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What makes a titletown? And how does your city compare to the winningest cities in North American sports?

After the Golden State Warriors won their third NBA championship in four years a few months ago, I started thinking...Of all the cities to field a professional or college level team in the last 150 years, which is the winningest?

And now with the Red Sox’s recent World Series win, I’m wondering, could it be Boston? Or maybe it’s Green Bay, WI, a city literally called Titletown.

I dug through the data and came up with three ways to determine the winningest cities in North America, a.k.a. titletowns. But before we dive in, some ground rules: in this essay I look at 458 professional sports teams from the MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, MLS, and CFL, and 1,917 division one college teams. All told, these teams have represented 199 cities and played for 996 sports championships since 1870.

I get that not everyone will agree on what sports to include, or what time frame to look at. For those of you with strong feelings, you’ll have the opportunity to set your own parameters later on. Look out for these filters in the bottom left of your screen. When it comes to making a titletown, you define it.