Columbus Ranked In Top 5 Of America's Sports Towns

The many sports fans that live in and around Columbus, Ohio already know that it's one of the best towns for sports. We've got the exciting athletics of Ohio State U., especially football & OSU Men's & Women's basketball, the Columbus Crew (now holding the MLS championship title), the Cleveland Indians AAA ball team Columbus Clippers, OSU football, NHL team Columbus Blue Jackets, named the #1 sporting event experience, arena football team that (we hope) is on temporary hiatus the Columbus Destroyers and...did I forget to mention OSU football?!

Well, Columbus sports fans, those outside of Columbus have noticed our die-hard fanism. Men'sHealth Magazine has ranked Columbus, Ohio 5th in America's Top Sports Towns.

Check out the interactive map online. http://www.menshealth.com/metrogrades/09-july/sports.html

The rankings were based on statistical information of 7 categories:
Team Apparel - % purchased (Columbus ranked #1 in this category)
Season Tickets - % interested in purchasing
Baseball - % attendance at events
Basketball - % attendance at events
Football - % attendance at events
NASCAR - % attending

How other Ohio cities stacked up:
Cleveland ranked 81 overall.
Cincinnati ranked 69 overall.
Toledo ranked 44 overall.


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