Top New Curses

[MerHearted]

ESPN put up a list of their top new sports curses. Here are the top 10.... Frank Gifford? :veryconfu :lol:

Team
Last Championship
Curse Name
Reason

1. Chicago Cubs
1908
Curse of the Billy Goat
At least their fans are far less whiny and self-loathing than Red Sox Nation.

2. Chicago White Sox
1917 Curse of the Black Sox
Throwing the World Series in 1919? Hey, maybe they deserve to be cursed forever.

3. Cleveland Browns
1964
Curse of Paul Brown
The Drive ... The Fumble ... Tim Couch. You think legendary coach/owner Brown wanted revenge after getting fired by Art Modell?

4. Philly Eagles
1960
Curse of Frank Gifford
After Eagles LB Chuck Bednarik rendered Gifford unconscious in '60 with a vicious tackle, Giff awoke from concussion and placed his curse.

5. Cleveland Indians
1948
Curse of Chief Wahoo
Sure, Indians fans refer to the Curse of Rocky Colavito; but seriously -- get rid of the logo and join the 21st century. Their choke in the '97 Series is underrated.

6. Buffalo Bills
1965 (AFL)
Curse of O.J. Simpson
Well, making four consecutive Super Bowls really is quite an achievement.

7. Minnesota Vikings
None
The Purple People Eater Voodoo Hex
So labeled by football fanatics in Canada -- where Joe Kapp, QB for Minnesota's first Super Bowl loser, had starred in the CFL. Upset that Kapp lost and tarnished the image of the CFL, Canada placed a curse upon the Vikes.

8. Houston Astros
None
Curse of the Gun
Let's just say the manufacturers of the Colt .45 weren't too happy when the team changed its nickname from Colts .45s to Astros.

9. Toronto Maple Leafs
1967
Curse of Dave Keon
No Cup finals appearances since '67? Some fans say it's because the popular, longtime Leaf was allowed to jump to the WHA in 1975.

10. San Francisco Giants
1954 (New York)
The Curse of Melvin Belli Belli sued the team in 1962 because he was promised a seat-warming device at chilly Candlestick Park; he won his lawsuit but didn't lift his curse.

 

[darthdarrel]

but seriously -- get rid of the logo and join the 21st century.
:fork:
*puts a curse on Vince!

 

[mkt]

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I think this should be the new logo for the Indians

 

[Erika]

Psssssshhht, what are they calling new? Those things have been around for ages :lol:

 

[Wilt Dasney]

That Eagles curse is pretty lame. They should be able to come up with something better than that. I thought your William Penn statue/skyscraper theory was a lot better.

 

[TAC]

Actually it's William (Billy) Penn's hat. Since the Liberty Place towers became the highest structure in Philadelphia (exceeding the height of William Penn's Hat), there have been no championships for the 4 major* sports.


Frank Gifford's curse is Kathy Lee :lol:





* However, the Philadelphia Wings Pro lacrosse team has won SIX championships since that time. :sohappy: :sohappy:

 

[Wilt Dasney]

And as for the Tribe...how can you choke a series where you were down 3-2? They led Game 7 going into the bottom of the 9th by one or two runs as I recall, and lost it in (I think) 11 innings. That's not a choke...it's a mini-gag. Get with it, ESPN.

 

[Wilt Dasney]

Speaking of making sports teams politically correct...a lot of people in the sportswriting community who don't have to be serious all the time have taken to calling the Washington Redskins the Potomac Drainage Basin Indigenous Persons. Obviously it's meant as a joke, but it kind of grows on you after a while. I wouldn't mind seeing that made the official name of the team.

Maybe the Indians could be the Banks of Lake Erie Native Settlers. Rolls right off the tongue, don't it?

 

[Purdue129]

Until they released this list, White Sox fans have never, ever mentioned any kind of curse. Plus, most know that there's more to the Black Sox story than the media likes to say. If anything, the first thing Sox fans blame is the poor ownership, headed by Jerry Reinsdorf.


As for curses, we leave those kinds of things for the North Side fans, they're always looking for something to blame.