Best of Boston

2004 Best Sporting Goods

City Sports

Some sporting goods stores sell bicycles, basketball standards, and enough firearms to straighten out any quagmire. By contrast, City Sports covers fewer square feet than the superstores, but stocks things you actually want to buy—from running shoes and weights to baseball gloves and lacrosse sticks.

1035 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, 617-782-5121, citysports.com/