While some cities are known as consistent winners—like New York City and Boston, who both have an opportunity to add to their championship totals within the next month—others have a long history of hard luck in the search for a…
, which experienced a 52-year championship drought from the Browns’ 1964 NFL title to the Cavaliers’ 2016 NBA championship.
No city currently compares to Cleveland’s legendary sports curse, but many pro sports markets have nonetheless seen lengthy championship droughts in recent years. And some of these droughts are especially surprising. For example, Canada—the birthplace of hockey—is home to seven cities with NHL franchises, but none of them have brought home a Stanley Cup in the last 30 years.
Most cities, however, have tasted recent success in a major sport in one form or another. Over the last 25 years, 62.7% of cities have won a championship in either the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, or MLS. Around a quarter have never won a championship, but one important caveat is that most of these cities have not had pro sports franchises for very long.
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