If the Yankees can pull off a victory against the Dodgers in the World Series, it will be the seventh time in history that New York has celebrated multiple major sports championships in the same calendar year. This would break the tie with Los Angeles for the most multi-championship years in history.
According to the Los Angeles Times10 American cities had the luxury of seeing championships in two different sports in all seven major leagues, including the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLBMLS, WNBA and NWSL). Only four of these cities have done so more than once.
- Los Angeles (1988, 2001, 2002, 2012, 2014, 2020)
- New York (1927, 1928, 1933, 1938, 1956, 1986)
- Detroit (1935, 1952, 2008)
- Boston (2004, 2018)
- Washington DC (2019)
- Kansas City (2015)
- Chicago (1998)
- San Francisco (1989)
- Pittsburgh (1979)
- Baltimore (1970)
The Yankees are just four wins away from putting another feather in New York’s cap as the greatest sports city of all time, and they have all the pieces needed to defeat the Dodgers. Juan Soto is putting in an MVP-caliber performance, the starting rotation is strong, and players like Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton can change every game with one swing of the bat.
Inside CBS Sports World Series Predictionsthree of our six experts picked the Yankees to finish the job in a long, hotly contested series.
Even if the Yankees fail to win another championship, New York will still have a few bites at the apple before the calendar flips to 2025. New York City FC and the New York Red Bulls are both in the Cup playoffs MLS, but each team is an underdog in its first round match.
Staying on the soccer field, Gotham FC is currently third in the NWSL standings and just four points out of first place with a 16-4-5 record. The NWSL playoffs begin next month and Gotham FC will be one of the teams in contention for a title.
About a month after the NWSL season ends, the ball will drop in Times Square and a new year will begin. This will provide New York with another opportunity to win multiple championships in the same year.
Most notably, the New York Knicks and New York Rangers should prepare for deep playoff runs in their respective sports. On the heels of an active and exciting offseason that included deals for Mikal Bridges and Karl-Anthony Towns, the Knicks just began their regular season. Despite losing 132-109 to the defending champion Boston Celtics, the Knicks remain one of the favorites to win the 2025 NBA title.
Before opening night, our NBA experts recorded their playoff predictions. Six of them picked the Knicks to reach the Conference Finals, two more picked them to advance to the Finals, and one had them win it all.
The Knicks’ roommates at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers, entered the NHL season as Stanley Cup contenders and played that role for six games. The Blueshirts are 5-0-1, Igor Shesterkin has been a brick wall in goal and Artemi Panarin looks like an early Hart Trophy candidate. There’s a lot to like about this team, which has been to the conference finals twice in the last three seasons.
The confetti was just swept up at the Barclays Center, but the Liberty will almost certainly be among the favorites for the WNBA championship next seasonand the same goes for a Yankees club that has several of its key players locked up at least until next season.
Let’s not forget how close we came to winning a Subway Series in the World Series. The New York Mets fell just six wins short of their first championship since 1986, and that this may just be the start of a championship window in Queens.
New York sports fans have a lot to look forward to next year, even more than usual. A handful of teams in various sports are legitimate contenders, and parade organizers could be very busy in the near future.
