boston – city of champions
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In the past 12 years, Boston sports has seen 8 championships. Since 2002, 42% of the time there has been at least one reigning champion. This infographic has a few more details on the Celtics, Patriots, Red Sox and Bruins' dominance.TRANSCRIPT
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The city of Boston has enjoyed an unprecedented run of professional sports championships over the past 12 years. Eight titles split across the four teams (and the teams have made an additional four unsuccessful championship appearances during that time).
Since February 3, 2002 when Adam Vinatieri’s game-winning 48-yard field goal split the uprights, the longest Boston has gone without a reigning champion is TWO YEARS AND ONE DAY (between the end of the Celtics’ 2008 championship reign, and the beginning of the Bruins’ 2011 championship).
Boston has had a champion for 48% of every day between the start of 2002 and the end of 2013.