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Sporting News: Pittsburgh No. 1, Milwaukee No. 26. |
 | By Jeff Sherman   OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writer E-mail author | Author bio More articles by Jeff Sherman |
| Published Oct. 7, 2009 at 1:35 p.m. |
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The Sporting News released its annual list of "Best Sports Cities." Pittsburgh tops the list while last year's No. 1, Boston, falls below Philadelphia to No. 3.
Milwaukee, without a major professional title (Bucks) since 1971 (The Wave were MISL champions in 2005), ranks 26th.
"Milwaukee has that big-city feel without the hassle of a big city," Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun told Sporting News.
"Great people, great fans, great restaurants. It's a great place to play. The energy the fans bring to Miller Park day in and day out is great. We really enjoy the support the city gives us; they live and die with our team."
The top 10 list:
1. Pittsburgh
2. Philadelphia
3. Boston
4. Chicago / Evanston
5. Los Angeles
6. New York
7. Phoenix / Tempe
8. Miami
9. Dallas-Fort Worth
10. Detroit / Ann Arbor / Ypsilanti
Milwaukee ranked above several prominent and larger metropolitan areas including Orlando, Baltimore, St. Louis, San Antonio, Buffalo and Toronto.
Other interesting ranks:
51. Green Bay
75. Madison
370. Beloit
372. Appleton
The full list is here, but you have to buy the Oct. 12 print edition for the full story.
This year's Best Sports Cities list features almost 400 cities and towns in the U.S. and Canada, ranked by a system that assigns points to a variety of categories, including a city's number of teams, their regular-season won-lost records, playoff berths, bowl appearances and tournament bids, championships, applicable power ratings, fan fervor, attendance and more.
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Posted by HometownSC on Oct. 14, 2009 at 1:57 p.m. (report)
I'm glad to see Milwaukee ranked so high, but I am a bit skeptical about it being the level of sports town that the numbers indicate. We have teams in MLB and the NBA which gets support when they win, a pair of Division-I universities that differ widely in terms of support for men's basketball (MU gets it, UWM doesn't) but get similar support for non-prestige sports. As for other pro sports here (Iron, Admirals, Wave), the support ranges from reasonable to indifferent. Milwaukee could be a much better sports town if it stopped trying to be a mini-Chicago on that front and embraced what the Cream City CAN be (big-time college basketball, a place where women's sports can thrive, and a solid market for a number of sports leagues to expand into).
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Posted by Wavefan on Oct. 8, 2009 at 2:04 p.m. (report)
So Miami is one of the best sports cities in the U.S.? Besides bad teams, subpar facilities and crushing fan apathy, I'd agree. Atlanta? Nashville? They're kidding, right? Denver and Indy should be five spots higher at least. Denver supports EVERYTHING, including indoor lacrosse and arena football. Milwaukee (yes, with GB) should surpass Salt Lake/Provo. Not sure how two areas in North Carolina end up in the top 20. I'm all for these lists but, come on. At least it wasn't done by the folks at ESPN: 1. New York. 2. Boston 3. 397-way tie for last place.
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Posted by Broner on Oct. 8, 2009 at 12:16 p.m. (report)
Back when the Packers played in Milwaukee, they mentioned Milwaukee in all of the broadcasts. It was usually to say where the game was being played and to show us that both teams were on the same sideline. But I agree that they were right not to lump GB and Milwaukee together - too far apart.
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Posted by sandstorm on Oct. 8, 2009 at 9:26 a.m. (report)
"when the NFL treats the Packers as a Milwaukee team that plays in the suburbs..." lol. this is so off-base as to be laughable. the NFL LOVES the fact the Packers play in Green Bay and i've never heard Milwaukee mentioned in any Packer broadcast. The Packers playing in small city is a throwback to the old days of football and the NFL celebrates this fact at every opportunity. even when they used to play here nobody ever, EVER, mistook them for the Milwaukee Packers.
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Posted by High_Life_Man on Oct. 7, 2009 at 3:44 p.m. (report)
Detroit + Ann Arbor but no Milwaukee + Madison? Pretty similar situation...
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