Championship City
Boston is the home of:
-The 2007 World Series Champion Boston Red Sox
-The 2008 NBA Champion Boston Celtics – record 17 championships
-The 2008 AFC Champion New England Patriots
-The 2008 National Champion Boston College hockey team

Sports Central
Named America’s #1 Sports City three times by Sporting News – the most #1 appearances by any city.
[Sporting New 2007]

Top Market
Among the top 10 US markets, Boston ranks #1 for:
-Listened to a Major League Baseball game on the radio
-Watched a Major League Baseball game on television
-Listened to a National Football League game on the radio
-Watched a National Football League game on television
[2007 Scarborough Research Release 2, Multimarket Study]

Boston’s Biggest
Boston marquis sporting events:
-The Boston Marathon – the world’s oldest annual marathon
-The Head of the Charles Regatta – the world’s largest two-day rowing event
[www.bostonmarathon.org; www.hocr.org]

Marathon Mania
In on-site media coverage, the Boston Marathon ranks behind only the Super Bowl as the largest single-day sporting event in the world. More than 1,100 media members, representing more than 250 media outlets, receive credentials annually.
[2007 Boston Athletic Association]

Active and Engaged
In the past year:
-537,000 Boston adults went skiing/snowboarding
-571,000 went boating
-645,000 played golf
-827,000 went jogging/running
-1.1 million went bicycling
-1.3 million did free weight/circuit training/yoga/pilates
-1.7 million went camping/hiking/backpacking/fishing/hunting
[2008 Scarborough Research Release 1, Boston DMA]