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    TOP 50 NORTH AMERICAN SPORTS CITIES

     

    By TIM BAINES

    Thu, October 9, 2008

     

    It's not just about championships.

     

    Our Best Sports City rankings, which look at the 12 months from roughly October 2007 to October 2008, are based on point values assigned to various categories, including but not limited to won-lost records, postseason appearances, applicable power ratings, number of teams and attendance.

     

    For more, see the new edition of , which is on newsstands this week.

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    TOP 50 NORTH AMERICAN SPORTS CITIES

     

    1. Boston

     

    2. Detroit + Ann Arbor

     

    3. Dallas-Fort Worth

     

    4. New York

     

    5. Philadelphia

     

    6. Phoenix + Tempe

     

    7. Denver + Boulder

     

    8. Los Angeles

     

    9. Chicago + Evanston

     

    10. Washington

     

    11. Pittsburgh

     

    12. Houston

     

    13. Tampa-St. Petersburg

     

    14. Nashville

     

    15. Lawrence, Kan.

     

    16. Cleveland

     

    17. Anaheim

     

    18. Minneapolis-St. Paul

     

    19. Atlanta

     

    20. Salt Lake City + Provo

     

    21. San Jose + Palo Alto + Santa Clara

     

    22. Miami

     

    23. Indianapolis

     

    24. Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, N.C.

     

    25. Morgantown, W.Va.

     

    26. New Orleans

     

    27. San Diego

     

    28. Cincinnati

     

    29. Knoxville, Tenn.

     

    30. Orlando

     

    31. Austin, Tex.

     

    32. Seattle

     

    33. San Antonio

     

    34. Toronto

     

    35. Charlotte

     

    36. Oakland + Berkeley

     

    37. Green Bay

     

    38. Milwaukee

     

    39. Jacksonville

     

    40. St. Louis

     

    41. Montreal

     

    42. Buffalo

     

    43. Baltimore

     

    44. Columbus

     

    45. Baton Rouge, La.

     

    46. Calgary

     

    47. Norman, Okla.

     

    48. Ottawa

     

    49. San Francisco

     

    50. Portland

     

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    Une chance que ce power ranking est basé sur la fiche des équipes de la ville. Ils ont placé Montréal devant San Francisco! C'est sur, nous n'Avons qu'une seule équipe des ligues majeurs, au moins il en ont trois(Les 49ers, les Giants et la Warriors)

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    Morgantown, W.Va.?

    Lawrence, Kan.?

     

    Morgantown W.VA home of the Mountaineers of the University of West Virginia, they play at the Mountaineer Field

     

    Stadium Capacity - 60 000 (attendance record 70 222)

     

    City population, 29xxx

     

    Lawrence Kansas: Home of the Kansas Jayhawks of the University of Kansas, they play at the University of Kansas Memorial Stadium

     

    Stadium capacity: 50 071

     

    City population: 89 852

     

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    Conclusion: Never underestimate the power of collegial sports in the USA, I posted the footbal stadiums only (most teams play in front of full house crowds ever weekends)

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    Montreal Is Where It Should Be Considering It's An Event Laden City; However, Surprised At Toronto's Standing...thought It Would Be Much Higher In The Standings. All In All, When It Comes To Sports, The Americans Are Numero Uno.

    Toronto is not enough of a football hub despite hosting a few Bills games and having the Argos. Americans believe that Football is 5x more important than any other sport.

     

    In order of popularity to Americans:

    1. NFL Football

    2. NASCAR

    3. NBA Basketball

    4. College Football

    5. MLB Baseball

    6. College Basketball

    7. PGA Golf

    8. Indy Racing League

    9. NHL Hockey

    10. MLS Soccer

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    Toronto is not enough of a football hub despite hosting a few Bills games and having the Argos. Americans believe that Football is 5x more important than any other sport.

     

    In order of popularity to Americans:

    1. NFL Football

    2. NASCAR

    3. NBA Basketball

    4. College Football

    5. MLB Baseball

    6. College Basketball

    7. PGA Golf

    8. Indy Racing League

    9. NHL Hockey

    10. MLS Soccer

     

    I don't entirely agree with your ranking...here's how I would place them.

     

    1. NFL Football

    2. NASCAR

    3. MLB Baseball

    4. College Football

    5. NBA Basketball

    6. College Basketball

    7. PGA Golf

    8. IRL

    9. Figure Skating

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    17. Professional Bull Riding

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    20. Professional Bowling

    21. Poker

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    24. NHL Hockey

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    28. MLS Soccer

     

    You might thikn that I'm joking with the Bowling and the bull Riding, but I'm very serious. Both thoses "sports" are more popular than Hockey. So is poker!

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