Most cursed sports city? (playoffs, Champion, finals, wild card)

[CTownNative]

What do you think is the most cursed sports city? IMO its gotta be Cleveland. The Cavs have been around since the early 1970s and have never won an NBA championship, hopefully that changes sometime soon with them having LeBron. The Indains haven't won a World Series since 1948, which is the second longest current drought in the MLB. The Browns haven't ever won a Super Bowl and their last NFL championship was all the way back in 1964. So all in all, the city of Cleveland hasn't had a major sports title since the early 1960s.

[truemuck]

Buffalo is right up there.

Unless you count the Indoor Lacrosse team, the Bandits, and the Bisons and what they've done in AAA ball.

The Bills haven't won a title since '65 and even then that was an AFL title. And of course, the infamous 4 straight Super Bowl losses.
And the Sabres who've been around since '71 have only been to the Stanley Cup Finals twice and lost both times. The second one in '99, featured the infamous "No Goal" one of the greatest screw jobs in sports. And then a year or 2 later, "No Goal 2" in the opening round of the playoffs in which John LeClair shot a puck through the side netting and they still counted it!

[CTownNative]

Originally Posted by truemuck

Buffalo is right up there.

Unless you count the Indoor Lacrosse team, the Bandits, and the Bisons and what they've done in AAA ball.

The Bills haven't won a title since '65 and even then that was an AFL title. And of course, the infamous 4 straight Super Bowl losses.
And the Sabres who've been around since '71 have only been to the Stanley Cup Finals twice and lost both times. The second one in '99, featured the infamous "No Goal" one of the greatest screw jobs in sports. And then a year or 2 later, "No Goal 2" in the opening round of the playoffs in which John LeClair shot a puck through the side netting and they still counted it!

So basically both cities are in the same boat. The thing is too, both Cleveland and Buffalo are sports crazy cities so it sucks that neither city has had a championship for so long.

[jazzy jeff 11]

Originally Posted by truemuck

Buffalo is right up there.

Unless you count the Indoor Lacrosse team, the Bandits, and the Bisons and what they've done in AAA ball.

The Bills haven't won a title since '65 and even then that was an AFL title. And of course, the infamous 4 straight Super Bowl losses.
And the Sabres who've been around since '71 have only been to the Stanley Cup Finals twice and lost both times. The second one in '99, featured the infamous "No Goal" one of the greatest screw jobs in sports. And then a year or 2 later, "No Goal 2" in the opening round of the playoffs in which John LeClair shot a puck through the side netting and they still counted it!

Yeah it's Buffalo by far. thank god the Bandits and Bisons aren't cursed. But rumor has that ralph Wilson Stadium was built on an old Indian Cemetary, that's why they can't win. The Sabres i don't but, ever since they left the Aud things never were the same... aka "Glory Days" its sad. i just hope that the Sabres win just once before i kick the bucket. Which won't be for a long time. I also think that when the Sabres do win. Lol Buffalo will be just like in Bruce Almighty..... Chaos

[Ohiogirl81]

I thought you meant the sports city most cursed at.

[Orangeish]

Cleveland wins this. While going to 4 straight SBs and losing sucks...you went to 4 STRAIGHT SUPERBOWLS! That right there gives Cle the edge. The fiasco with the browns also hurts.

[CTownNative]

Originally Posted by Orangeish

Cleveland wins this. While going to 4 straight SBs and losing sucks...you went to 4 STRAIGHT SUPERBOWLS! That right there gives Cle the edge. The fiasco with the browns also hurts.

I'd say the cities are about tied, but I'd give Cleveland the slight advantage. Cleveland has three major sports and Buffalo only has 2. It does really suck getting so close to a championship, but than losing in the end. Im only 17 so I don't really remember the Indians losing the 1995 world series or the 1997 one. From what I hear the 1997 world series was harder to swallow because they were so close, but blew it. I remember the Cavs losing the 06-07 finals though and that sucked alot because it was the first time I ever had to see a Cleveland team get so close but than choke.

[xlabel]

I'll never forget the 97 series, Renteria singles in extra innings to win it in Game 7 for the Marlins. That had to be painful, especially since the Marlins were only in there 5th year and the first wild card team to win a WS.

[RjRobb2]

The Cleveland Crunch won a handful of NPSL titles in the 1990s

[Northman]

Atlanta makes the list. Yes, the Braves won in '95, but the season started late because of a strike or lockout that year, so that's an asterisk to me. Besides that, to have only one championship with all those great teams throughout the 90's and early 2000's was definitely indicative of a curse. Who can ever forget the Rocket Ismail punt return that was called back in that Orange Bowl between Colorado and Notre Dame? That would have given Notre Dame the win and Georgia Tech the outright national title that year.....instead they had to share it. Falcons - one Super Bowl appearance in what - 43 years? And that was a big fluke as it turned out. Flames moved to Calgary, Thrashers have been one of the worst NHL franchises since the day they were born, with only one playoff appearance and no playoff wins. Hawks - many great teams when Dominique was there, but could never get past Boston or Detroit....never even been to the NBA finals.

All that said, Cleveland wins, hands down. Those poor, poor people!