ISiddiqui
06-04-2015, 11:32 AM
Log In - The New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/06/04/upshot/The-Most-Cursed-Sports-Cities-in-America.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0&abt=0002&abg=1)
From the Upshot:
Here, we rank the 13 worst-suffering sports cities, based on both data and less quantifiable factors, such as the misery of losing on a dubious referee's call (we're looking at you, Buffalo) or coaching decision. When the Cavaliers start the N.B.A. finals Thursday night, they'll be doing so in another city on our list: Oakland.
We've come up with a few metrics to measure sports pain. One is the combined number of seasons since a city's last championship, across the four major sports. Cleveland is now up to an incredible 147 title-less seasons since the Browns' 1964 N.F.L. championship. Another measure is the percentage of seasons over the last 50 years that have ended with a title. For reference, 10 percent of Boston's team seasons since 1965 have ended with a title. Most of the 13 cities on this list here don't clear 2 percent. We also tell you how many close calls — which we define as unsuccessful appearances in a sport's final four — a city has had. Sorry, Philadelphia.
#1 is totally right (Cleveland) as is #2 (Atlanta).
From the Upshot:
Here, we rank the 13 worst-suffering sports cities, based on both data and less quantifiable factors, such as the misery of losing on a dubious referee's call (we're looking at you, Buffalo) or coaching decision. When the Cavaliers start the N.B.A. finals Thursday night, they'll be doing so in another city on our list: Oakland.
We've come up with a few metrics to measure sports pain. One is the combined number of seasons since a city's last championship, across the four major sports. Cleveland is now up to an incredible 147 title-less seasons since the Browns' 1964 N.F.L. championship. Another measure is the percentage of seasons over the last 50 years that have ended with a title. For reference, 10 percent of Boston's team seasons since 1965 have ended with a title. Most of the 13 cities on this list here don't clear 2 percent. We also tell you how many close calls — which we define as unsuccessful appearances in a sport's final four — a city has had. Sorry, Philadelphia.
#1 is totally right (Cleveland) as is #2 (Atlanta).