The Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees have one of the most heated rivalries in sports history. Things got even more intense between these two cities this year when the New York Giants scored a major upset victory against the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl. New York may have the best football team right now, but Boston currently has the reigning champs in basketball and baseball. After the jump, I try to keep score in Beantown and the Big Apple's battle for sports supremacy.

Baseball: Boston's Fenway Park was built back in 1912, making it the oldest stadium in Major League Baseball. New York's Yankee Stadium has a lot of history too, but it's getting torn down next year to make room for a new luxury box-stuffed ballpark. Fenway may have all the old school cool and Boston won the World Series last year, but the Yankees are the most successful franchise in sports. In the last 107 years the Red Sox have only seven championships victories compared to the Yankees' record twenty-six World Series wins. Boston just can't compete with that.



Basketball: The Boston Celtics are like the Yankees of basketball. They've won more championships then any other NBA team including last year's trophy. Meanwhile, the New York Knicks are the biggest joke in b-ball. They haven't even had a real center since Patrick Ewing left New York eight years ago. Arenas with corporate names lose many cool points, but hoops fans are still way better off catching games at TD Banknorth Garden in Boston than at Manhattan's Madison Square Garden.

Football: Boston's beloved Patriots are pure evil. Everybody outside New England hates them because they got caught cheating along the way to winning three Super Bowls from 2001-2005. That's why last year was so freakin' special. The Patriots went 18-0 in the regular season and the playoffs, but lost the championship game to the New York Giants in one of the biggest upsets in football history. Boston gets an epic loss in this category.

Hockey: Like most New Yorkers I don't know or care very much about hockey. The only place to play it in the city is Chelsea Piers and it's not like the Rangers or the Islanders are any good. The Bruins are pretty bad too, but thanks to Boston University and Boston College, and Harvard, Beantown has a booming college hockey scene and the city has tons of skating rinks. Boston is definitely more of a hockey town than New York.

Verdict: When you compare their sports franchises Boston and New York seem to be locked in a dead heat, but in the end, New York is a much better place for sports fans since bars in the Big Apple can stay open until 4a.m. while bars in Boston shut two hours earlier. An extra two hours comes in handy when you want to watch live Japanese baseball, or cricket.