Sporting News Top 50 Sports Cities 2009 Quiz by Bigcatbill

Can you name the Sporting News Top 50 Sports Cities 2009?

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Source: Sporting News 2009 Rank of Top 50 North American Sports Cities
The main criteria is that the city HOST AT LEAST ONE TEAM IN ONE OF THE "BIG FOUR" LEAGUES (NFL, NHL, NBA, MLB) AND/OR HOST AT LEAST ONE DIVISION 1 COLLEGE ATHLETIC PROGRAM.
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	schrempf11:	Jun 28th, 2010 at 19:25 GMT		19 points
	So sad that Seattle didn't make it and Oklahoma City did.

	Sixtytwobobs:	Jun 28th, 2010 at 20:24 GMT		14 points
	Basically every city but seattle with a big 4 team

	utjosh:	Jun 28th, 2010 at 22:14 GMT		10 points
	so was i supposed to know that "Each year the Sporting News ranks every sports city in NORTH AMERICA. The main criteria is that the city HOST AT LEAST ONE TEAM IN ONE OF THE "BIG FOUR" LEAGUES (NFL, NHL, NBA, MLB) AND/OR HOST AT LEA" meant some of the cities have absolutely nothing to do with "BIG FOUR" leagues?

	sox_fan1468927:	Jun 29th, 2010 at 00:14 GMT		5 points
	Yeah no where in the criteria in the list does it say that it has to have a team in the "Big Four", you kinda just made up that criteria.

	bluegill94:	Jun 29th, 2010 at 01:04 GMT		2 points
	The omission of Green Bay renders this list completely worthless.

	mdobb21:	Jun 29th, 2010 at 01:18 GMT		3 points
	@cardspartan south bend doesn't make the list because the people that live there don't care about sports, just the money they make. the real notre dame fans are rich and fly in on private jets for football games. trust me i've been there many times

	MattL1216:	Jun 29th, 2010 at 01:26 GMT		7 points
	I'm assuming the explanation in the title got cut off due to too many characters, fix that to say colleges are included. And I agree, if Oklahoma City makes it, Green Bay deserves to be way up there.

	tac383:	Jun 29th, 2010 at 01:40 GMT		-3 points
	I don't know how this quiz got so many stars (3 right now) since the quiz is different from what the instructions say.

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	darksilver2820:	Jun 29th, 2010 at 02:17 GMT		20 points
	Wait wait, the residents of Jacksonville don't even know they have a team, how do they make this list?

	Navarro2814:	Jun 29th, 2010 at 02:37 GMT		7 points
	Yeah Pirates!

	GeoExpert:	Jun 29th, 2010 at 03:06 GMT		7 points
	Berkeley is spelled wrong.

	RCray7:	Jun 29th, 2010 at 04:17 GMT		5 points
	pittsburgh over philly? especially when pittsburgh doesnt have an nba team, and gets at most 20k people to go to a baseball game?

	kinga3:	Jun 29th, 2010 at 05:16 GMT		-1 points
	not sure what the criteria means, should i know what LEA means? there are a bunch of cities that do not have one of the "big four" sports

	jaehak:	Jun 29th, 2010 at 07:14 GMT		7 points
	i don't understand the measurements Sporting News uses. Why isn't Lawrence included with Kansas City if Ann Arbor is included with Detroit? Lawrence is closer to KC than Ann Arbor to Detroit. Why is Anaheim its own market?

	Lindsay:	Jun 29th, 2010 at 11:38 GMT		5 points
	The five that just didn't make the cut: 51. Green Bay 52. Seattle 53. Edmonton 54. Ottawa 55. Sacramento

	hibernia:	Jun 29th, 2010 at 12:56 GMT		6 points
	yusky... just like a TO fan...not letting reality get in the way of your fandom. ;)

	ClutchMcB:	Jun 29th, 2010 at 13:36 GMT		0 points
	Give it up for Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill!!! Duke, State, UNC, the Hurricanes, and the National Champion Durham Bulls!!!!

	johnlk:	Jun 29th, 2010 at 13:53 GMT		6 points
	I don't understand how Kansas City could possibly be ahead of Seattle. They have the same pro-sports teams, but Kansas City's are both awful. And Seattle has UW, while KC has no Div I-FBS university.

	johnlk:	Jun 29th, 2010 at 14:11 GMT		3 points
	Also, Portland at 32? Nashville at 12? The former has precisely one major team, the Trailblazers. The latter has the Titans, the completely irrelevant Nashville Predators, plus the powerhouse that is Vanderbilt. How could those cities be ahead of Seattle, Green Bay, and so forth?

	Bigcatbill:	Jun 29th, 2010 at 15:09 GMT		3 points
	@UTJOSH & KINGA3: Relax fellas. Clearly the description got cut off from having too many characters. It has been fixed. Sorry if that wrecked your day. Of course, if it did, you should probably try prozac or something.

	johnlk:	Jun 29th, 2010 at 15:53 GMT		5 points
	I also don't understand how they combine or divide metro areas. Provo and Salt Lake City are almost 50 miles apart. College Park is 10 miles from downtown DC, and considerably closer than that to the DC border. It is closer to downtown DC than the Redskins' stadium is. Yet Provo and SLC are counted together, and College Park gets its own listing. How does that make any sense?

	cocky:	Jun 29th, 2010 at 16:32 GMT		4 points
	Green Bay at #51? Even worse is that Jacksonville is at #50. Both have one team. Which city has a higher % that is passionate about their team? Birmingham, Alabama, should be on the list. The city loves college football, much more than people in Jacksonville love the Jaguars.

	cocky:	Jun 29th, 2010 at 16:35 GMT		4 points
	I was also surprised St. Louis is so low on the list. One of the best baseball cities there is.

	Geo_Crazy:	Jun 29th, 2010 at 16:53 GMT		5 points
	Seattle would have easily made it if the MLS was included.

	conman20042002:	Jun 29th, 2010 at 18:01 GMT		2 points
	bandwagon yankees fans are the only reason why new york is not number 1 on this list

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	OneManArmy:	Jun 29th, 2010 at 18:43 GMT		4 points
	Pretty crappy list.

	Bigcatbill:	Jun 29th, 2010 at 18:59 GMT		6 points
	...and you all do realize that this is THE SPORTING NEWS' annual list, right? Pittsburgh is #1 because when the list was done (fall '09), they had the reigning NHL & NFL champions. If you want to know more about how they arrived at their list, follow the link included in the quiz description.

	OnOnUofK:	Jun 29th, 2010 at 21:39 GMT		-2 points
	Storrs, CT is on this list and Lexington, KY isn't? LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL... joke.

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	bperry65:	Jun 29th, 2010 at 22:17 GMT		-2 points
	You need to accept Saint Louis spelled out, not just St. Louis. Additionally, the list is garbage.

	NardDog:	Jun 29th, 2010 at 23:25 GMT		1 point
	Glad to see Pittsburgh is at the top even with the Pirates draggin the burgh down. Fan loyalty could go to Pittsburgh, I suppose to. The fact that the Pirates are still in Pittsburgh is a big enough reason :p and whoever said Detroit should be at the top for fan loyalty is a bit off their rocker: The Tigers are a decent team and their attendance isn't too great and the "Hockey Town" title doesn't belong to Detroit, in 2008 (maybe 09) they didn't sellout every game, in fact they sold out few but Pittsburgh has sold out everygame for the Penguins for the past 3 years. Toronto actually should be "Hockey Town" just NOT Detroit.

	bmo1616:	Jun 30th, 2010 at 00:10 GMT		5 points
	@OnOnUofK, Storrs had both it's men's and women's basketball team in the Final Four, with the women winning the title and going undefeated. The football team was also ranked in the top 25, won a bowl game, and had 4 picks in the first two rounds of the NFL draft. You're a moron.

	bmo1616:	Jun 30th, 2010 at 00:12 GMT		6 points
	And conman, besides the Yankees and the one year run for the Giants, New York has been a pathetic sports town this entire decade.

	ricestillfumbled:	Jun 30th, 2010 at 01:28 GMT		0 points
	who reads sporting news anyway? I dont...and I def wont anytime in the future. Green Bay not making it is an absolute joke, and SI ranked Madison as the best college sports town 2 years ago, I realize I am a homer. But come on. Pittsburgh being #1 is a joke as well...first off. pirates. second off watch a (rare) meaningless game at heinz, the stadium is half full

	astrosandrockets:	Jun 30th, 2010 at 02:11 GMT		3 points
	This list is terrible. I agree with everyone who said Green Bay should be on the list. Nashville being 12 makes no sense. What is State College, and how are they #48 when Seattle isn't even on the list? And I love Austin, TX, but they shouldn't be that high.

	penguinsfan:	Jun 30th, 2010 at 15:13 GMT		3 points
	@astrosandrockets; State College is where Penn State is. And @ricestillfumbled; the Steelers have sold out every home game since 1972. Obviously even the meaningless games for them are sold out.