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