BROOKLINE, MA.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0While the focus will be on golf with this week’s U.S. Open at The Country Club it’s interesting to point out another competitive battle is never ending for the top rung tagline, “America’s Top Sports City.”\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The top position is one fiercely competed for among several major cities in the United States but when adding up the collective strength of the four major sports — football, baseball, basketball and hockey — plus a number of secondary sports — Boston claims the top of the pyramid at this moment.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

What about New York — the USA’s most populous and the one with the most professional teams? Historically, the Big Apple rates consideration but has come up with goose eggs in terms of a winner for over a decade stretching back to 2011. What about Chicago? The most recent came in 2016 with the Cubs in baseball but the total count sits behind Boston. What about Los Angeles? Won the most recent Super Bowl but overall, still trails the capital of Massachusetts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Now there will be people who whine that including the New England Patriots as a Boston location is stretching things just a bit. The team doesn’t exactly play in the immediate confines of Boston but in nearby Foxboro. But frankly, the same can be said for other metro areas like New York where the two-football teams play in neighboring New Jersey.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n