Fact that I figured out some time ago of the week.

With both the Northern Virginia and Virginia Beach-area Major League Baseball proposals losing to The District, Virginia -- the 12th largest state in population -- remains without a Big 3 (or Big 4, for hockey fans) major league professional sports team. The next largest (population-wise) state without a Big 3 (or Big 4) professional sports team? Alabama, at number 23. Utah, at number 34, is the smallest state to have one, at less than one-third the population of Virginia.