Philadelphia's title drought turns 100 - More Sports - SI.com

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THE NEWS
Published 5/19/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (mondesishouse) at Mondesishouse.com
... and in honor of the Pens knocking the Flyers out of the playoffs... 100 Seasons ... 100 Heartbreaks: the 100 worst moments in Philadelphia sports, from SI. --Are the Pirates allergic to the hallowed ...

The NHL Has A Sense Of Humor
Published 5/19/2008 by Awful Announcing- (noreply@blogger.com) at Awful Announcing
... Also, please to be enjoying this SI piece entitled, "100 Seasons ... 100 Heartbreaks". I almost feel bad for Philly right about now (I said almost).

Philadelphia Is Bad At Everything
Published 5/20/2008 by Scott at Bucstats.com weblog
... Sports Illustrated has done the Lord's work and compiled a list of the Top 100 sports disappointments in Philadelphia history. And what a history it is. ...

100 seasons of losing
Published 5/20/2008 by EnriqueFed (noreply@blogger.com) at ALL THINGS PHILLY SPORTS
Just a few links to pass along regarding all this 100 seasons of Philadelphia sports without a champion: *SI.com shares a countdown of the Top 100 heartbreaks in the last 100 seasons. I definitely agree with their number one choice: 1. 2002 NFC Championship Game | Jan. 19, 2003 The blindside factor makes the NFC title game between the Eagles and the Bucs the choice as the definitive Philly sports tragedy of the drought era. The idea of losing to Tampa Bay in the final game in Veterans Stadium history was unthinkable. ...

Oh Boo F-ing Hoo
Published 5/21/2008 by dave in Rocha at BfloBlog.com
Now that the Flyers are out of the playoffs, the city of Philadelphia has gone 100 consecutive sports seasons without a championship. Apparently this is an unprecedented streak of futility compared to other 4-team cities, and we’re all supposed to feel sorry for Philly fans. Yeah, screw that. To commemorate this awesome achievement (and here I mean awesome as in “extremely good, excellent”, not “extremely impressive or daunting”), SI put together this little rundown of the “100 worst moments in Philadelphia sports during the drought.” Apparently the Ravens-Eagles game on November 16, 1997 that ended in a ...

We Are the (Bush League) Champions
Published 7/27/2008 by Jason Cohen at Can't Stop The Bleeding
The Philadelphia Soul have joined the Phantoms, Wings and Kixx in Philadelphia’s sporting pantheon; i.e. the one that doesn’t count against the drought. Is there any doubt the MLS Cup will be next? The Phillies, on the other hand, may only ever win a Series if the innings where they face good starting pitching doesn’t count. Against relievers they are absolutely golden. Thanks to a rain delay the Phils and Braves are still just in the 8th; after trailing 5-0 (Adam Eaton allowed three runs as the first man out of the pen) they took a 12-5 lead on home runs from five different players (including Jimmy Rollins, for the first ...