#19=Legend 29 Report post Posted July 7, 2008 Pittsburgh got the Titletown USA from ESPN....(WHOCARESITSESPNBLAHBLAHBLAH) But the most recent championship is the steelers, then the pens, and the pirates years ago. Detroit would definetly be titletown well theres the Wings (enough said) then theres the pistons recently, and back in the 90s. And then we could include the tigers in the 80s. Has detroit gotten titletown or not? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Happy Pancake 6 Report post Posted July 7, 2008 They're one of 20 finalists for the trophy. They got their bump tonight. It's obviously going to be Boston. There's not much arguing about that right now with the Patriots, Red Sox and Celtics. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dump-N-Thump Report post Posted July 7, 2008 PITTSBURGH??? GOOD JOKE ESPN Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Superman54 91 Report post Posted July 7, 2008 Rangers, Giants, Yankees should be over Pittsburgh im guessing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
redwings8831 40 Report post Posted July 7, 2008 (edited) PITTSBURGH??? GOOD JOKE ESPN they showed pittsburgh tonight,, they are one of the 20 finalists the list is here: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/titletown/index Edited July 7, 2008 by Andrew Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Four Report post Posted July 7, 2008 Boston should win this tbh Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
#19=Legend 29 Report post Posted July 7, 2008 Detroit Ahh. So they havent picked the titletown yet. Or do they like do one a month or something? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
redwings8831 40 Report post Posted July 7, 2008 Detroit Ahh. So they havent picked the titletown yet. Or do they like do one a month or something? correct, i assume they'll choose once they have shown all the nominations Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Booster313 138 Report post Posted July 7, 2008 Reading that article espically the last part...almost brought a tear to my eye. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
#19=Legend 29 Report post Posted July 7, 2008 They're one of 20 finalists for the trophy. They got their bump tonight. It's obviously going to be Boston. There's not much arguing about that right now with the Patriots*, Red Sox and Celtics. *Does not count Fixed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
06TJSport 0 Report post Posted July 7, 2008 Detroit Ahh. So they havent picked the titletown yet. Or do they like do one a month or something? uhh wtf was that red wings conference titles thing? if they mean advancing to the finals like the pennant for baseball well they should have had one listed for this year and if they mean best record in the conference there should be many years listed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
#19=Legend 29 Report post Posted July 7, 2008 Reading that article espically the last part...almost brought a tear to my eye. It is now my sig. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edicius 3,269 Report post Posted July 7, 2008 Boston should be a lock for this with six championships in the past six years (Patriots x3, Red Sox x2, Celtics x1). New York's not even close. Yankees haven't won it all since 2000, only four times in the past 20 years. Giants have won once in the past 20 years. Rangers have won once in the past 68 years. Knicks haven't won since 1973. Let's look at Pittsburgh: Pirates' last championship: 1979 Steelers' last championship: 2006 (first since 1980) Penguins' last championship: 1992 (one of two total) Three championships in 20 years. One in the last six (compared to Boston). Meanwhile, Detroit has seven in 20 years. Three in the last six. Just looking at the past six years, since Boston's setting the pace for that, the ranking between these four cities should be: 1) Boston (6) 2) Detroit (3) 3) New York (1)* 4) Pittsburgh (1) *More recent championship in the last six years Okay, enough typing, time for me to go to bed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Opie 308 Report post Posted July 7, 2008 Boston should be a lock for this with six championships in the past six years (Patriots x3, Red Sox x2, Celtics x1). New York's not even close. Yankees haven't won it all since 2000, only four times in the past 20 years. Giants have won once in the past 20 years. Rangers have won once in the past 68 years. Knicks haven't won since 1973. Let's look at Pittsburgh: Pirates' last championship: 1979 Steelers' last championship: 2006 (first since 1980) Penguins' last championship: 1992 (one of two total) Three championships in 20 years. One in the last six (compared to Boston). Meanwhile, Detroit has seven in 20 years. Three in the last six. Just looking at the past six years, since Boston's setting the pace for that, the ranking between these four cities should be: 1) Boston (6) 2) Detroit (3) 3) New York (1)* 4) Pittsburgh (1) *More recent championship in the last six years Okay, enough typing, time for me to go to bed. Are you trying to say that The Giants championship is more recent than the C's? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlakChamber 8 Report post Posted July 7, 2008 Boston will get it. As much as I hate their fans, you can't really argue against it with how the Boston teams have been winning lately. Detroit should be #2 and everyone else can fight over the remaining spots. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PROBIE4PREZ 58 Report post Posted July 7, 2008 Lions shafted us .. They are god awful but i still watch them every sunday .. not that are going to win a champioship but b/c they are a pro Mich team Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hallelujahlogic 1 Report post Posted July 7, 2008 as w/all things i have to say that if it can't be us, i'm glad it's boston. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Opie 308 Report post Posted July 7, 2008 I think I brought this up before on here but..... If the Pats had not f***ed up and taken the Giants so lightly, or had the Giants not had the best Defensive front 7 of the season (more than likely the cause) I would have had my favorite 4 teams win their respective championships. Now I am sort of a Bandwagon Sox fan, as I stopped watching baseball for like 10 years and then when I picked it back up, I started rooting for the local team, they were still losing at the time though, damn Yankees!!! Pats just sort of rooted for the lovable loser and then they became the lovable underdog winners and now they are the evil Patriots ******, been a lifelong C's fan, just old enough to remember the days of Bird, Mchale and Parrish winning, and then I suffered through the 90's-this year, Luckily I have been a wings fan since then end of the Dead Wings, just enough to give me perspective. What makes us as Boston sports fans so dis likable is that when our teams are down, we let everyone know that the team that is beating us sucks and we should be better, then when we start winning it is like we have no idea what it is like to lose. Good thing most fans around here have the B's to bring them back to earth! But there is no doubting that currently the area is title town, however it wasn't that many years ago that it was also loser-ville. I also think that the Red Sox are responsible for pink sports gear, Do'H Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edicius 3,269 Report post Posted July 7, 2008 (edited) Are you trying to say that The Giants championship is more recent than the C's? No, more recent than the Steelers. Thus why I put New York ahead of Pittsburgh, despite both cities only having one championship over the past six years. Yeah, I realize I was a little unclear with that asterisk. Edited July 7, 2008 by edicius Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Opie 308 Report post Posted July 7, 2008 Gotcha, I misunderstood, obviously! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
betterREDthandead 58 Report post Posted July 7, 2008 Boston can go f**k themselves. Any fanbase that considers it more important to hate another team than to root for their own....pathetic. Boston does have the more recent championships and the absurd numbers of the Celtics, but consider this: - Only three cities have hosted the Super Bowl, the World Series, the Stanley Cup Finals, and the NBA Finals. - Only a handful of cities have won championships in the NFL, NHL, NBA, and MLB. - Only one city is a member of both groups. Detroit. To the best of my knowledge they have never hosted a Final Four in Boston - Detroit will. And I know Ann Arbor is a separate contender, but if Boston gets to include the Patriots, then Detroit should get to include U-M and its baseball, basketball, football, and hockey championships. Foxboro is closer to RI than Boston, and about the same distance as Detroit-AA. So I call BS on that, too. Boston will probably win it because there's an epidemic of Boston-loving going on and it's nauseating. But they shouldn't. Any city that's known for a century-long curse of NOT winning a title forfeits their claim. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Opie 308 Report post Posted July 7, 2008 Boston can go f**k themselves. Any fanbase that considers it more important to hate another team than to root for their own....pathetic. Boston does have the more recent championships and the absurd numbers of the Celtics, but consider this: - Only three cities have hosted the Super Bowl, the World Series, the Stanley Cup Finals, and the NBA Finals. - Only a handful of cities have won championships in the NFL, NHL, NBA, and MLB. - Only one city is a member of both groups. Detroit. To the best of my knowledge they have never hosted a Final Four in Boston - Detroit will. And I know Ann Arbor is a separate contender, but if Boston gets to include the Patriots, then Detroit should get to include U-M and its baseball, basketball, football, and hockey championships. Foxboro is closer to RI than Boston, and about the same distance as Detroit-AA. So I call BS on that, too. Boston will probably win it because there's an epidemic of Boston-loving going on and it's nauseating. But they shouldn't. Any city that's known for a century-long curse of NOT winning a title forfeits their claim. -Bolded part: That is an unfair criteria, it is not that Foxboro isn't a nice stadium or couldn't host it, it is that the league won't put the superbowl in a cold weather outdoor stadium. TO your first point about hating rivals, look no further than this board and the Avs haters, it is not that Fans hate other teams more than there own it is that they have a strong emotional tie to there team. What city hosts a tournament is not so much a credit to their fans a lot of that has to due with were that respective sports executives want to see it hosted. Cities fight to host the Superbowl or the final four, the league then selects what they deem to be the best location as far as ease of transportation, weather, etc.... There is a lot of love for Boston sports in the media right now because they hold 2 of the 4 major championships in professional sports and had another team compete for a third. If they get docked for not winning in a century what about the cities that didn't even have teams for that long? Your post makes you sound like a bitter jealous fan, not that you are but it comes off as though you are bothered by the fact that ESPN ( of all things to bother you) is not giving your city enough credit, and to tell you the truth I could give two s***s if they award it to Detroit, Boston, or East El Paso, the awards I care about are awarded at the end of the very last game every season. ESPY's or Title town all of that s*** means squat to me, before you go thinking I think MY team's city should win. Because I root for the Wings, I don't consider myself a true Boston sports fan, in order to be that you must root for all 4 local teams trust me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WMUCarGuy 8 Report post Posted July 7, 2008 I LOVE Detroit, but as of late, Boston has been "Titletown USA"... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Majsheppard 203 Report post Posted July 7, 2008 I don't give one rats ass about what ESPN thinks about anything. Period. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
McCartyFanForLife 17 Report post Posted July 7, 2008 It should either be New York or Boston. I mean come on, it's "TITLETOWN". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
