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In the interest of speed and timeliness, this story is fed directly from the Associated Press newswire and may contain spelling or grammatical errors.
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Los Angeles/Anaheim honored as best sports city
Wednesday August 13, 2003
LOS ANGELES (AP) Even without an NFL team and the failure of
the Lakers to win a fourth straight NBA championship, the Los
Angeles/Anaheim area has been selected as the country's best sports
city for the past year by the Sporting News.
The magazine it will present the award during a ceremony before
Saturday night's game in Anaheim between the Angels and Detroit
Tigers.
The Angels won their first World Series last October, and the
Anaheim Mighty Ducks advanced to the Stanley Cup finals in June
before losing to the New Jersey Devils.
In addition, Southern California was one of the country's finest
college football teams last fall with Trojans quarterback Carson
Palmer winning the Heisman Trophy.
The magazine announced Wednesday that New York/Long Island/New
Jersey had been picked as the second-best sports city for the past
year, followed by Oakland/San Francisco/San Jose, Philadelphia,
Dallas/Fort Worth, Boston, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Tampa/St.
Petersburg, Detroit and Denver.
Boston won the award last year.
(Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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