Sports Blog — October 22, 2009
Columbia sits at No. 56 in Sporting News' list of best sports cities
Columbia ranks No. 56 in the Sporting News' list of best sports cities.
Among Big 12 towns, Columbia comes in behind Boulder, Co. (No. 18), Norman, Okla. (No. 37) and Austin, Texas (No. 38).
Stillwater, Okla. (No. 60), Lawrence, Kan. (No. 61) and Lubbock, Texas (No. 63) came in right behind Columbia.
Ames, Iowa ranked last of all Big 12 towns at No. 114.
The No. 1 city was Pittsburgh. Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago and Los Angeles made up the rest of the top five.




