Sports

   Here we have two cities, Boston and Pittsburgh, who battle for the throne that is the country’s best sports city. Each is a storied franchise of the country’s top league, the NFL. They have won a combined nine, count ‘em, nine Super Bowl titles, and five of those nine coming in the last decade.

   Both cities have prominent NHL teams. The Pittsburg Penguins, reigning Stanley Cup Champions, were among the "Original Six" NHL teams. They’ve reached the Stanley Cup finals two years straight, and have three total Cup victories. The Boston Bruins won the Eastern Division last year and were upset by the Carolina Hurricanes in the first round but will remain contenders this year.

   As of 2004, the Boston Red Sox finally disproved the "Curse of the Bambino" and defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in four games to win the World Series. Meanwhile the Pittsburg Pirates had possibly one the best but forgotten player to ever play the game, Roberto Clemente. Clemente was a career .317 hitter and finished his career with 3,000 hits. Unfortunately he died in a plane crash in the offseason of 1972 while delivering supplies to earthquake-stricken Nicaragua.

   However, what really makes these cities great are their fans. Who could forget the time Bostonians chucked snowballs into the air after a Patriot touchdown? And what about the best prop in all of sports history, the Terrible Towel?

   Washington fans could really take a hint from these two cities. Why do they pick a Twitter fight with Redskins reserve linebacker Robert Henson who watched the entire game verses the St. Louis Rams from the bench? I guess it really says something about the making of a sports town when the players are publically chastised for believing in their coach.

   You know what would make me weep like Sox fans after their BoSox brought home a title? If maybe, just maybe, Washington had a team that faced adversity and still came out on top in the end, and the entire time, through the highs and lows, the D.C. faithful stood fast by their team’s side.