No, seriously!
↵↵The Sporting News' annual survey named Chicago Best Sports City of 2010. Was it just the Blackhawks winning the Stanley Cup? That was part of it, but:
↵↵Yet a single championship—remarkable as it may be—doesn’t make a Best Sports City. Otherwise how could we overlook the Saints’ Super Bowl victory?↵↵↵↵There’s big league baseball, two teams’ worth; there’s the Bulls, a team surely on the rise. There’s the beloved Bears and DePaul hoops, Northwestern football and NASCAR Sprint Cup racing.↵
↵There is the city’s head-over-heels love for sports, all sports, and the people who play them.↵
↵“When you’re an athlete in Chicago,†Pro Football Hall of Famer Dick Butkus says, “everybody’s your friend.â€
That's all true, particularly the quote from Butkus. Now if we can only add a few more championships to that Stanley Cup. The full list of 402 North American cities (didn't know there were that many!) is at the link. No. 402 is Yakima, Washington.
↵↵WARNING! Clicking on the Sporting News link loads a page with an extremely loud and annoying commercial. Reloading the page will make it go away.
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