Philagape
03-27-2007, 09:38 AM
It will be another 2½ months before any team skates around a National Hockey League rink, hoisting the Stanley Cup in triumph. But the Buffalo Sabres already can claim they’re No. 1 — in an ESPN The Magazine ranking of all 122 major professional sports franchises.
Called the Ultimate Standings, the listing ranks pro franchises on how well they pay back their fans for all the time, money and emotion fans invest in their teams.
“The Sabres score big in our fifth survey of how pro teams pay back their fans — and teach the rest of sports a lesson on stoking the faithful’s fire,” states the sub-headline of the story, being published Wednesday.
http://www.buffalonews.com/101/story/40716.html
Called the Ultimate Standings, the listing ranks pro franchises on how well they pay back their fans for all the time, money and emotion fans invest in their teams.
“The Sabres score big in our fifth survey of how pro teams pay back their fans — and teach the rest of sports a lesson on stoking the faithful’s fire,” states the sub-headline of the story, being published Wednesday.
http://www.buffalonews.com/101/story/40716.html