The five most miserable sports cities in America

[RockaFowler]

http://www.faniq.com/blog/Five-most-miserable-sports-cities-in-America-Blog-64916-pageall

5. Seattle
4. Charlotte
3. Cleveland
2. Kansas City
1. San Diego


Honorable Mentions:

Buffalo
Portland
Atlanta

[liberal N proud]

1. Yea - Cleavland is not No 1.

[lumberjack_jeff]

2. Seattle hasn't had a championship *anything* since 1979. n/t

[Scurrilous]

3. South Florida has the best team in the NBA...

...and the absolute worst in the NHL and MLB (currently tied with SD).

And then there's the Dolphins...Hey!! New uniforms!

No misery now, but the summer is going to suck for sure.

[Iggo]

4. I heard it was...

1. Cleveland
2. Cleveland
3. Cleveland
4. Cleveland
5. Cleveland

ESPN told me so.

[trumad]

11. I think the Phins will be better this year.

Let's go after the stud tight end from Notre Dame... that will do it.

[Auggie]

5. Cue HughBeaumont in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 ...

[frylock]

6. i don't think i'll ever see a championship in san diego in my lifetime..

I can't even begin to describe how pissed off I was watching Bruce Bochy's Giants win another pennant.

[El Supremo]

7. And I want to move there?

At least Petco Park is real nice. Maybe I can go there when the Rockies are in town and cheer them on.

[frylock]

8. Petco is nice. Good food and good beer..

check out Hodad's if you like burgers. Wash it down with a delicious Stone or Ballast Point IPA.

[HughBeaumont]

9. This year will mark 150 consecutive seasons between Cleveland's three teams with no title.

This year will mark 6 years since Cleveland's last appearance in a title game/series (which they got swept in). It would be one of THREE TITLE appearances (all of which were spectacular bombs), in 150 seasons, since 1964.

This year will mark 10 consecutive seasons between three teams where they've failed to even reach a playoff series/game. Barring amazing luck by the Cavs next year, I fail to see this streak ending any time soon, sorry.

The Browns are one of four teams NEVER to reach The Super Bowl. The Browns have only TWO playoff appearances since 1990. Their current head executive is now the butt of jokes BEFORE the season begins. THAT'S a first.

The Indians . . . are a belch in Basebusiness. Say what you want about the Jacobs brothers and John Hart, but at least those teams had talent while lacking one or two pitching aces. Now they're just another farm club for the large markets while not having a farm system that produces.

Are the Cavs the only hope? Will they build like OKC or become a draft-pick black hole like the 80s-90s L.A. Clippers?

Every Cleveland failure has a name associated with it.

None of the other teams in the top five are even three sports cities. Seattle used to be. NO current three sports city touches us in misery. COME on. There is no culture of winning here. These people can't draft for beans and when they have "The Can't Miss", they do everything in their power to screw it up . . . and then they go on to win rings in other cities that make better business decisions that Cleveland NEVER seems to make.

If THAT'S not misery, I don't know WHAT is.

[El Supremo]

10. Just for Hugh so he can wallow in it. >>