If you lived in Boston, you whooped and hollered as the Patriots won the Super Bowl, cheered the Bruins and Celtics in the playoffs, and ... well, at least the Red Sox won 93 games.

	Like all sports fans in San Francisco, Terrell Owens had reason to cheer in 2002.

If you lived in Chicago, you cried over the collapse of the Bears, moaned over the disappointments of the Cubs and White Sox, and cringed at the continued ineptitude of the Bulls.

So Page 2 had to know: Which city had the best year? We devised a scoring method, punched in the numbers and produced a winner. But first, how we tabulated the results:

1. We averaged the winning percentage for all teams in the four major sports for cities that have at least two franchises (thus, one-sport cities such as Green Bay, San Jose and Sacramento were not included).

2. We added bonus points on the following basis: 50 points for winning the championship, 25 points for reaching the title game and 10 points for making the playoffs.

3. We also felt individual accomplishments were important, so we added 20 points for having a league MVP, 5 points for each player who made the NBA All-Star Game, 4 points for making the NHL or MLB All-Star Game and 3 points if named to the 2003 Pro Bowl.

4. Oh, we also subtracted 10 points if a team finished in last place and subtracted 50 if the franchise relocated to another city (that's you, Charlotte).

Note: We used the 2002 Super Bowl result, but playoff teams from the 2002 season; NHL and NBA standings from the 2001-02 season.

The winner? Congrats, San Francisco.

2002 City Rankings
City	NFL	MLB	NBA	NHL	Pct.	Bonus	Total
1. San Francisco	.667	.590			.629	103	732
2. Boston	.563	.574	.598	.561	.574	123	697
3. Los Angeles*		.568	.707	.555	.577	96	673
4. New York#	.563	.640	.634	.561	.541	124	665
5. Philadelphia	.750	.497	.524	.573	.586	74	660
6. Oakland	.688	.636	.256		.527	81	608
7. Indianapolis	.625		.512		.569	31	600
8. St. Louis	.400	.599		.573	.524	59	583
9. Anaheim		.611		.402	.507	58	565
10. Nashville	.688			.421	.555	10	565
11. Montreal		.512		.512	.512	52	564
12. Toronto		.481	.512	.585	.526	37	563
13. Seattle	.438	.574	.549		.520	30	550
14. Detroit	.188	.342	.610	.683	.456	74	530
15. Minneapolis	.375	.584	.610	.390	.490	35	525
16. Tampa	.750	.342		.396	.496	23	519
17. Denver	.563	.451	.329	.598	.485	32	517
18. Pittsburgh	.656	.447		.396	.500	17	517
19. Atlanta	.594	.631	.402	.299	.482	33	515
20. Phoenix	.313	.605	.439	.543	.475	30	505
21. Dallas	.313	.444	.695	.518	.493	12	505
22. Buffalo	.500			.494	.497	-7	490
23. Miami	.563	.488	.439	.329	.455	35	490
24. Washington	.438		.451	.506	.465	19	484
25. Cleveland	.563	.488	.354		.458	14	472
26. Kansas City	.500	.383			.442	19	461
27. San Diego	.500	.407			.454	0	454
28. Charlotte	.438		.537		.488	-43	445
29. Baltimore	.438	.414			.426	13	439
30. Chicago@	.250	.500	.256	.579	.400	29	429
31. Milwaukee		.346	.500		.423	3	426
32. Houston	.250	.519	.341		.370	5	375
33. Cincinnati	.125	.481			.303	-3	300

* Also included: second NBA franchise
# Also included: second MLB and NBA franchises and two NHL franchises (includes New Jersey)
@ Also incuded: second MLB franchise