Boston: America's Newest Sporting Sweetheart

2007 has been a great year for sports fan in Boston,After a disappointing 2006-2007 season, which saw
with the city's national sides in all of America's majorthem play to a 24-58 record, the second worst in all
competitive sports tasting a degree of success, fromof the NBA, the Celtics are once again sitting at the
baseball to soccer.top of the Atlantic Division, having won twenty
The Boston Red Sox have quickly become America'sgames and lost only two so far this season, and are
favourite baseball team, outshining their east coastalmost certain to make it to the play-offs.
rivals, the New York Yankees. The Sox topped theirAnother team improving on their fortunes after a
Eastern Division, and then beat Central Divisiondisastrous 2006-2007 season is the Boston Bruins,
champions the Cleveland Indians by four games toBoston's ice hockey team. They finished bottom of
three in the American League Championship Seriesthe league last season, but have fought their way to
play-offs; before storming to victory in the Worldserious championship contention this season, currently
Series, defeating National League champions, andsitting in second place of their Northeast Atlantic
World Series rookies the Colorado Rockies. The RedDivision.
Sox won the Series in four games, sweeping theThe NFL, NHL and NBA seasons are all still in full
Rockies to collect their second World Seriesswing, and anyone wishing to catch Boston's teams in
championship in four seasons and their seventhaction on their home turf can book into a hotel in
overall. It also marked the third sweep in four yearsBoston.
by the American League champions. In the process,Although they don't play in Boston itself, the
the Red Sox became the first team to win the lastFoxborough-based New England Revolution soccer
two World Series they had appeared in since theteam represents all of New England. Up until their 3-2
New York Yankees who achieved it in 1998 andvictory over FC Dallas in the 2007 US Open Cup, the
1999.Revolution had never won a major trophy in Major
Not to be outdone, Boston's football team, the NewLeague Soccer in their thirteen-year history. They
England Patriots, recorded another successful season,were one of three teams in MLS that date back
being crowned Division Champions for the fifthfurther than 2005 to have not won one of the three
season in a row. If their current form continuesmajor titles in MLS (MLS Cup, US Open Cup and the
through the play-offs, they could well findMLS Supporter's Shield). They came close five times,
themselves in the 42nd annual Super Bowl in Marchreaching the US Open Cup final in 2001 and the MLS
2008 as American Football Conference Champions.Cup finals in 2002, 2005, 2006 and 2007.
Things are also looking promising for Boston'sThere's never been a batter time to be a sports fan
basketball team, the Boston Celtics, who hold thein Boston, and those fans will be hoping that trend
record for most NBA championships ever with 16.continues for some time.