Jeff notes that the A’s are moving again. They’ll be the first ever MLB franchise to have called four cities home (Philadelphia, Kansas City, Oakland, and now Las Vegas). Perhaps the lack of rootedness arises from the fact that they have the most generic possible name for a sports team: the Athletics.

There are only two other unambiguous cases of Big Four professional sports teams playing in four or more different cities, both in the NBA, but there are a number of other unusual cases as well. Here’s my best attempt at putting together a list of the currently active major professional sports franchises that have been located in four or more cities.

In the NBA:

In the NHL:

In the NFL: