Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Arizona sports teams place low in national success rankings - Phoenix Business Journal:

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The Suns were No. 34 out of 122 in term of bottom line, attendance and on-field succeses during 2008, according to research by an affiliate of the PhoenicBusiness Journal’s parent company. The ranked 65th, the Arizona Diamondbackxs 80thand 107th. The study ranke football, basketball, hockey and baseball franchisex based on their calendar year2008 performance, whicyh does not account for the playoff run in January and February 2009.
The Suns were helpe d by their strong attendance and strong season last but could see their ranking tumblee in 2009 considering they are not amongtthe top-flight National Basketball Association teams this The Cards were helped by thei r attendance and some gain in franchise The football team also hopes to build on its underdob playoff run last season for the 2009-10 NFL The study found the Coyotes, who are facing financialp troubles and looking for new investors and owners, lost some franchis e value; and the D-backs filled only 63 percent of Chase Field during 2008. The Boston Celtica ranked first overall on the followed by the NewYork Giants.
The Detroit Lionsx were last and hockey’s New York Islanders next-to-last in the succesas rankings. Among other notable franchises, the Los Angeles Lakers rankecd third, the Boston Red Sox fifth, the Chicagl Cubs eighth; the New York Yankees 23rd; the New England Patriots the Dallas Cowboys 62nd and the PittsburghSteelers 39th, accordingf to Bizjournals.com.

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