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Ultimate Franchise Rankings - Peter Keating, ESPN The Magazine
Ultimate Franchise Rankings - Peter Keating, ESPN The Magazine
Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Despite a slow start by the Angels -- and Vlad -- attendance has dropped a mere 234 fannies per game, and the Halos are back in contention in the West.
Ultimate Franchise Rankings Methodology - Peter Keating, ESPN The Magazine
Ultimate Franchise Rankings Methodology - Peter Keating, ESPN The Magazine
sports.espn.go.com — The Ultimate Standings measure how much MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL franchises give back to fans for all the time, money and emotion we invest in them. Here's how: Working with Maddock Douglas, a Chicago consulting firm, we polled 1,000 fans across North ... (more) Ultimate Franchise Rankings Methodology - Peter Keating, ...
Ultimate Standings '09: Team rankings
Ultimate Standings '09: Team rankings
sports.espn.go.com — These days, fans can't afford to get taken for their sports bucks. So the minds at ESPN The Magazine ranked every franchise from the four major sports leagues to suss out which teams are most deserving of your hard-earned dollar. The Los Angeles ... (more) Ultimate Standings '09: Team rankings
ESPN Ultimate Franchise Rankings Says Angels Best at Doing Right By Their Fans
ESPN Ultimate Franchise Rankings Says Angels Best at Doing Right By Their Fans
thejaunt.com — Termed the “Ultimate Standings,” ESPN has compiled its 7th annual franchise rankings list based on several components such as Bang for the Buck, Stadium Experience and Fan Relations (go here for full methodology). All 122 teams in the four major sports get analyzed by way of fan ... (more) ESPN Ultimate Franchise Rankings Says Angels Best at ...
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Angels #1 in 2009 Ultimate Standings
Halos HeavenAngels #1 in 2009 Ultimate Standings ESPN rarely gives us what we believe is our due, but when given the opportunity to speak for ourselves, plus a few unbiased metrics, we always take our spot among the best franchises in sports. We've been number 1 among MLB ...

ESPN's Ultimate Franchise Rankings
DRaysBayESPN's Ultimate Franchise Rankings Rays rank 16th overall(!) and number one in affordability.

Steelers Ranked Third in ESPN’s “Ultimate Standings” as a Franchise
Steelers Gab — ... According to ESPN The Magazine’s seventh annual “Ultimate Standings” the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are the best major league sports franchise when it comes to paying fans back for their investment of time, money and passion: and the Los Angeles Clippers are the worst. ...

Pittsburgh the Top NFL Franchise in ESPN the Magazines “Ultimate Standings”
Nationalsportsreview.com Blogs — ... According to ESPN The Magazine’s seventh annual “Ultimate Standings” the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are the best major league sports franchise when it comes to paying fans back for their investment of time, money and passion: and the Los Angeles Clippers are the worst. ...

Pittsburgh the Top NFL Franchise in ESPN the Magazines “Ultimate Standings”
NFL Gridiron Gab — ... According to ESPN The Magazine’s seventh annual “Ultimate Standings” the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are the best major league sports franchise when it comes to paying fans back for their investment of time, money and passion: and the Los Angeles Clippers are the worst. ...

ESPN Ultimate Franchise Rankings - Angels #1
Halos HeavenESPN Ultimate Franchise Rankings - Angels #1 "The Los Angeles Angels are No. 1 in our Ultimate Standings because they understand the importance of value, performance and effort -- and did so long before the recession hit." Pretty cool video on the page ...

ESPN The Magazine's 2009 Ultimate Standings: Angels Baseball No 1. Franchise
Robert Littal Presents The Infamous BlackSportsOnline — ... According to ESPN The Magazine's seventh annual "Ultimate Standings" the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are the best major league sports franchise when it comes to paying fans back for their investment of time, money and passion: and the Los Angeles Clippers are the worst. ...

Franchise Rankings for Every Pro Sports Team (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL)
FanIQ Blog — ESPN has apparently been doing an ultimate franchise ranking system every year for the last 7 years. I had no idea about this. But anyway, they do. I'm not sure that this is really anything more than just totally subjective BS, but whatever, any excuse to make fun of the Lions works for me. ...

ESPN Ultimate Franchise Rankings Says Angels Best at Doing Right By Their Fans
The Jaunt — ... 5 Coaching: 5 Fan Relations: 8 Ownership: 11 Players: 14 Stadium Experience: 16 Bang for the Buck: 6 Congrats to the Halos for excelling in fan-friendly and wallet-pleasing entertainment.  For the complete list of rankings with sortable categories, visit Ultimate Standings 2009. Source: Ultimate Standings: Los Angeles Angels [ESPN.com] Photo by Bama4

Angels Top Organization
The Hater Nation — ... ESPN the Magazine ranked the top sports organization in sports and it should come as no surprise that the Angels are the top of the list. ...

Wednesday's Press Releases For You To Read, Part 2
Fang's Bites — ... According to ESPN The Magazine’s seventh annual "Ultimate Standings" the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are the best major league sports franchise when it comes to paying fans back for their investment of time, money and passion: and the Los Angeles Clippers are the worst. ...

BTSC Steelers Daily Six Pack- Polamalu Is Wicked Smart Edition
Behind the Steel Curtain — ... the AFC North the smartest player in the division is non other than the Tasmanian Devil himself, Troy Polamalu.  Ravens safety Ed Reed was overwhelmingly chosen as the all around best player in the division with James Harrison and Polamalu tied for second.  If you don't think the AFC North is a defensively driven division, consider than no offensive player received a vote for best player from the 32 AFC North players surveyed. X-ESPN the magazine did a feature on the Ultimate Franchise.  The Los Angels ...

The Oakland Raiders are not very fan friendly
Just Blog Baby | An Oakland Raiders Blog — ... In Disney’s continuing effort to convince the world that they are the authority on anything sports related, ESPN is set to unveil its seventh annual list of the Ultimate Standings upon the July 13th release of ESPN the Magazine. ...

Post: New York Yankees Plummet Thanks To Stadium
The Mets Police — ... stuff while I enjoy Sterling on my sunny deck, then we'll get to the Mets stuff next posting. Sure, the new crib has double-wide concourses that circle the park. Yeah, the seats have as many as 10 inches more legroom, and the 101-foot-wide scoreboard is seven times larger than its predecessor. Plus there's a Hard Rock Cafe and cupholders and family bathrooms. So what's missing? A certain je ne sais quoi." Full article in The Post. Survey here on espn. You know how people talk about how they never should have torn down old ...

ESPN Ranks Caps 6th in Giving Back to Fans
NBC Washington - Sports — WASHINGTON -- The Washington Capitals may have fallen short of the Stanley Cup finals, but the franchise is soaring up ESPN's Ultimate Standings . Not much of a consolation prize, but something for fans to be proud of. ...

Chicago Bears Come In #69!
Windy City Gridiron — ... Here's the link to the piece, Ultimate Standings, and a direct link Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times ...

The Angels: The Best Fan Experience in American Sports
Angelswin.com - Los Angeles Angels Blog — ... Last week ESPN The Magazine named the Angels organization #1 -- that’s right, the best in the (sports) business -- in a comprehensive survey ranking “all 122 MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL franchises by how much they give back to fans for all the emotion, money and time fans invest in their favorite teams.” ...

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Cavaliers Near Top of Franchise Rankings
waitingfornextyear.com 7/1/2009 — ESPN released it’s annual Ultimate Franchise Rankings, you know where they poll fans and take into account ticket prices, chances of winning and a host of other factors. Here is a link to the methodology for determining the list. The Indians have been near the top of this list for awhile, ...
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Bengals Ranked as 118th Best Franchise!WhoDeyRevolution
Ignore the misspelling of "Cincinatti" - ESPN the Magazine was pretty spot on in their judgment of the Bengals franchise, ranking them as the 118th best franchise in North America . There were 122 teams ranked. The Bengals are the 2nd worst NFL team, as the Lions and their reigning 0-16 ...
San Diego Chargers Franchise Ranks 65th In AmericaBOLTHYPE - The San Diego Chargers Blog
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