The #Minnesota sad tears are always a bit eye-rolly for me. The Kings haven't won in 66 years, and that's just looking at the #NBA. However, I guess if you just look at pro sports, and you just look at the city level. #Minneapolis - #StPaul is pretty close to the bottom, and two of the ones below are Canadian (though I guess other than the NFL, all of the US major team sports have given Canada a go...and are still in at least Toronto)
Then, if you look at cities with all 5 major sports, well...we are at the bottom. People in Minnesota don't seem to understand the media situation though. Minnesota gets sports teams because there is a whole lot of nothing between us and Seattle. Sure, you can go south to Salt Lake, and Boise is growing, but Minneapolis isn't nearly as a big of a deal as people here want to believe. It is nice though, we get lots of concerts and stuff, but there is a real reason why it is hard to attract talent here.
That said, I really don't understand how the Wild aren't better than they are.
*Cincinnati (1990)
Barry Larkin, Jose Rijo and the Reds pulled off a 4-0 sweep of the Oakland Athletics in the 1990 World Series. That gave the Reds their fifth World Series championship.Others: Bengals (none).
Edmonton (1990)
Mark Messier and Craig MacTavish led the Oilers to a 4-1 series win over the Boston Bruins in the 1990 Stanley Cup finals. That closed a decade where Edmonton won five Stanley Cup championships.
30 years or more:
Calgary (1989). The Flames beat the Canadiens in six games to win the 1989 Stanley Cup finals.
*Portland (1977). The Trail Blazers won their only NBA title behind Bill Walton to beat the 76ers in six games.
*Buffalo (1965). The Bills won back-to-back AFL titles in 1964-65, but Jim Kelly and Co. lost four Super Bowls and the Sabres have never won the Stanley Cup.
*San Diego (1963). The Chargers, now in Los Angeles, won a AFL title in 1963. The Padres lost the World Series in 1984 and 1998.