SPORTS CITIES: The personal-finance website WalletHub released its report on 2021’s Best Sports Cities, and Pittsburgh and Philadelphia made the Top 10.
Boston, Mass., was the city named #1 for the likelihood a game is on for one of the five largest sports in the U.S.: football, basketball, baseball, hockey and soccer. Boston was followed by Los Angeles, and New York City. Pittsburgh was named No. 4 and Philadelphia No. 5. Rounding out the Top 10 were Denver, Colo., Washington, DC, Dallas, Tex., Chicago, Ill. and Miami, Fla.
The list also has the Top 10 midsize sports cities, which includes Buffalo, NY, as No. 1. For the best small sports cities, State College, PA., came in at No. 7.
When considering Best versus Worst, the report states that NHL fans in Pittsburgh are 28.1 times friendlier and more engaged than their New York counterparts. Also, Pittsburgh has the lowest average MLB ticket price, $20.75, which is 2.9 times lower than in Boston, the city with the highest at $60.09.
For more information, visit https://wallethub.com/edu/best-sports-cities/15179.
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WOLF CAM: EarthCam and the Kane Historic Preservation Society have teamed up to provide a bird’s eye view of the McCleery Wolf Sculpture. Visit https://www.earthcam.com/usa/pennsylvania/kane/?cam=kane and enjoy a live feed of the statue (and the traffic making its way through the intersection).
The site also gives you a still shot of what was happening up to three days ago, with the option to load more photos if you choose to.
According to a note on the site, Highlander Energy Products donated “to make this live camera possible and are strong supporters of the historic society and community.”
