Blue and White Army Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 http://msn.foxsports.com/story/2631604?GT1=4550 Bit harsh on Winnipeg, eh Cheeta? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcl_19 Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 That's a joke.....winnipeg at 366 behind the like sof: 350. Clinton, Iowa 351. Frederick, Md. 352. Pasco, Wash. 353. Fayetteville, N.C. 354. Geneva, Ill. 355. Charleston, W.Va. 356. Everett, Wash. 357. Batavia, N.Y. 358. Burlington, Iowa 359. Augusta, N.J. 360. Kannapolis, N.C. 361. Rockford, Ill. 362. Myrtle Beach, S.C. 363. Grand Rapids, Mich. 364. Hershey, Pa. 365. Springfield, Mass c'mon now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarnCherry Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 Oh man that list is a joke. Vancouver behind Ottawa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew W Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 At least the list has taught me some geography. I didn't know that Baltimore and Washington DC was a combined municipality. Same for the new San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose community. And to think, had those two not gotten together they may have been threatened by Pasco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former Champ Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 Seems they used the same system as the FIFA World Rankings. I got tired of reading the list, did anybody see Regina (lets combine all of Sask like those joined municipalities)? A massive percentage of locals support the Riders, then there's the WHL, curling, rodeo, almost every little town has a school football team, I'm sure I'm forgetting something. **** the NCAA compared to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 Hamilton also made the list somewhere in the mid-300's behind a whole bunch of US cities that nobody (including most Americans) have ever heard of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amacpher Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 Considering the mainstream "sports" that are played in North America, I think its better to be near the bottom on this list. What does it mean to be living in a great baseball town? Or rodeo town? I mean really? Like I said before, having that honour plus 75 cents is worth a cup of coffee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulV Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 Just read the criteria that they used. Winnipeg could host the Brier, Grey Cup, World Junior Hockey Championships and Memorial Cup every year, sell out and still not register with the Sporting News. Winnipeg (or any Canadian city) would do well to not get too worked up about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJT Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 quote:Originally posted by PaulV Just read the criteria that they used. Winnipeg could host the Brier, Grey Cup, World Junior Hockey Championships and Memorial Cup every year, sell out and still not register with the Sporting News. Winnipeg (or any Canadian city) would do well to not get too worked up about it. In other words, the real stupidity here is that Canada was even considered together with the United States in this ranking. Two different countries, two different sporting cultures. We shouldn't care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former Champ Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 quote:Originally posted by DJT In other words, the real stupidity here is that Canada was even considered together with the United States in this ranking. Two different countries, two different sporting cultures. We shouldn't care. It's like South Park. Sure it's retarded, but we should be happy we were mentioned. You can see a lot of Canadian isolationism in our favorite sports. Hockey and Basketball... homemade 'Canadian' Football Curling... Scottish game, Canadian Icon Baseball is the Bastard american child. Poor soccer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJT Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 quote:Originally posted by Current Champ It's like South Park. Sure it's retarded, but we should be happy we were mentioned. I agree that many Canadians are happy when we are mentioned (myself included, though in my case it would be in The Simpsons as I can't stand South Park), but I have a HUGE problem with the notion that we should be happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeta Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 Funny. This is just a weakly disguised attempt to provoke me into a rant. Pheffff****. Like I need to be provoked. Man, if we ever get an LPGA tour to come through or get some bull**** NASCAR road circuit event we'll kick ass! Boy, can I feel the love from you guys. Actualy I'm more upset that DJT can't stand South Park. Holy crap! Come on, man! You don't watch South Park, you experience it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amacpher Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 quote:Originally posted by Current Champ It's like South Park. Sure it's retarded, but we should be happy we were mentioned. You can see a lot of Canadian isolationism in our favorite sports. Hockey and Basketball... homemade Basketball homemade? A bit of a stretch. Massachusettes is not part of Canada. It's America's sport IMO (and they can have it). The problem with this ranking is that most people voting on it probably never heard of the CFL and they certainly aren't factoring in any sport other than the "big 4" (3 of which are 100% American sports). It's sad, but from a sports culture POV, Canada is little more than the 51st state (and I'm Canadian). At least that's how the mainstream sports media must think - on BOTH sides of the border. I mean, how else could Canadian cities be on this list and not Mexican ones? Or Chinese ones? I also didn't see Barcelona's ranking? Did Toronto get that MLS franchise yet? Is it time for more CFL expansion to the U.S.? What's a MLB team doing in Montreal instead of a city with an equally strong passion for baseball like, say, Warsaw, Poland? Maybe I'll just go attend an Ottawa Lynx triple-A game where the brainwashing media personnel outnumber the fans in the stands. [}] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhat Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 quote:Originally posted by amacpher Basketball homemade? A bit of a stretch. Massachusettes is not part of Canada. It's America's sport IMO (and they can have it). Dr. Naismith is a Canadian who invented the game while in Massachusetts. This was even confirmed at the Basketball Hall of Fame in Sprinfield, Mass. So there you go. But Canada has done well in World Basketball since it was an Olympic sport in 1936 (Berlin Olympics - 2nd Place). Plus the fact that all high schools in Canada play basketball in their gyms every winter... As for it being America's game, the last few results involving NBA players on the USA team are not very convincing. (6th place, World Championships @ Indianapolis, losses to Italy, Lithuania, Serbia, Croatia, etc.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amacpher Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 quote:Originally posted by redhat Dr. Naismith is a Canadian who invented the game while in Massachusetts. This was even confirmed at the Basketball Hall of Fame in Sprinfield, Mass. So there you go. So it was invented in MA as I said. I don't think its a coincidence that MA is still one of the (if not THE) most b-ball loving places on Earth. The fact that Dr. Naismith's mother gave birth within Canadian political boundaries meant little, obviously (thank Goodness) .... USA is still BY FAR and away the best in the world at it. You don't think Olympic results for such events like b-ball and soccer mean anything, do you? [)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarnCherry Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 I'm with you amacpher. I keep hearing all about how basketball is a Canadian sport. Horsehockeypucks. It was invented in the US. Who cares where Naismith was born, he invented the game in the US with a group of Americans. Hence it's an American game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torontosupport Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 quote:Originally posted by amacpher So it was invented in MA as I said. I don't think its a coincidence that MA is still one of the (if not THE) most b-ball loving places on Earth. The fact that Dr. Naismith's mother gave birth within Canadian political boundaries meant little, obviously (thank Goodness) .... USA is still BY FAR and away the best in the world at it. You don't think Olympic results for such events like b-ball and soccer mean anything, do you? [)] I got the Yank's back on this one. Oh, and I hate basketball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJT Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 I just noticed that the Sporting News covered their butts by specifying (though not very explicitly) that the list is based on "the sports universe that the Sporting News covers". In that sense the list is fair, however silly and pointless (especially to Canada and every other country). (And I hate basketball, too. []) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desigol Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 Personaly I like Basketball. It was the only Sport I could play as a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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