“As a life long Red Sox fan, all I have to say is Boo-frickin-hoo.
I am sure cubbie fans will agree with our sentiment.”
Should we talk about that time the Browns were in the Super Bowl?
Or maybe we could fondly remember that last Indians world championship... 1948. Although, few of us are old enough to remember that one.
There is also the NBA Rochester/Cincinnati Royals/Kansas City/Sacramento Kings franchise, whose first and only appearance in an NBA final was in 1951 when still existing as the Rochester Royals, when they defeated the New York Knicks in seven games. The closest that that franchise ever got to another NBA Finals appearance was making the league semi finals in 1981 and 2002.
In the NHL, the Toronto Maple Leafs have basically kept the mantle of futility for many years with their last appearance (and victory) in a Stanley Cup Final in 1967, this being reinforced by the St. Louis Blues appearing in a Cup final for the first time since 1970 (the famous Bobby Orr winning goal) and winning their first Cup title and becoming the last surviving 1967 NHL expansion club to win a Cup. The Leafs have a partner in all of this with the Winnipeg Jets/Arizona Coyotes franchise that has yet to appear in a Cup final since entering the league as a holdover from the World Hockey Association in 1979. The closest to such a thing was a 2011-12 appearance in the Western Conference final against the eventual champion Los Angeles Kings (the Kings’ first Cup title ironically).
As a Patriots fan I had to wait 40 years for their first championship.
In the NFL, the Detroit Lions are the oldest team to have yet to appear in a Super Bowl, and their last championship was in 1957 (with previous ones in 1935, 1952, and 1953).
This mantle was inherited from the Chicago/St. Louis/Phoenix/Arizona Cardinals franchise whose losing appearance in Super Bowl XLIII in February 2009 against the Pittsburgh Steelers marked that franchise’s first Super Bowl appearance ever (and first championship final appearance since 1948) and bid for first a championship overall since 1947.