Friday, June 08, 2018

#1 in something

Of the U.S. cities with one team in at least 3 of the 4 major sports leagues (NFL, MLB NHL and NBA), Minneapolis and Washington, D.C. had the longest championship droughts (27 years) going into Thursday evening.

And then there was one.

With the Washington Capitals defeating the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday evening, the Caps won their first ever Stanley Cup, taking the series in five games. That means my home city of Minneapolis is now all alone with the longest championship drought among its three major sports teams (Twins, Vikings and Timberwolves) - 27 years and counting.

Points of clarification: Yes, the Twin Cities has an NHL team. They're located in St. Paul.

And yes, the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx is a pro sports team in Minneapolis which has won a championship in four of the previous seven seasons. I am not purposefully excluding them because they're women. It's that the four majors I've listed have all been in existence for multiple decades longer than the WNBA (debuted in 1997), has at least 30 teams each (WNBA only 12) and are by far the most popular in terms of fan interest.

Anyhow, WE'RE NUMBER ONE, or something.

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1 comment:

Bike Bubba said...

There are two kinds of people; those who can have nice things, and Minnesota sports fans, no?

Hey, I'm a long-suffering Cubs fan. I get it. :^)