Will McDonough writing contest

Four superbowl victories, three time world series champs, one stanley cup, and one NBA championship. Nine titles in 15 years: no city has ever come to greatness like this. Boston Massachusetts, or “the city champions.” In the history of this great city it has 34 championships throughout sports, which puts us in second place: only to New York. Living around Boston since 2000 has been a special thing. It all started in 2001 with the New England Patriots who started a dynasty with the birth of the Belichick/Brady dynasty and the start of a long line of champions. In Superbowl XXXVI, the Pat’s took on the Ram’s and pulled of an amazing upset. This would only be the start. In 2003, the Patriots went against the Panthers and pulled off another victory with a 41 yard kick from Vinatieri with four seconds left. A year later they would get another shot at being the champs, this time head to head with the Eagles. In another extremely close game, New England came out of top with a 24-21 victory.

That same year history had been made in Boston with the Red Sox. After an 86 year drought the Sox broke the curse of the Bambino. In only four games Boston shut down the Cardinals and came out champions. Once again in 2007, the Sox swept the Rockies bringing glory to all of Boston for a second time in three years. In 2008 the Celtics took on the Lakers and beat them in six games giving Paul Pierce his first championship win with the help of Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen. Three years later Boston would see another great win and would bring the Stanley cup back to Boston for the first time in 39 years. In an extremely stressful, yet exciting seven game series with four overtime wins, the B’s finished off an almost perfect decade in Boston Sports. Two years later, a troubling time for this city came when the Boston Marathon was sabotaged by terrorists. Despite such a tragic event Boston came through and proved to the greatest city all around. Everyone rallied together and showed the world that this city was stronger than any other. In a significant time for Boston, the Red Sox were largely considered to have a rebuilding year and received vast amounts of criticism. In a dramatic year and season the Sox were fueled off the energy of Boston who seemed to come together through the Red Sox. And in six games Boston won the world series in Boston for the first time in 96 years. In the 2014 football season, the Patriots faced a lot of criticism at the beginning of the season, only to once again go to the superbowl against the Seattle Seahawks. After losing two previous superbowls both to the Giants, Tom Brady and the Patriots were hungry for a win. In a close game which seemed like it was going to be another defeat a miracle happened. A decision by the Seahawks to throw on the one yard line cost them the game thanks to a huge interception by Malcolm Butler.

Being apart of this city and the sports along with it is truly amazing. No other city can compare to greatness achieved by our great teams in terms of how many we have in one city.. People should envy what Boston has from the bond of the people to the bond of the sports teams Boston is the greatest city ever.