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  • Best Sports Cities (SportingNews Magazine)

    1. Boston
    2. Oakland-San Francisco-San Jose
    3. New York-Long Island-New Jersey
    4. Houston
    5. Los Angeles-Anaheim
    6. Miami-Fort Lauderdale
    7. Detroit
    8. Dallas-Fort Worth
    9. Philadelphia
    10. Minneapolis-St. Paul
    11. Chicago
    12. Denver
    13. Atlanta
    14. Tampa-St. Petersburg
    15. Seattle
    16. Indianapolis
    17. Baltimore-Washington
    18. St. Louis
    19. Nashville
    20. Phoenix
    21. Charlotte
    22. New Orleans
    23. Salt Lake City
    24. Pittsburgh
    25. Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, N.C.
    26. Toronto
    27. Cincinnati
    28. Kansas City
    29. Milwaukee
    30. Memphis
    31. San Antonio
    32. Buffalo
    33. Montreal
    34. Green Bay
    35. Sacramento
    36. San Diego
    37. Columbus
    38. Calgary
    39. Cleveland
    40. Orlando
    41. Baton Rouge, La.
    42. Portland
    43. Ottawa
    44. Vancouver
    45. Jacksonville
    46. Oklahoma City-Norman
    47. Edmonton
    48. Tallahassee, Fla.
    49. Birmingham, Ala.
    50. College Park, Md.
    51. Athens, Ga.
    52. Austin, Texas
    53. Iowa City, Iowa
    54. Manhattan, Kan.
    55. Boise, Idaho
    56. Oxford, Ohio
    57. Gainesville, Fla.
    58. Lincoln, Neb.
    59. Stillwater, Okla.
    60. Lubbock, Texas
    61. Clemson, S.C.
    62. Oxford, Miss.
    63. Pullman, Wash.
    64. Auburn, Ala.
    65. Knoxville, Tenn.
    66. Charlottesville, Va.
    67. Madison, Wis.
    68. West Lafayette, Ind.
    69. East Lansing, Mich.
    70. Fayetteville, Ark.
    71. Eugene, Ore.
    72. Hattiesburg, Miss.
    73. Columbia, Mo.
    74. Winston-Salem, N.C.
    75. Storrs, Conn.
    76. South Bend, Ind.
    77. Tuscaloosa, Ala.
    78. Columbia, S.C.
    79. Morgantown, W.Va.
    80. Blacksburg, Va.
    81. Louisville, Ky.
    82. Corvallis, Ore.
    83. Syracuse, N.Y.
    84. Colorado Springs, Colo.
    85. Lawrence, Kan.
    86. Laramie, Wyo.
    87. Lexington, Ky.
    88. Bowling Green, Ohio
    89. Fresno, Calif.
    90. Honolulu
    91. Fort Collins, Colo.
    92. Albuquerque, N.M.
    93. Reno, Nev.
    94. East Brunswick, N.J.
    95. Toledo, Ohio
    96. Las Vegas
    97. Kalamazoo, Mich.
    98. Champaign, Ill.99. Tucson, Ariz.
    100. Ames, Iowa

  • #2
    The criteria

    Bob Hille
    The Sporting News

    To be included in our rankings, a city must have at least an NCAA Division I basketball team or a Class A minor league baseball team, or it must score in select other categories upon which we base our rankings. Those other categories include being the site of a training camp for a major league or NFL team; a NASCAR Nextel Cup race; an NCAA Division I-A bowl game; a PGA Tour tournament, or a Triple Crown horse race.

    Once a city meets the minimum criteria, we take a 12-month snapshot, roughly from July to July, of the sports atmosphere, putting a heavy premium on regular-season records (from the most recently completed season); playoff berths, bowl appearances and tournament bids; championships; applicable power ratings; quality of competition; overall fan fervor, as measured in part by attendance as a percentage of venue capacity; sports atmosphere and fan knowledge; abundance of teams, though we reward quality over quantity; stadium/arena quality; ticket availability and prices; franchise ownership, and marquee appeal of athletes.

    Tradition plays a minimal role because this is a 12-month ranking that starts over each year. Likewise, we choose not to delve into sports about which we aren't experts. And, yes, it's true: We have not visited every city on this list in the past 12 months.

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    • #3
      Past perfect
      Previous No. 1 cities in the Sporting News' annual Best Sports City rankings:

      City -- Year
      2003 -- Anaheim-Los Angeles
      2002 -- Boston
      2001 -- New York
      2000 -- St. Louis
      1999 -- New York
      1998 -- Detroit
      1997 -- Denver
      1995 -- Denver
      1994 -- Cleveland
      1993 -- Chicago

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      • #4
        Did nobody else find this interesting? I did and it wasn't because Boston was No. 1 (I don't live there). I just think the whole cocept is pretty cool. Believe me though i would change a few things like No. 5 ... L.A.???? PLEASE! They could not even keep an NFL team and people show up and leave early in Dodgerland and they never look very emotional towards their team either! (JMO):D :D

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        • #5
          Philadelphia Daily News is the BOMB!!

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