In 2014, an immersive Bleacher Report study rated Chicago as the ninth-best sports city in the United States. The Windy City accumulated a final score of 78/100 across eight subjective categories.
You couldn’t have handed Chicago sports fans a nastier insult if you had tried. Although various developments since the article was written would likely change its outcome if somebody re-conducted the study today (most notably the Cubs World Series victory last season since the championship pedigree of the city was one of the categories in the study), Chicago would settle for nothing less than a No.