Titletown

Could ESPN please stop forcing onto us the idea that smaller cities like Williamsport, Massillon or even Columbus can compare to the great sports histories of Boston, LA and New York? The original "Titletown" was (and still is) Green Bay. (See for yourself, it's right there on the seal of the city.) That's not to say Green Bay is the only city full of championships, Pittsburgh's nickname is the "City of Champions." Boston, LA and New York need no explanation of their success either.

I know this time of year seems to be kind of slow around in the sports world, people are bored with baseball, football training camps haven't opened yet and basketball finished well over a month ago. Despite all those factors, it's still really annoying when ESPN launches some month-long series that achieves nothing except making the reporters and interviewees incredibly uncomfortable. And it's not just Titletown, ESPN seems to do this every year. Does anyone really care about "Who's Now?" (I'm looking at you Stuart Scott) or what the greatest highlight is? This one really annoys the crap out of me because anytime these clips are ranked it always seems to come down to the same 5 or 6 moments. "Do you believe in miracles?!" "I don't believe what I just saw!" "The band is out on the field!!" These moments are all great but when constantly rehashed to the point of emotional numbness, it gets a little annoying.