Category: Famous street near the ballpark
Boston: Lansdowne Street
Denver: Blake Street
Verdict: Boston – Dante Bichette knows both very well.
Category: Reasons to retire Ray Bourque’s number 77
Boston: 21 years of All Star-caliber defense
Denver: One successful Stanley Cup run
Verdict: Boston – The Avalanche retiring Bourque’s number is a joke.

Boston: Independence, from the British
Denver: The NHL’s Nordiques, from Quebec City
Verdict: Denver – Independence didn’t win a Stanley Cup a year later.
Category: Worst Super Bowl Loss
Boston: 46-10, by Chicago, 1986
Denver: 55-10, by San Francisco, 1990
Verdict: Denver – They got us on this one.
Category: Best Super Bowl Victory
Boston: Shutting up the Rams, 20-17, 2002
Denver: Shutting up the Packers, 31-24, 1998
Verdict: Denver – John Elway’s TD lunge was an instant highlight.
Category: Cartoon-like mascot
Boston: “Wally” the green monster
Denver: “Denver the Last Dinosaur” ‘80s cartoon
Verdict: Denver – That lovable teenage t-rex was from California, but he’s got more pride than Wally the shameless marketing cash cow.
Category: Homegrown Pro Athletes
Boston: Patrick Ewing, Nancy Kerrigan, Jeremy Roenick, Tony Amonte
Denver: Roy Halladay, Chauncey Billups
Verdict: Boston – We have too many to list.
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