Dex Ponce: Name a Better Sports City. I'll Wait.

404 Day is Saturday. The receipts are ready now.

I'm 73% sure Atlanta is the best sports city in America in 2026. And that number is climbing.

Somebody explain why every national outlet is still pretending this city doesn't exist. Here are the receipts.

The Hawks are 43-33 and sitting in the 6th seed. Jalen Johnson is in the MVP conversation. This team went 17-3 after the All-Star break. Name another city whose NBA franchise made that kind of leap.

The Braves just opened the season 3-2 with Chris Sale anchoring the rotation and Drake Baldwin looking like the real thing. That pitching staff — when healthy — is built for October.

The Falcons? New uniforms. Kyle Pitts trade chess that has the entire NFC South guessing. A front office that finally looks like it has a plan instead of a prayer.

Atlanta United is hosting World Cup matches at Mercedes-Benz Stadium this summer. Eight of them. The beautiful game is coming to the city that reinvented what an MLS atmosphere looks like.

Four teams. All four trending up at the same time. When was the last time you could say that about New York? LA? Boston's still living off a dynasty that peaked in 2024.

And Saturday, 100,000 people will flood Peachtree Street for the 404 Day Parade. Big Boi in Piedmont Park. A city that throws itself a party because nobody else bothers to.

That's the part that should bother the national media. Atlanta's music industry generates $990 million a year. The sports are surging. The culture is undeniable. And ESPN is still leading with whatever the Lakers did last night.

Simone has the deeper read on what 404 Day means for Atlanta's identity. She's right about the soul of it.

But I'm right about the scoreboard.

Tell me I'm wrong.