| 2007 has been a great year for sports fan in | | | | disappointing 2006-2007 season, which saw |
| Boston, with the city's national sides in all | | | | them play to a 24-58 record, the second worst |
| of America's major competitive sports tasting | | | | in all of the NBA, the Celtics are once again |
| a degree of success, from baseball to soccer. | | | | sitting at the top of the Atlantic Division, |
| | | | having won twenty games and lost only two so |
| The Boston Red Sox have quickly become | | | | far this season, and are almost certain to |
| America's favourite baseball team, outshining | | | | make it to the play-offs. |
| their east coast rivals, the New York | | | | |
| Yankees. The Sox topped their Eastern | | | | Another team improving on their fortunes |
| Division, and then beat Central Division | | | | after a disastrous 2006-2007 season is the |
| champions the Cleveland Indians by four games | | | | Boston Bruins, Boston's ice hockey team. They |
| to three in the American League Championship | | | | finished bottom of the league last season, |
| Series play-offs; before storming to victory | | | | but have fought their way to serious |
| in the World Series, defeating National | | | | championship contention this season, |
| League champions, and World Series rookies | | | | currently sitting in second place of their |
| the Colorado Rockies. The Red Sox won the | | | | Northeast Atlantic Division. |
| Series in four games, sweeping the Rockies to | | | | |
| collect their second World Series | | | | The NFL, NHL and NBA seasons are all still in |
| championship in four seasons and their | | | | full swing, and anyone wishing to catch |
| seventh overall. It also marked the third | | | | Boston's teams in action on their home turf |
| sweep in four years by the American League | | | | can book into a hotel in Boston. |
| champions. In the process, the Red Sox became | | | | |
| the first team to win the last two World | | | | Although they don't play in Boston itself, |
| Series they had appeared in since the New | | | | the Foxborough-based New England Revolution |
| York Yankees who achieved it in 1998 and | | | | soccer team represents all of New England. Up |
| 1999. | | | | until their 3-2 victory over FC Dallas in the |
| | | | 2007 US Open Cup, the Revolution had never |
| Not to be outdone, Boston's football team, | | | | won a major trophy in Major League Soccer in |
| the New England Patriots, recorded another | | | | their thirteen-year history. They were one of |
| successful season, being crowned Division | | | | three teams in MLS that date back further |
| Champions for the fifth season in a row. If | | | | than 2005 to have not won one of the three |
| their current form continues through the | | | | major titles in MLS (MLS Cup, US Open Cup and |
| play-offs, they could well find themselves in | | | | the MLS Supporter's Shield). They came close |
| the 42nd annual Super Bowl in March 2008 as | | | | five times, reaching the US Open Cup final in |
| American Football Conference Champions. | | | | 2001 and the MLS Cup finals in 2002, 2005, |
| | | | 2006 and 2007. |
| Things are also looking promising for | | | | |
| Boston's basketball team, the Boston Celtics, | | | | There's never been a batter time to be a |
| who hold the record for most NBA | | | | sports fan in Boston, and those fans will be |
| championships ever with 16. After a | | | | hoping that trend continues for some time. |