It's a pretty miserable time to be a local sports fan right now, make no mistake. But what about over the past few seasons? How does Phoenix compare against other cities, which also have representatives in the four main sports [sorry, Rattlers, Mercury and Arizona Roller Derby!], in recent history? Time to crunch some numbers...
The methodology
With different size league, playoff structures and calendars, it's not as easy as you'd think to compare performances between sports. In the end, I settled on a point-based system. If you win your sport's title, you get a basic five points.