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Originally Posted by JMancuso
MLB: yankees (central and eastern NY), mets (CNY and capital district), red sox (capital district) and blue jays (western NY).
NFL: bills (central and western NY), giants (rest of upstate) and jets (rest of upstate). the steelers have a loyal following as well in southern tier and parts of CNY.
NBA: the knicks (most of upstate) and raptors (western NY). dont really know about the nets. not very big though.
NHL: sabres (western NY) and the rangers (rest of upstate). lot of hab's fans in upstate (montreal is close). the bruins, NJ devils and NY islanders also have a minor following.
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although central is between giants and bills. the giants sponsorship actually runs through the mohawk valley including utica, lots of promotions/sponsorship, etc. also see alot more for the jets as well. the part of central the bills are in central ny is syracuse. utica is the only upstate city where the majority of teams are yankees, giants, rangers and knicks, and the rest of the cities arent completely all ny team majorities. albany for example has a huge boston contingent, and western ny is buffalo and toronto influenced. devils have the second largest following in utica and albany since their AHL affiliate presence has been around for well over 10 years. you wouldnt think so because its nj but there are ALOT of nj fans on the eastern side of the state.
also, quite a bit of pittsburgh and philadelphia fans, more specifically steelers, as you said, penguins, eagles and flyers.
giants are big in utica and albany because training camp is in albany.