The Ultimate Sports City

Heard an interesting story this morning on Mike and Mike in the Morning. They were discussing a column that Michael Wilbon wrote in the Washington Post on Sunday about which sports franchise could be considered he best of all time. Naturally this morning it came down to the Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Celtics and New York Yankees. Mike and Mike were throwing stats left and right about all of them and made very valid points, but it got me thinking, what city is the ultimate sports city in these United States?

The ultimate sports city, the city where sports fans want to be all the time because they know that they are going to have the best experience. What exactly makes this city the ultimate sports city?

• Number of pro sports franchises
• Number of successful college sports programs
• Number of successful high school sports programs
• Number of sports bars out number the number of Starbucks
• Weather
• Tradition
• Tailgate experience
• Rivalries
• Knowledge of sports and the teams

With all these things considered there are a great deal of cities that could be up for the title of Ultimate Sports City. At first thought Los Angeles comes to mind with as many sports teams, successful college teams and high schools. The number of Starbucks may be about the same as sports bars. New York and Boston probably could be ruled out, but Chicago could be put in there as well.

Because of where I grew up in Massillon, Ohio the heart of it all I am bias to that city myself. The only reason I would not even consider it would be because of the successful pro sports teams, we are only 45 minutes from Cleveland. Do some research and let me know what you think, where is your Ultimate Sports City?