For some years she compared police forces in the town of Speedway and the city of Indianapolis, finding that forces of 25-50 officers performed better by almost every measure than 100-strong metropolitan teams.
ISLANDERS -- (42-28-8-4, lost in firoundofnd of playoffs) -- Following their first postseason appearance since 1993-94, the Islanders were the quietest of the three metropolitan teams during the off-season.
Ask yourself: When was the last time any New York metropolitan area team won a major sports championship?
Newark is the home of the most successful New York metropolitan area team outside of the Yankees: the Devils, of the N.H.L., are 11-4.
And there were plenty of other purely football matters decided Sunday, with the other New York metropolitan area team, the Giants, becoming the latest reason for 49ers fans to marvel at the turnaround perpetrated by Coach Jim Harbaugh, writes Ann Killion on SI.com.
The N.L.L. is scheduled to expand this year to 12 teams from 9. Some of the biggest names in the new league also play in the indoor circuit, whose New York metropolitan area team, the New York Saints, plays its home games at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, N.Y.
All three metropolitan area teams have reached the playoffs in the same season only once since 1994.
The Rangers were not the only metropolitan-area team interested in the veteran defenseman.
The biggest name included in a trade today by any of the three New York metropolitan hockey teams was not Jaromir Jagr or Eric Lindros.
While the Yankees flexed on their historic lawn, other metropolitan area teams were going through public exposure of one sort or the other.
With two Stanley Cup titles and three Eastern Conference championships in the last six seasons, he is one of the most successful executives in his business and his franchise has one of the best records among New York metropolitan area teams.
