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I keep seeing Cubs fans cry about the “Cubs Curse” and bemoan the long stretch since the Cubbies have won a World Series.
Sure, the Cubs haven’t won in a championship in a long time, but you have had your 6 Bulls championships in 8 years not long ago, and the Bears had their Superbowl. The Bears’ 36-point margin over the Patriots was a Super Bowl record until Super Bowl XXIV. They even got a hit record out of it!
The last major sport championship in Cleveland was a combined 115 seasons (baseball, football and basketball) ago, in 1964, before there were superbowls (Cleveland is one of the 3 active teams who has never appeared in, much less won, a Superbowl) when the Browns beat the heavily favored Colts. The closest cities in misery (San Diego and Philadelphia) are 30 seasons behind by that measure.
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