In 1776, Boston gave birth to a nation. Now it just gives playoff berths to professional sports franchises: the Patriots, Celtics and Red Sox. Being the nice teams they are, the franchises also give something back to Boston in the form of illustrious, rare hardware with odd names like Lombardi or Commissioner’s Trophy.

For those of you not up to date on your trophy titles, the latter of the two is awarded to the winner of the Fall Classic. Even this year, after acquiring former Milwaukee Buck Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett, the Celtics seem to want to get into the championship action.

Maybe Paul Pierce got jealous of having to watch playoff games rather than participate in them, but either way, what everyone should know is that Boston is dominating professional sports unlike any other city in the world.

The Boston Red Sox let New England down for almost 90 years, sometimes in the cruelest of fashions (see 1986 World Series or 2003 ALCS). Yet, after all the years of torment, disgrace and Yankee success, it seems like the most overrated underdog of the last 50 years decided to win.

In fact, winning a World Series in 2004 was so much fun, the organization wanted to do it again this year. So after dismantling the Angels, rallying against the Indians and embarrassing the Rockies, they did. They stand as the only team in the history of Major League Baseball to win multiple championships this millennium!

Shifting to the gridiron, it seems to be a known fact that the New England Patriots will capture their fourth Super Bowl. Hate them or love them, they are the best.

Sporting a perfect record, a complete shellacking of the Dallas Cowboys, a victory over the Indianapolis Colts and Bill Belichick threatening fines if the team does not win by over fifty, it seems like a Super Bowl ring is likely. If not, then hey, the Patriots still contributed three championships to the epicenter of sports dominance.

For many years the Boston Celtics dominated professional basketball: Bill Russell, Bob Cousy, Larry Bird and Robert Parish all donned the green and white. Not all at once, unless you are playing “NBA Street,” but nonetheless they represent a long-standing tradition of success.

Recently, such living legends as Antoine Walker, Raef LaFrentz, Sherman Douglas and Tony Delk disgracefully put on the same uniform worn by the Hall-of-Famers, and Boston fans became tricked into thinking they were watching NBA-caliber players.

Fortunately, this season they obtained perennial all-stars Garnett and Allen and those two, combined with Paul Piece, form a frightening trio capable of leading the once-proud franchise back to the Promised Land. If nothing else, they at least provide Massachusetts with an actual basketball team.

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