Best of Sacramento 2014: Sports & Recreation
Readers’ Choice winners
Relax, the poses at Sacramento Bikram Yoga will leave you calmer, not more competitive.
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Best place to work up a sweat
1. Sacramento Pipeworks
116 N. 16th Street, (916) 341-0100, touchstoneclimbing.com/pipeworks
2. Results the 24 Hour Gym
8345 Folsom Boulevard, Suite 101; (916) 383-0123; www.results24gym.com
3. Capital Athletic Club
1515 Eighth Street, (916) 442-3927, www.capitalac.com
Best team
1. Sacramento Republic FC
2. Sacramento Kings
3. Sacramento River Cats
www.milb.com/index.jsp?sid=t105
Best place to kick some butt
1. Broadway Boxing & Fitness
5708 Broadway, (916) 595-9820, www.broadway- boxing.com
2. Prime Time Boxing Club
1931 Del Paso Boulevard, (916) 927-2697, www.primetimeboxing.com
3. Robinson Taekwondo
various locations, www.robinsonstkd.com
Best Sacto sports coverage
1. Jim Crandell, Fox40
2. Carmichael Dave, KHTK 1140 AM
3. Grant Napear, KHTK 1140 AM
Best yoga studio
1. The Yoga Seed Collective
1400 E Street, (916) 448-3184, www.theyogaseed.org
2. Sacramento Bikram Yoga
6350 Folsom Boulevard, (916) 456-9642, www.sacramentobikramyoga.com
3. Sacramento Pipeworks
116 N. 16th Street, (916) 341-0100, touchstoneclimbing.com/pipeworks
Best park
1. McKinley Park
601 Alhambra Boulevard, (916) 452-8011, www.cityofsacramento.org
2. William Land Park
3800 S. Land Park Drive, (916) 808-5200, www.cityofsacramento.org
3. American River Parkway
5700 Arden Way in Carmichael, (916) 486-2773, www.arpf.org
Best recreational center
1. Effie Yeaw Nature Center
2850 San Lorenzo Way in Carmichael, (916) 489-4918, www.effieyeaw.org
2. Sierra 2 Center for the Arts and Community
2791 24th Street, (916) 452-3005, www.sierra2.org
3. West Sacramento Recreation Center
2801 Jefferson Boulevard in West Sacramento, (916) 617-4770, www.cityofwestsacramento.org
Best place for a pick-up game
1. McKinley Park
601 Alhambra Boulevard, (916) 452-8011, www.cityofsacramento.org
2. Roosevelt Park
1615 Ninth Street, (916) 808-5200, www.cityofsacramento.org
3. Southside Park
2115 Sixth Street, (916) 808-5200, www.cityofsacramento.org
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