My pick is the NY Football Giants. Half of New York's sports fans HATE the Yankees so I think that disqualifies them from being the city's most loved franchise. Jets fans hate the Giants but there's only about 8 of them that live in the city. Hockey has fallen off of the map since the strike, and the Knicks are on life support. IF they ever get back to prominence they could vie for the top spot again. Back in the early '90s they were number 1 since the baseball teams were not great and after the Giants fell off a bit they were THE team in the city. Had they won in '94 along with the Rangers that would have been almost as awesome as the Oct. '86- Jan. '87 run of the Mets and Giants.