Best franchises in professional sports ranked by ESPN

When you think of an organization you’d like your favorite franchise to emulate, you probably consistently come up with just one or two names.

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Might one of them be the San Antonio Spurs? Not only have the Spurs proven themselves to be dominant on the court over the past decade (actually longer) but they’ve also become an incredibly well run organization. So much so that ESPN (via a fan vote) named them as the best professional franchise in North American sports.

Here is how the formula was agreed upon.

"Consulting firm Maddock Douglas surveyed 1,002 North American fans to form 25 criteria for what you want most in return for the emotion, money and time you invest in the 122 MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL teams. Teaming with NetReflector, an opinion research firm, ESPN.com asked fans to rate their home teams in each area; more than 101,000 of you did! Our final measure, bang for the buck, uses calculations developed with Oregon’s Warsaw Sports Marketing Center to figure how well teams turn fans’ money into wins."

While the San Antonio Spurs took the top honor from ESPN, they weren’t the only franchise to be praised as the Anaheim Ducks, Seattle Seahawks, Memphis Grizzlies and Los Angeles Kings all ranked in the top five.

Eight of the top ten were NHL and NBA teams (four each) while the Seahawks and Green Bay Packers were the only NFL teams to crack the initial ten. The Los Angeles Angels placed first for Major League Baseball, though were fifteenth overall.

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