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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 58073, member: 289"] This is an update of a post I did last spring. Unfortaintely for the Rangers, Ic an't move them down from 1961. I was rooting for them since the Mets were uncompetitive and I decided I wanted a team that either had never won it. Instead we got a team winning it's 11th World Series. Since all the NFL teams I've ever followed, (Theb Bowns, Broncos, Dolphins, Colts and Eagles), stink this year, I'll be in the same mode: rooting for someone who has never won an NFL title but could do it this year, or at least a team that's waited along time since the last title. The Giants won the World Series last year, for the first time since 1954. I decided to create an up-to-date, (as of April 2011, [I]now updated through the 10/11 World Series[/I]) list of each current major league franchise in baseball, football, basketball and hockey in terms of how long they have waited to win the championship. Next to the team name, I’ve listed either the last year they won their sports title, or, if they’ve never won it, when the franchise was founded. (I decided to put the year first.) I haven’t accounted for franchise shifts: The football Cardinals haven’t won the NFL title since 1947. They were in Chicago then. They moved to St. Louis in 1960 and to Phoenix in 1988, (they renamed themselves the Arizona Cardinals in 1994). They are listed as waiting since 1947 to win a title again. I decided to count titles in former leagues such as the AFL, ABA or WHL as they were the ultimate titles those teams could have won in those years. Thus the Bills have been waiting since 1965, when they won the AFL title, not 1960, when they were founded. The current Cleveland Browns were founded in 1999 and I have listed them there but of course Cleveland has not celebrated a football title since 1964. That title was won by the franchise that is now the Baltimore Ravens who have since won another, (2000). The “year” for football is the year in which the season began. Thus the Cowboys last won in 1995. For basketball and hockey, it’s the year in which the season ended. Thus the Boston Celtics last won in 2008 and the Pittsburgh Penquins in 2009. 1908 Chicago Cubs 1947 Arizona Cardinals 1948 Cleveland Indians 1951 Sacramento Kings 1957 Detroit Lions 1958 Atlanta Hawks 1960 Philadelphia Eagles 1961 Minnesota Vikings, Tennessee Titans, Texas Rangers 1962 Houston Astros 1963 San Diego Chargers 1965 Buffalo Bills 1966 Atlanta Falcons 1967 Toronto Maple Leafs 1968 Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Kings, New York Jets, St. Louis Blues 1969 Kansas City Chiefs, Milwaukee Brewers, Phoenix Suns, San Diego Padres, Washington Nationals 1971 Buffalo Sabres, Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Clippers, Milwaukee Bucks, Vancouver Canucks 1973 Indiana Pacers, Miami Dolphins, New York Knicks 1975 Golden State Warriors, Utah Jazz, Washington Capitols 1976 New Jersey Nets, Seattle Seahawks 1977 Portland Trail Blazers, Seattle Mariners 1978 Washington Wizards 1979 Oklahoma City Thunder, Pittsburgh Pirates 1980 Phoenix Coyotes 1983 Baltimore Orioles, New York Islanders, Oakland Raiders, Philadelphia 76ers 1984 Detroit Tigers 1985 Chicago Bears, Kansas City Royals 1986 New York Mets 1988 Los Angeles Dodgers 1989 Calgary Flames, New Orleans Hornets, Oakland Athletics 1990 Cincinnati Reds, Edmonton Oilers, Minnesota Timberwolves, Orlando Magic 1991 Minnesota Twins, Washington Redskins 1992 San Jose Sharks 1993 Colorado Rockies, Montreal Canadiens, Ottawa Senators, Toronto Blue Jays 1994 Florida Panthers, New York Rangers, San Francisco 49ers 1995 Atlanta Braves, Carolina Panthers, Dallas Cowboys, Houston Rockets, Jacksonville Jaguars, Philadelphia Flyers 1996 Memphis Grizzlies, Toronto Raptors 1998 Chicago Bulls, Denver Broncos, Tampa Bay Rays 1999 Cleveland Browns, Dallas Stars, Nashville Predators, St. Louis Rams 2000 Atlanta Thrashers, Baltimore Ravens 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks, Colorado Avalanche, Columbus Blue Jackets, Minnesota Wild 2002 Houston Texans, Los Angeles Angels, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2003 Florida Marlins 2004 Detroit Pistons, New England Patriots, New Jersey Devils 2005 Charlotte Bobcats, Chicago White Sox, Tampa Bay Lightening 2006 Carolina Hurricanes, Indianapolis Colts, Miami Heat, 2007 Anaheim Ducks, Boston Red Sox, New York Giants, San Antonio Spurs 2008 Detroit Red Wings, Boston Celtics, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Steelers 2009 New Orleans Saints, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Penquins 2010 Chicago Blackhawks, Green Bay Packers, Los Angeles Lakers, San Francisco Giants 2011 Dallas Mavericks, Boston Bruins, St. Louis Cardinals 　　 Sooooo….if your team can’t win and you don’t bear a grudge toward the teams at the top of this list, you might consider rooting them on so their ship can finally come in as the Giants did last year. [/QUOTE]

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