We're number 329!!!!!!

Sporting News magazine recently came out with its list of the top 400 sports cities in America, and wouldn't you know it, but Cedar Rapids is on it. We're number 329, folks. Awesome.

That's behind Burlington (327) and just ahead of Clinton (337), by the way. Other cities ahead of us include Zebulon, N.C., Verona, N.Y., Orono, Maine, LaQuinta, Calif., and Uncasville, Conn. I've always heard Uncasville is a huge sports town.

Des Moines leads the Iowa contingent at 87, which is one ahead of Charlottesville, Va., and one behind Bloomington, Ind. Iowa City is 109, followed closely by Ames at 117. Ah, just another thing to frost Iowa State fans.

Other Iowa cities on the list are Cedar Falls (158) and the Quad Cities (262). The top sports city, according to Sporting News, is Boston. Yeah, some more East Coast bias. The rest of the top 10 is (in order) Detroit, Dallas-Fort Worth, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Denver, Los Angeles, Chicago and Washington.