Michael T. Mondak speaks about sports-related curses

Before I begin this entry, let it be known that I do not believe in most sports-related curses.

I have been doing research on sports-related curses and there are some cities whose sports curses have claimed to be broken.  However, I must let it be known to those cities that the curses have NOT been fully broken.  In my book, the only way a city's sports curse is fully broken, each of their sports teams must win at least one championship.

Detroit has been fortunate to have champion teams with the Red Wings, Pistons and Tigers.  However, the Lions need to win a Super Bowl to break their own Curse of Bobby Layne (which is the only sports-related curse I believe in as a Steelers fan).

Cleveland sports fans claim that their city's sports curse was broken in June 2016 when the Cavaliers were crowned the new NBA champions.  But that is not fully true.  The Cleveland Browns still need to win a Super Bowl (which in my book will not happen until after I am dead), and the Guardians still need to win a World Series.

Buffalo's sports curse continues to affect the Bills and the Sabres.  Bills fans still agonize over Wide Right and the Music City Miracle.  Sabres fans still have sour grapes over Brett Hull and his "No Goal" in the 1999 Stanley Cup Finals.

In the last 30 years, Minneapolis-St. Paul has been affected by a sports-related curse.  The Twins have not won a World Series since 1991.  The Wild have never won a Stanley Cup.  The Timberwolves have never won an NBA championship.  And the Minnie Vikes have gone 0 for 4 in Super Bowls (including a loss in Super Bowl IX to the Steelers).  Don't forget about the North Stars having lost Stanley Cup finals in 1981 and 1991 to the Islanders and Penguins respectively.

Until next time, help in the fight against childhood cancers by contributing to the Four Diamonds Fund.  And please take care of yourself and each other.

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