How do different teams rank in support in their local areas?

PowderedH2O

I know that we recently watched a Mavs-Heat series and both teams seemed well supported. But having lived in both cities, I know that both rank their NFL teams #1. In Miami, the Heat are clearly #2 and neither the Panthers in hockey nor the Marlins in baseball have any support at all. I am not so sure about Dallas. When I lived there, there was no hockey, and the Rangers and Mavs were awful. What about other cities? I get the sense that the Red Sox are #1 in Boston, but maybe I am wrong. In Cleveland, is there more love for the Browns or the Indians? What about the other cities with multiple teams? Chime in with your opinions.

Barndog

Sox
Pats
Celts
Bruins

except this week, of course

Garabaldi

<< <i>Sox
Pats
Celts
Bruins

except this week, of course >>



Agreed, but not in this household.
Sox
Bruins
Celts

mcadams

In Georgia, this is the order for all sports-

UGA football
Braves
Falcons
GT football
Hawks
GT basketball
Georgia Southern football
that hockey team that finally left that no one cared about

illinifan912

chi town-

bears
bulls
hawks
cubs
sox

Tabe

Detroit probably goes like this:

Red Wings
Tigers
Lions
Pistons

That probably changes year-to-year but the Red Wings are a clear #1. All four teams have very solid support.

Tabe

stevek

Philly is a football town at a clear #1 - Eagles and college football very popular, with the Phillies right up there for #2, local college basketball at #3, Flyers at #4 with not a huge following but a hard core smaller group of loyal fans, and the Sixers a distant 5th at this point.

larryallen73

I think it depends on the success of the teams. In the Bay Area for most of the 80's it was the 49ers only. You really heard very little about the other teams. Now, obviously, the Giant's are top dogs. The A's had success in the late 80's but the Niners were still at their pinnacle but the A's were probably 2nd for a while or at least tied with the Giants. The Warrior's have never been the top team.

jdip9

great question.....Barndog has Boston's pecking order spot on....

I've been saying for 3 years that I hope the Bruins win Boston's next title....we're one win away. I think Philly may have won titles in 3 sports within a 10-year span, but I don't think a city has won all 4. The Bruins are on the verge of doing that for Boston.

benderbroeth

<< <i>great question.....Barndog has Boston's pecking order spot on....

I've been saying for 3 years that I hope the Bruins win Boston's next title....we're one win away. I think Philly may have won titles in 3 sports within a 10-year span, but I don't think a city has won all 4. The Bruins are on the verge of doing that for Boston. >>



ok i must say i am rooting for vancouver but i must say that would indeed be awesome

Garabaldi

It would make for 7 titles in 10 years, not bad at all.
Go B's.

lanemyer85

chi town-
bears
bulls
hawks
cubs
sox

maybe in the 90's the Bulls were #2.

Bears
Cubs
Hawks/Bulls (toss-up)
White Sox

JeremyDie1

<< <i>maybe in the 90's the Bulls were #2.

Bears
Cubs
Hawks/Bulls (toss-up)
White Sox >>



I agree.

57loaded

Giants (last year/this year) otherwise 49ers since the 80's
49ers
Sharks
and then the big three sport teams in the East Bay (Raiders, Warriors and Oakland AAAs)
lastly, Earthquakes (foutbol)

in the 70's it was Raider's and A's

alnavman

alnavman

OOPS....in Cleveland

Browns
Indians
Cavs

when Lebron was here you probably could flip flop the tribe and the cavs.....but not now

jimmyg

In LA:

Lakers
Dodgers
USC Football
Kings
UCLA Women's Water Polo
Clippers

SanctionII

I grew up in Denver and have not lived there for a long time.

However, in Denver the ranking for decades has been

#1. Broncos
#2. and lower - take your pick (Rockies, Avalanche, Nuggets depending on how good eah team is during the year).

Colorado and Denver are nuts about sports, but Chamionship success has been limited. The Broncos won two superbowls in the late 90's. The Avalanch have won at least one NHL title [I think????], the Rockies played in one World Series and the Nuggets played for and lost the ABA Title in spring of 1976 [while in the NBA the best they have done is lose to the Lakers in the Western Conference finals a few years ago]

Brick

In Central Ohio
1 Buckeye football
2 Ohio State football
3 Ohio State spring football game
4 Buckeye basketball
5 Blue Jackets

Hallco

Although I live in Ga, I am really close to both South and North Carolina where it's basically breaks down to this:

South:

Clemson Football
South Carolina Football
Clemson Baseball
Clemson Basketball
High School Football

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North:

North Carolina Basketball
Duke Basketball
NC State Football
North Carolina & Duke Women's Basketball
3 way tie between the Carolina Panthers/Carolina Hurricanes/Wake Forest Football

jdip9

<<<Colorado and Denver are nuts about sports>>>

I guess it depends on your perspective. Perhaps relative to other cities out west, they are "nuts", but I have two friends that grew up in New England, and they tell me that the sports scene is lame. Everyone loves the Broncos, but nobody really cares about the other sports. Which is too bad, because they have 2 of the most exciting young players in baseball, and a very solid NBA team that was lucky enough to have a true superstar for a number of years.

Estil

I guess the Rockies going to the World Series a few years back in such dramatic fashion wasn't good enough?

pbyco

Up here in Fairbanks AK:
UAF hockey (CCHA)
Grizzlies (Arena FB)
Yukon Quest
Ice Dogs (jr hockey)
Seattle Mariners

We have an Alaska League baseball team, but except for the midnight sun game no one really attends. I guess too many mosquitos...