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01-04-2010, 08:01 PM
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The People's Member
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2000* St. Louis Rams 2001 Baltimore Ravens 2002 New England Patriots 2003 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2004 New England Patriots 2005 New England Patriots 2006 Pittsburgh Steelers 2007 Indianapolis Colts 2008 New York Giants 2009 Pittsburgh Steelers World Series 2000 New York Yankees 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks 2002 Anaheim Angels 2003 Florida Marlins 2004 Boston Red Sox 2005 Chicago White Sox 2006 St. Louis Cardinals 2007 Boston Red Sox 2008 Philadelphia Phillies 2009 New York Yankees NBA Championships 2000 Los Angeles Lakers 2001 Los Angeles Lakers 2002 Los Angeles Lakers 2003 San Antonio Spurs 2004 Detroit Pistons 2005 San Antonio Spurs 2006 Miami Heat 2007 San Antonio Spurs 2008 Boston Celtics 2009 Los Angeles Lakers Stanley Cup 2000 New Jersey Devils 2001 Colorado Avalanch 2002 Detroit Red Wings 2003 New Jersey Devils 2004 Tampa Bay Lightning 2005 Lockout Year 2006 Carolina Hurricanes 2007 Anaheim Ducks 2008 Detroit Red Wings 2009 Pittsburgh Penguins NCAA Football 2000 Oklahoma 2001 Miami 2002 Ohio State 2003 LSU and USC 2004 USC 2005 Texas 2006 Florida 2007 LSU 2008 Florida 2009 Alabama* NCAA Basketball 2000 Michigan State 2001 Duke 2002 Maryland 2003 Syracuse 2004 UConn 2005 North Carolina 2006 Florida 2007 Florida 2008 kansas 2009 North Carolina MLS Cup 2000 Kansas City Wizards 2001 San Jose Earthquakes 2002 Los Angeles Galaxy 2003 San Jose Earthquakes 2004 D.C. United 2005 Los Angeles Galaxy 2006 Houston Dynamo 2007 Houston Dynamo 2008 Columbus Crew 2009 Real Salt Lake In my opinion, you can't start calling a city "the best" without championships to back it up. The rest is reinforcement of dominance. Boston, for example, has three of it's four pro teams winning like six or seven championships, then was overall dominant in NFL and MLB, with very good NBA teams as well. For second, I think you have to say Los Angeles, although it has the unfair advantage of having like 10 teams. But the massive success of the Lakers, combined with wins by the Angels, Ducks, and Galaxy (combined with just general success among the Angels, Dodgers, Ducks, USC football, UCLA basketball). In terms of smaller cities, you could say St. Louis had some great ups, but they've had some deep downs with the Rams and the Blues. Pittsburgh had some great years in football and hockey, but the general terrible-ness of the Pirates hurts. Philadelphia had an overall solid decade as well, but only one championship to show for it. A dark horse might be North Carolina, where you have really good UNC and Duke teams as usual, combined with a Hurricanes championship and in general a very strong Panthers team. I wouldn't put New York City on there, because for having 8 major pro teams and the advantages of playing in the biggest media market, the Yankees only won three times and the Giants once. And that is negated by terrible Knicks, Islanders, and for the most part Rangers teams, as well as the Red Bulls are terrible. In terms of college sports, Florida would be hands down the best place to have been at college the past couple years (you blew it, Stima!!), with USC coming in a close second. Texas would probably be the third. |
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