Sporting News has named Chicago as the Best Sports City for ’06, primarily due to the White Sox’ World Series championship. Other reasons include the successful regular-and postseason play of the Bulls, Bears and Northwestern Univ. football team. Chicago beat out Miami for the top spot; Boston, which had taken the title the previous two years, came in at No. 7. The top 20 sports cities are listed below (Sporting News).
Rank City
1) Chicago
2) Miami
3) Dallas-Ft. Worth
4) Detroit-Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti
5) New York
6) Denver-Boulder
7) Boston
8) Los Angeles
9) Philadelphia
10) Phoenix-Tempe
11) Washington, DC
12) Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill
13) Atlanta
14) Minneapolis-St. Paul
15) Seattle
16) Indianapolis
17) Tampa-St. Petersburg
18) Austin
19) Anaheim
20) Cleveland
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