagueRugby leagueRugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
- a full contact football code- National Rugby LeagueNational Rugby LeagueThe National Rugby League is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL's main competition, called the Telstra Premiership , is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand...
- the premier Australasian league - Super LeagueSuper LeagueSuper League is the top-level professional rugby league football club competition in Europe. As a result of sponsorship from engage Mutual Assurance the competition is currently officially known as the engage Super League. The League features fourteen teams: thirteen from England and one from...
- the premier European league
- National Rugby League
- Catholic League, one of several religious confederations or sports teams
- Sports leagueSports leagueLeague is a term commonly used to describe a group of sports teams or individual athletes that compete against each other in a specific sport. At its simplest, it may be a local group of amateur athletes who form teams among themselves and compete on weekends; at its most complex, it can be an...
- The LeagueThe LeagueThe League is an American sitcom that premiered on FX on October 29, 2009. The series, set in Chicago, is a semi-improvised comedy about a fantasy football league, its members, and their everyday lives.-Synopsis:...
- Sitcom on FX about Fantasy Football. - The League (Internet) also listed as TheLeagueTv, internet series about two hitmen
- The LEAGUE (nonprofit)The LEAGUE (nonprofit)The LEAGUE is a nonprofit, school and web-based program for service learning. The organization was founded in 2005 and as of July 2008, 189 schools, representing 1,833 classes and 110,535 students in 21 states nationwide were actively participating in The LEAGUE...
, a nonprofit, school and web-based program for service learning. - La Lega (song), Italian song
- League (Inner Mongolia), an administrative division equivalent to a prefecture