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The Top Five Championship Droughts :: by Spencer Orenstein
The Top Five Championship Droughts :: by Spencer Orenstein
New writer Spencer Orenstein is very very talented. Check out his feature on the most unlucky franchises in sports...You will enjoy it!...With the Arizona Cardinals making it to their first Super Bowl in team history, and first NFL Championship game since 1947...continued...
Sleeping Lions: A Draft Strategy to Bring Back the Roar
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Lions Hire Ex-Rams Offensive Coordinator, Again
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THE LIONS WANT YOU TO COME TO THEIR TOWN HALL MEETING
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theworldofisaac.com — Come one, come all! You want a say in your Detroit Lions? Are you sick of them... being 0-16? Are you ready for your voice to be heard? Well, now is your chance. The Detroit Lions marketing wizards in a lame attempt to try and sell those season ticket ... (more) THE LIONS WANT YOU TO COME TO THEIR TOWN HALL MEETING
6 Comments
  • dawg99pound dawg99pound
    +3

    You thought Marcus was a good writer, check out Spencer!

    Thoughts on his writing skills? Thoughts on the franchises with the biggest droughts?

    Make your own Top 5 list!

    Posted 1/23/2009 respond (flag)
  • billydakid billydakid
    +5

    My Top 5 List:

    1. Being I am a Cub fan, I hate to admit it on my own list but we NEED a championship here for the Northsiders.

    2. Arizona Cardinals, or shall i say St. Louis or Chicago Cardinals... they haev been anywhere and everywhere but yet to have won that mighty prize... a championship.

    3. Pittsburgh Pirates, who have not had a winning season since back when Fire was discovered. Atleast the Cubs have won their divison... which is quickly offset by our POOR performance in the post season.

    3. Detroit Lions, please for goodness sakes let us see someone else play on Thanksgiving... you are not the same team as you were back then. Now we can say 0-16 has been accomplished, which is just what i thought not even fathomable.

    4. Sacramento Kings... this is just awful for a team that is always hanging on to stay within the state of california. They need to just make it to the Championships if they can, or post season at that and make it to the second round to be successful.

    5. Vancouver Canucks, since 1970, when the Canucks came into the NHL, they have not won a Stanley Cup and come from one of the 'grass root' states of hockey. So ti is not expected for them to not win the big one. They do not have any players to have won any award, from Hart Trophy to Norris Trophy. They have one player ever to win an award and that was Pavel Bure to win the Rookie over the Year award but that is it.

    Posted 1/23/2009 respond (flag)
  • bearcats182000 bearcats182000
    +3

    My top five would have to be...

    1. Cubs

    2. Sacramento Kings

    3. Cleveland Indians

    4. Arizona Cardinals

    5. Detroit Lions

    Posted 1/23/2009 respond (flag)
  • TheProgram TheProgram
    +2

    My Top 5 (NHL Theme)

    1. Chicago Blackhawks

    2. Ottawa Senators

    3. Vancouver Canucks

    4. Toronto Maple Leafs 

    5. Philadelphia Flyers

    The only reason why Philly even makes the list is because of the way they have failed in getting so close yet ending up so far.

    Posted 1/23/2009 respond (flag)
  • dawg99pound dawg99pound
    +3
    Do you guys really believe in jinx'es?
    Posted 1/23/2009 respond (flag)
  • CollegesSportsFan CollegesSportsFan
    +1
    Good list. Being a Knicks fan, I have to place them on my list. Thomas killed my franchise.
    Posted 1/25/2009 respond (flag)
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