Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl
Forbes created a list, released Monday, that is not a direct reflection of futility but rather a “sports heartbreak index” that identifies the city in which fans had teams good enough to give them hope, only to ultimately let them down.
Top 5 after the jump…
Rounding out the top five on the sports misery list:
Seattle – The Sonics made the NBA playoffs 22 times, the Seahawks reached the NFL postseason 11 times and the Super Bowl in 2006 and the Mariners featured in baseball’s American League Championship Series three times between 1995 and 2001.Through all of that — and a cumulative 111 seasons and 37 playoff appearances — the 1979 Sonics remain the city’s only champion.
Atlanta -Â Atlanta’s misery includes 14 playoff appearances for the Braves between 1991 and 2005 with just one World Series title, in 1995. Â Finishing second on the list led the Atlanta Journal-Constitution to lament that the city was “so lousy we can’t even top the misery index.”
Phoenix, where the 2001 Diamondbacks took the city’s only championship in 92 cumulative seasons;
Buffalo, where the NFL Bills lost four straight Super Bowls in the 1990s and the NHL Sabres are still looking for their first Stanley Cup; and
San Diego, home to teams that have lost six of seven championship round matchups over the years, the Chargers American Football League crown in 1963 standing as the city’s only championship.
Written by Tom Van Riper & Full Story here
