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A sports-related curse is a superstitious belief in the effective action of some malevolent power, that is used to explain the failures or misfortunes of specific sports teams, players, or cities. Teams, players, and cities often cite a " curse " for many negative things, such as their inability to win a sports championship, or unexpected injuries.
The Cleveland sports curse was a sports superstition involving the city of Cleveland, Ohio, and its major league professional sports teams, centered on the failure to win a championship in any major league sport for 52 years, from 1964 to 2016.
Philadelphia City Hall with the statue of William Penn in the tower's top. The Curse of Billy Penn (1987–2008) was a sports-related curse, urban legend, and popular explanation for the failure of major Philadelphia professional sports teams to win championships following the March 1987 construction of the One Liberty Place skyscraper, which exceeded the height of William Penn's statue atop ...
The Golden State Warriors may have secured dynasty status with their third NBA title in four years, but they fell short of being the year's best roster. Ranking reveals best (and worst) sports ...
The 1987 baseball preview issue of Sports Illustrated magazine. Following a surprising 84-win season for the Indians in 1986, the cover showed Indians sluggers Carter and Cory Snyder, and carried the words "INDIAN UPRISING" and the sub-headline, "Believe it! Cleveland is the best team in the American League!"
The 1989 film Back to the Future Part II depicts the Cubs defeating the Miami Gators, a fictional baseball team, in the 2015 World Series, which ended the longest drought in all four of the North American professional sports leagues. [29] In reality, however, the Cubs were eliminated from the playoffs by the Mets on October 21, 2015. [30]
Pages in category "Lists of defunct sports clubs and teams in the United States" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
By the 1994 season, the Rangers had not won the Stanley Cup in 53 years.In that time, championships had been won in the New York area by the Islanders (4), the New York Yankees (14), the New York Mets (2), the New York Giants baseball team (1 prior to the franchise's move to San Francisco in 1958), the Brooklyn Dodgers (1 prior to the franchise's move to Los Angeles in 1958), the New York ...