Miserable Sports Cities: Atlanta, Seattle, Buffalo, Cleveland Home To Tortured Fans

Forbes:

Our unique sports misery methodology isn’t focused on long-term futility, as epitomized by such teams as the L.A. Clippers, Baltimore Orioles, and until recently, the New Orleans Saints.

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Comments

[rich3324]

02:53 PM on 03/04/2012

Got to agree about Cleveland.

[VA Jill]

10:34 AM on 03/02/2012

I don't know why D.C. isn't on top of the list. Miserable teams all around....NFL, NBA, WNBA, and especially MLB. They think they "deserve" sports franchises but don't support them well and look at the results. Only the NHL team is worth much.

[ApprxAm]

08:32 AM on 03/02/2012

Get ready to add Brooklyn.

[Jacob007]

07:55 AM on 03/02/2012

As a Life long Clipper fan I feel your pain.

[The Dude67]

07:54 AM on 03/02/2012

Some favorites of mine growing up as an M's fan:

Ad:

Your Seattle Mariners!  Come out and watch other teams excel at their sport!

Song [7th inning stretch]

...So it's root root root for the Mare - i - Ners
....if they don't win it's the same...

[mtm4882]

05:54 AM on 03/02/2012

FALCONS: Fans Always Left Counting On Next Season.

[liberaldawg]

02:44 PM on 03/03/2012

Well, if you were a falcon's fan during the Rankin Smith days, then you know three winning seasons
and three playoff appearances in a row is a wonderful thing.

[mtm4882]

03:42 PM on 03/03/2012

Just some friendly smack talk from a Saints fan. We know your recent pain.

[LibertarianCentrist]

03:50 AM on 03/02/2012

What about poor Buffalo????

[bar1ed]

12:59 AM on 03/02/2012

Lets Go Yankees!

[liberaldawg]

12:42 AM on 03/02/2012

Ridiculous. Atlanta is one of the best cities for sports. It's not a hockey city or nba city or even baseball. ATL is about football as it is overflowing with the most rabid fans in the country, SEC football fans.

[NickfromCali]

12:20 AM on 03/02/2012

All those sports cities have won a title.

Sacramento: 26 sports seasons ZERO titles (a probable title stolen by questionable refereeing in 2002)

[dvglass3]

10:48 AM on 03/02/2012

Cleveland....NBA, NFL, MLB no title in 47 years. Not to mention their fans are terrible.

[WebSloth]

11:43 AM on 03/02/2012

there is a reason it is called the mistake on the lake

[hazbro24]

05:10 PM on 03/02/2012

Sacramento doesn't even qualify as a sports town.

[Kid Notorious]

11:25 PM on 03/01/2012

As a Seattle resident, sure, our teams have been in a bit of a rut of late... Our NBA team left... But we're on the upswing! We have procured private financing to build a sparkling new arena to poach the New Orleans Hornets or the Sacramento Kings AND an NHL team...

But even if our sports doldrums continue for a couple more years, we Seattle folks take solace in the fact that at the end of the day, well, we live in Seattle and not Buffalo or Cleveland...