The Top 375

TheRob · 08-21-2002, 09:34 AM

The Sporting News has put out a list of the Top 375 Cities when it comes to sport. Some interesting choices to say the least. I can't believe Maple Ridge didn't make it.

Check it out.

http://www.sportingnews.com/sportsci...t.html#301-375

**Regs** · 08-21-2002, 10:07 AM

Ottawa at 37? Portland at 40? WTF do they have?

Surprised to see Vancouver as high as it is at 41...

Interesting rankings to say the least. Good find, esteemed Football Moderator

~Regs.

Keeper · 08-21-2002, 10:28 AM

21. Raleigh-Durham- Chapel Hill

**Regs** · 08-21-2002, 10:31 AM

You're taking the piss, no? That's North Carolina... NCAA hotbed for one...

~Regs.

One Dart · 08-21-2002, 10:43 AM

No other Canadian cities after Calgary at 46? All they did was rate all the cities with Major League franchises and then flip a coin for the other 325 or so cities with either a minor league baseball franchise or a college football or basketball team. Toronto's at 20 because they get 13,000 people to Blue Jays games on weekends? That's got to be the most overrated selection. Fair enough, they do give the Raptors and Leafs support but there are a few other franchises that get squat.

Keeper · 08-21-2002, 11:17 AM

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NCAA hotbed

Ahh. That's why.

I could not care less.

TheRob · 08-21-2002, 11:25 AM

I think that out of the 375 cities 300 of them are college sports towns. Understandable considering it is a US magazine, but I can't believe Maple Ridge never made it.

Keeper · 08-21-2002, 11:31 AM

That's because valley-style biking isn't considered a sport yet.

**knvb** · 08-21-2002, 11:32 AM

Quote:

Ahh. That's why.

I could not care less.

Keeper, ever see Bull Durham? Only the Best baseball movie ever made, despite Kevin Costner being in it. Surely that must ring a bell...

TheRob, Maple Ridge is a hole. Get over it.

Keeper · 08-21-2002, 11:39 AM

KNVB,

What are you on? Major League was by far the greatest baseball movie ever made. Corbin Bernsen is an acting genius. The Natural is a distant second.

Wild Thing, you make my heart sing.

**knvb** · 08-21-2002, 12:16 PM

That's debatable...

TheRob · 08-21-2002, 12:20 PM

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TheRob, Maple Ridge is a hole. Get over it.

This coming from a Surrey guy. Unreal.

View Poll Results: Should Maple Ridge have made the list of top sporting cities in North America?
Yes	4	22.22%
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08-21-2002, 09:34 AM	#1 (permalink)
TheRob Member Joined: Jul 2001 Location: The Flemish Cap Posts: 5,745 Images: 51 TTP Friends: (2)	The Top 375 The Sporting News has put out a list of the Top 375 Cities when it comes to sport. Some interesting choices to say the least. I can't believe Maple Ridge didn't make it. Check it out. http://www.sportingnews.com/sportsci...t.html#301-375

08-21-2002, 10:07 AM	#2 (permalink)
Regs Respect & Honour A Total Bastard Joined: Jun 2001 Location: TTP Headquarters Posts: 12,085 Blog Entries: 1 Images: 233 TTP Friends: (12)	Ottawa at 37? Portland at 40? WTF do they have? Surprised to see Vancouver as high as it is at 41... Interesting rankings to say the least. Good find, esteemed Football Moderator ~Regs. __________________ Take the piss (out of someone) vb. British -- to mock, deride, poke fun (at). This vulgarism has been in widespread use since the late 1940s. The original idea evoked by the expression was that of deflating someone, recalling the description of a self-important blusterer as 'all piss and wind.'

08-21-2002, 10:28 AM	#3 (permalink)
Keeper Member Joined: Jul 2001 Location: - Posts: 5,532 Images: 1172 TTP Friends: (0)	Never heard of it. 21. Raleigh-Durham- Chapel Hill __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

08-21-2002, 10:31 AM	#4 (permalink)
Regs Respect & Honour A Total Bastard Joined: Jun 2001 Location: TTP Headquarters Posts: 12,085 Blog Entries: 1 Images: 233 TTP Friends: (12)	You're taking the piss, no? That's North Carolina... NCAA hotbed for one... ~Regs. __________________ Take the piss (out of someone) vb. British -- to mock, deride, poke fun (at). This vulgarism has been in widespread use since the late 1940s. The original idea evoked by the expression was that of deflating someone, recalling the description of a self-important blusterer as 'all piss and wind.'

08-21-2002, 10:43 AM	#5 (permalink)
One Dart Member Joined: Feb 2002 Location: Where are the nuggets? Posts: 2,151 TTP Friends: (0)	No other Canadian cities after Calgary at 46? All they did was rate all the cities with Major League franchises and then flip a coin for the other 325 or so cities with either a minor league baseball franchise or a college football or basketball team. Toronto's at 20 because they get 13,000 people to Blue Jays games on weekends? That's got to be the most overrated selection. Fair enough, they do give the Raptors and Leafs support but there are a few other franchises that get squat.

08-21-2002, 11:25 AM	#7 (permalink)
TheRob Member Joined: Jul 2001 Location: The Flemish Cap Posts: 5,745 Images: 51 TTP Friends: (2)	I think that out of the 375 cities 300 of them are college sports towns. Understandable considering it is a US magazine, but I can't believe Maple Ridge never made it.

08-21-2002, 11:31 AM	#8 (permalink)
Keeper Member Joined: Jul 2001 Location: - Posts: 5,532 Images: 1172 TTP Friends: (0)	That's because valley-style biking isn't considered a sport yet. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

08-21-2002, 11:39 AM	#10 (permalink)
Keeper Member Joined: Jul 2001 Location: - Posts: 5,532 Images: 1172 TTP Friends: (0)	KNVB, What are you on? Major League was by far the greatest baseball movie ever made. Corbin Bernsen is an acting genius. The Natural is a distant second. Wild Thing, you make my heart sing. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] Last edited by Keeper; 08-21-2002 at 11:43 AM.

08-21-2002, 12:16 PM	#11 (permalink)
knvb Kick'n it old school... A Total Bastard Joined: Aug 2001 Location: Langley Posts: 10,594 Images: 229 TTP Friends: (6)	That's debatable... __________________ McDirty can I ask you somthing intalagent. Mr. Base

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