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Oldest Stadiums in Baseball
Baseball is probably the one sport among the four major leagues in North America that relies most heavily on tradition, nostalgia and the past, which makes it surprising to see that only six MLB stadiums have been around for over 30 years. Three of them, by coincidence, are in California.
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Longest Active Postseason Streaks in the NFL
Heading into the 2016 NFL season, there are 8 teams with consecutive playoff appearances in the last two years or more. The most recent Super Bowl champion not on a playoff streak, not even making the postseason last year, are the Baltimore Ravens, winning the Super Bowl following the 2012 season. Arizona Cardinals – 2 […]
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Longest Title Droughts in European Football
When a season begins, opposing fans love to remind Liverpool supporters of how long it’s been since their last championship. Well, 26 years is quite a long time, but there are quite a few clubs in Europe’s top leagues, that have been waiting for a lot longer. Some of them are quite massive, and it’s surprising to find out they haven’t won a championship in such a long time.
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What If: The Chris Paul Trade That Never Happened, The James Harden Trade That Did
Two of the biggest What If in the 2010’s among NBA stories happen to be two trades: One that happened, as the Oklahoma City Thunder gave up James Harden to the Houston Rockets; and one that didn’t, when the league cancelled the trade sending Chris Paul from the New Orleans Hornets to the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Teams With the Worst Attendance in Sports
We usually like to check out the biggest stadiums and praise the most well-attended teams in sports, but there are those that don’t get a whole lot of love from their fans, be it for consistent failure or some other reasons. For the teams with more empty seats than anyone else in the NFL, NBA, […]
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Cycling – Most Tour de France Championships
By winning the Tour de France for a third time, Chris Froome becomes one of only eight cyclists to win the most famous Cycling championship three times or more, joining the likes of Miguel Indurain, Greg LeMond, Eddy Merckx and Bernard Hinault. Chris Froome – 3 A bronze medalist in 2012, representing Kenya, Froome is […]
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Teams That Missed the Playoffs After Winning the Super Bowl
The Denver Broncos didn’t have the best of offseasons following their Super Bowl win, including the loss of two quarterbacks and some key players on defense, which puts them in a very likely position to be the 14th team to miss the playoffs following a Super Bowl win in the 16-game NFL season era.
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30-30 Club: Multiple Seasons of Home Runs and Stolen Bases
It’s been four years since the last time a player pulled off a 30-30 (home runs & stolen bases) season, and Mike Trout is more or less on pace to finish just around that, which will make him the 14th player in major league baseball history with multiple seasons to induct into the club, which has only four players that have done it three or more times.
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Derrick Rose Hoping That Endless Comeback Cycle Ends With Knicks
It’s going to be the third consecutive season of the Derrick Rose comeback tour, this time playing for the New York Knicks.
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LeBron James no Longer Biggest NBA Villain; Kevin Durant Is
For the first time in who knows how long, LeBron James enters an NBA season without being the player with the most pressure on his shoulders.