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Until last year Cleveland was the undisputed worst city for sports. I think everyone pretty much knows the Indians/Browns/Cavs legacy of failure lasting for decades. But that run ended with the Cavs championship last year.
At the time, Barnwell made the case for San Diego. Since then they've actually lost their football team altogether, so maybe that makes their situation even worse. But they only have a team in one of the four major leagues now, so as a sports city it's now on the same level of places like Jacksonville or Columbus or Oklahoma City -- yeah, they have no championships, but who cares?
Now it's starting to look like Washington really deserves the title. Per the Washington Post:
Until last year Cleveland was the undisputed worst city for sports. I think everyone pretty much knows the Indians/Browns/Cavs legacy of failure lasting for decades. But that run ended with the Cavs championship last year.
At the time, Barnwell made the case for San Diego. Since then they've actually lost their football team altogether, so maybe that makes their situation even worse. But they only have a team in one of the four major leagues now, so as a sports city it's now on the same level of places like Jacksonville or Columbus or Oklahoma City -- yeah, they have no championships, but who cares?
Now it's starting to look like Washington really deserves the title. Per the Washington Post:
Now consider that Cincinnati only has two major teams, and Columbus and Winnipeg only have one. Washington has four.D.C., Cincinnati, Columbus and Winnipeg are the only North American cities with a team in at least one of the four major professional sports leagues that has failed to produce a conference-championship appearance since 1998
I can't think a more pathetic string of failures than that.D.C.’s four major pro sports have been within one round of the conference finals 15 times since the Capitals’ 1998 run and fallen short every time. During that stretch, D.C. teams have also lost 12 consecutive games with a chance to clinch a spot in the conference finals. D.C.’s teams have gone a combined total of 68 seasons without reaching the “final four.”