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  • Phoenix Arizona is synonymous with sports failure. The Cardinals, the Coyotes, and the Suns have yet to win a championship. The Diamondbacks won one, 20+ years ago.
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  • @Tytanized
    @Tytanized Před 2 měsíci +207

    The Suns and Bucks came into the league the same year, 1968. A coin toss was held for the first overall pick. The Bucks won, and drafted some UCLA center who changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Wonder how he turned out.

    • @thedude3065
      @thedude3065 Před 2 měsíci +10

      only the recently dethroned individual scoring king

    • @therealjaystone2344
      @therealjaystone2344 Před 2 měsíci +6

      @@thedude3065James still not the GOAT as Kareem once

    • @sampicano
      @sampicano Před 2 měsíci +8

      Ah Kareem Abdul Jabbar...a name synonymous with Milwaukee

    • @mrterp04
      @mrterp04 Před 2 měsíci +5

      I thought his name was Roger Murdoch

    • @crummymonk4917
      @crummymonk4917 Před 2 měsíci +6

      Technically, they drafted Lew Alcindor.

  • @ST0NE_206
    @ST0NE_206 Před 2 měsíci +275

    at least the Diamondbacks have the 2001 World Series

    • @fredrickwilliams6046
      @fredrickwilliams6046 Před 2 měsíci +13

      And that's about it.

    • @weregretohio7728
      @weregretohio7728 Před 2 měsíci +12

      And we all remember it fondly. No one cares what Luis took if it means the Yankees losing.

    • @BKIslandersfan
      @BKIslandersfan Před 2 měsíci +3

      Minnesota has never won anything.

    • @Rodanguirus
      @Rodanguirus Před 2 měsíci +8

      ​@@BKIslandersfan Two Twins World Series and 5 or 6 Lakers titles. Well beyond a few pro sports towns.

    • @jokerz7936
      @jokerz7936 Před 2 měsíci +12

      I remember that even 9/11 couldn't make me root for the Yankees.

  • @manzac112
    @manzac112 Před 2 měsíci +90

    Fun fact, my father actually played with one of the Arizona Diamondbacks players that was on that World Series team. His name was Ernest Lee "Junior" Spivey Jr.

    • @fbistatmajor5918
      @fbistatmajor5918 Před 2 měsíci +2

      I remember him. He was on the first nationals team too

    • @roljamas
      @roljamas Před 2 měsíci +2

      Junior Spivey was an OOTP (text-based baseball simulator) legend back in the early 2000s. A name I’ll always remember.

    • @christopherlapp4553
      @christopherlapp4553 Před 2 měsíci +7

      Fun fact: His name still is Junior Spivey

    • @ghhfgbbkufgh
      @ghhfgbbkufgh Před 2 měsíci

      No, in 2021 he changed his name to Senior Spivey​@@christopherlapp4553

    • @axe2grind244
      @axe2grind244 Před 2 měsíci

      Junior Spivey was so talented it was nuts. He had Size, speed, power etc. His first few years he was awesome but I don’t know what happened to him after he left AZ.

  • @87alock
    @87alock Před 2 měsíci +39

    Phoenix can't be the most cursed sports city when there are sports cities with no championships

    • @kevinmaghran6933
      @kevinmaghran6933 Před 2 měsíci +6

      Yeah, Twin Cities has PHX beat.

    • @bigcrosis
      @bigcrosis Před 2 měsíci +5

      @@kevinmaghran6933 You forgot the Twins I think.

    • @BroadwayJoe99
      @BroadwayJoe99 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Phoenix can't be the most cursed sports city because the Seattle Mariners exist.

    • @OhShiitakeMushrooms
      @OhShiitakeMushrooms Před 2 měsíci

      Enters......SALT LAKE CITY

    • @thegameradic8916
      @thegameradic8916 Před 2 měsíci

      Bro we literally have only 4 championships combined. The Dbacks WS win and the Mercury 3 championships( Antonio Holmes, Harrison, prime Newton, MJ, Luka, Jokic, Giannis, García, Seager, Rockies 2007, Kingsbury collapses, Dbacks 2018 September collapse, 42 points meme…. Do I need to add more?)

  • @duderbaker
    @duderbaker Před 2 měsíci +106

    need to make one of San Diego. 3 pro teams left already and the Padres have been irrelevant for pretty much their whole existence

    • @fredb3400
      @fredb3400 Před 2 měsíci +20

      There was that one week in 1997... lol Phoenix has nothing on SD when it comes to curses..

    • @therealjaystone2344
      @therealjaystone2344 Před 2 měsíci

      @@fredb3400dbacks says hi

    • @UnicornOfDepression
      @UnicornOfDepression Před 2 měsíci +12

      My Padres? My former Chargers? My former Clippers? My former Rockets? My zero championships?
      "But you have great weather!"
      _"We want a championship parade!!!"_
      I worked for the Padres from 04-06. Fun years. New stadium, Jake Peavy dealing, Hoffman closing.
      After that, pppppbbbbbttttthhhhhh.

    • @mattshipley182
      @mattshipley182 Před 2 měsíci +4

      As a Padres and Chargers fan, I would be open to this

    • @xp8969
      @xp8969 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Wait, the Padres STILL exist? Really??

  • @arizonawrestlinginterviews1040
    @arizonawrestlinginterviews1040 Před 2 měsíci +43

    Trust me Five, I live in Arizona and I know all about the sports ineptitude here

    • @fredb3400
      @fredb3400 Před 2 měsíci +4

      I got a few stories about a small sport town named San Diego.

    • @mikesimonson-bf5kg
      @mikesimonson-bf5kg Před 2 měsíci +1

      Arizona last championship 2001, Minneapolis/St. Paul 1991. Since 1992, Suns 2 NBA finals appearances, Diamondbacks 2 World Series appearances, Cardinals 1 Super Bowl appearance, Coyotes 0 NHL Finals. Timberwolves 0 NBA Finals, Twins 0 World Series, Vikings 0 Super Bowl, North Stars left for Dallas, won NHL title, Wild 0 NHL Finals. I don't think it close; MSP is more cursed. We can't even get to the big game or series.

    • @MarloSoBalJr
      @MarloSoBalJr Před 2 měsíci

      ​@@mikesimonson-bf5kg Twins have two WS titles... also, the NHL "finals" is STANLEY CUP

    • @andy7376
      @andy7376 Před 2 měsíci +2

      @@mikesimonson-bf5kgit’s definitely close between Arizona & Minnesota when it comes to being cursed

    • @axe2grind244
      @axe2grind244 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Not to mention 1/3 of Arizonas population is from Buffalo seemingly, so they are already cursed to start.

  • @pamoon_
    @pamoon_ Před 2 měsíci +32

    cherish that 2001 diamondbacks title
    otherwise good lord there is so much failure and away fans in this city

  • @ginnyweatherbee7941
    @ginnyweatherbee7941 Před 2 měsíci +62

    Buffalo has been cursed since the McKinley assassination

    • @axe2grind244
      @axe2grind244 Před 2 měsíci +12

      I can’t believe someone made a video about the most cursed sports town and the video wasn’t about Buffalo. I’m gonna assume 5 Point meant besides Buffalo…obviously.

    • @ginnyweatherbee7941
      @ginnyweatherbee7941 Před 2 měsíci

      @@axe2grind244 yeah

    • @mightypotato
      @mightypotato Před 2 měsíci +5

      Fun fact: Buffalo is the only city with multiple big four sports teams that has never won a championship.

    • @ginnyweatherbee7941
      @ginnyweatherbee7941 Před 2 měsíci

      @@mightypotato we know, our only successful sports team is the Bandits

    • @Davidjon1946
      @Davidjon1946 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Born and raised here in Buffalo we truly are cursed

  • @PiratedBooty
    @PiratedBooty Před 2 měsíci +28

    Speaking of cursed sports cities, you gotta look into San Diego next, whom I argue is more cursed than Phoenix. Only championship came in 1963 in the AFL, which has the longest drought regarding all North American cities with at least one major league team. And despite the nice weather, due to its proximity to LA/OC, is more toxic to major league teams and players setting up shop there than Oakland.
    - Padres: Only team to go 0-2 or more in the World Series (the Rangers also had this distinction until last year). Took until 2017-2018 to hit for the cycle and 2021 to pitch a no-hitter. Being the bottom b---h to both the Dodgers and Giants most decades. Even the D-Backs got a more recent ring than the Padres. We got Tatis and Machado now, but we had to trade Soto (after Peter Seidler died (RIP) and Bally Sports blew up) and the Dodgers easily countered this offseason with Ohtani and Yamamoto.
    - Chargers: Abandoned the San Diego market (obligatory F-you Spanos) after wasting the Fouts/Winslow, Seau, and LT/Rivers eras, wasting Herbert’s career in LA, and will likely block San Diego from getting a replacement NFL team unless Spanos sells and the team moves back.
    - The NBA gave San Diego a worse chance at cultivating a fanbase than the NHL did to Atlanta, with how badly the Rockets and especially the Clippers (Thanks Donald Sterling) were run. And who knows if San Diego will ever get another NBA and/or an NHL team, although there are plans in the works to build a new arena.
    At least San Diego got an MLS team now, though it took over 20 years.

    • @therealjaystone2344
      @therealjaystone2344 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Bolts were already cursed since its existence before moved to SD

    • @ThatMediaGuy150
      @ThatMediaGuy150 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Aren't the Rays also 0-2 in the WS?

    • @_mvpjosh
      @_mvpjosh Před 2 měsíci

      @@ThatMediaGuy150yeah

    • @partimeninja5388
      @partimeninja5388 Před 2 měsíci

      Don’t forget the SDSU Aztecs went to the March Madness Championship!

  • @ryanm.4519
    @ryanm.4519 Před 2 měsíci +25

    Arizona State, the Phoenix Valley's main university, is cursed too. No football titles, 1 Elite 8 appearance in basketball, and their baseball team hasn't won a title since 1981.

    • @angelc0035
      @angelc0035 Před 2 měsíci +10

      As an Arizona Wildcats fan, I agree lol although aSTDu did have a pretty mean baseball program once 🤷‍♂️

    • @mikesimonson-bf5kg
      @mikesimonson-bf5kg Před 2 měsíci +2

      Minnesota Golden Gophers, last "claimed" football title was 1960. One Final Four appearance in 1997 was taken away because the "student-athletes" didn't write their own papers. The baseball team last championship was 1964 and haven't been back to the College World Series since 1974. Oh and since Minnesota is supposed to be the state of hockey, the Gophers hockey team haven't won a title since 2003

    • @ryanm.4519
      @ryanm.4519 Před 2 měsíci +1

      All the best high school baseball talent goes Southeast instead of West nowadays.

    • @jaggerdebusk14
      @jaggerdebusk14 Před 2 měsíci +2

      True. They've come close to the football title a couple of times in the past. The 1975 team was the top undefeated team in the country that year but finished 2nd in the rankings to a 1 loss Oklahoma team. And at the 1997 Rose Bowl, they were 1:19 seconds from a national championship. Have had some great teams in the past, but none recently.

    • @jamespyle777
      @jamespyle777 Před měsícem

      @@mikesimonson-bf5kg Second, Wisconsin has one unclaimed football national title from 1942, a basketball championship last won in 1941 and only one college world series appearance in 1950 despite later dropping the sport 41 years later. Also haven't won a "men's" ice hockey title since 2006 despite bordering said rival.

  • @santiagomagana3148
    @santiagomagana3148 Před 2 měsíci +12

    I believe San Diego is more cursed than Phoenix.They have no championship in the 4 major sports and the Padres are the only remaining franchise in the city. Though Phoenix hasn't seen much success in sports, other than the 01 Diamondbacks, they still have all 4 major sports.

  • @UnicornOfDepression
    @UnicornOfDepression Před 2 měsíci +9

    Buffalo, NY has a major bone to pick with you, Mr. FivePoints.
    San Diego is also wondering what more must be necessary, seeing as they have ZERO titles in 3(yep, 3. NBA, too) sports, lost THREE franchises, and their teams _constantly_ cock tease like no others.

    • @axe2grind244
      @axe2grind244 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Buffalo invented the sports curse. That place makes Minneapolis look like title town.

  • @fredb3400
    @fredb3400 Před 2 měsíci +38

    "Hold my cursed beer" - San Diego

  • @jameslindsley3267
    @jameslindsley3267 Před 2 měsíci +25

    San Diego or Buffalo. If the Dbacks didn't win the title in 2001 then Phoenix would be up there.

    • @fredb3400
      @fredb3400 Před 2 měsíci +5

      San Diego for the win. Can't even blame the weather when the clips and bolts drove away

    • @axe2grind244
      @axe2grind244 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Buffalo is so cursed Satan himself won’t step foot in WNY.

    • @ericradford2142
      @ericradford2142 Před 2 měsíci

      @@fredb3400blame the owners.

    • @SortaNonymous
      @SortaNonymous Před 2 měsíci

      I mean I guess they both at least snagged AFL titles right before the Super Bowl era. Still not a great way to cope with it, especially when those titles were 60 years ago, but at least you don't have no football titles in any league regardless of era.
      No, these totally aren't the words of a Bengals fan. What could possibly make you think that?

    • @stackhat8624
      @stackhat8624 Před 2 měsíci

      Buffalo doesnt have a MLB or NBA team though

  • @Mitchellstclair-bj1cv
    @Mitchellstclair-bj1cv Před 2 měsíci +9

    As an AZ sports fan, this one hurt. It's so true 😭

  • @DavidLimofLimReport
    @DavidLimofLimReport Před 2 měsíci +15

    Minneapolis: yay we have been let off!!!!

    • @bostonsports8080
      @bostonsports8080 Před 2 měsíci +1

      No you haven't. 5 already made a video about you.

  • @wjadams2
    @wjadams2 Před 2 měsíci +25

    Thank you for showcasing the curse of Arizona sports. We do have many championships with the Rattlers, Mercury and the one Diamondbacks win. The Suns have the best hope and I still think the 2007 matchup with the Spurs was rigged. Cardinals will always be doomed to fail until Bidwill sells the team.

    • @chrisguardiano6143
      @chrisguardiano6143 Před 2 měsíci +2

      There is also Phoenix Rising soccer team who won the USL title last year.

    • @wjadams2
      @wjadams2 Před 2 měsíci

      Yep you’re right. I forgot about the Rising winning.

    • @yes.2144
      @yes.2144 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Ehhh This years Suns team is iffy.

    • @JoeVideoed
      @JoeVideoed Před 2 měsíci

      @@chrisguardiano6143 I did not know that. As an ex-Zonie this was good 2 know. For the most part though, the Valley has fallen short when it comes to playoff success. He didn't even mention our involvement in the other defunct leagues like the WHA, USFL, MISL & NLL where we had success but couldn't make it to the big 1.

    • @williammiller79
      @williammiller79 Před 2 měsíci

      The fact that the championships you cherish MOSTLY come from the IFL and the WNBA is a testament to how fucked Arizona is, mostly because the IFL is “let’s play football with training wheels” and practically NOBODY gives a shit about the WNBA, so to cherish the championships that their WNBA TEAM have won is a damning sign of a cursed city. Godspeed, and hopefully you guys get a championship from the cardinals, diamondbacks or the coyotes soon, because if not? That’s a fate I can’t even attempt imagining.

  • @saturnotaku
    @saturnotaku Před 2 měsíci +43

    The residents of Tempe selecting a toxic landfill over the Coyotes should tell you everything you need to know about that organization.

    • @JorgeGarcia-lr3vk
      @JorgeGarcia-lr3vk Před 2 měsíci +3

      And as someone who is a local there, we made the right choice, especially with the massive losing streak the Coyotes are having right now.

    • @sampicano
      @sampicano Před 2 měsíci +1

      Not to mention the Coyotes lost $115,200,000 dollars between 2013 and 2022 (making it the single biggest loss of money in the NHL over that period)
      And out of the Big Four major leagues...the Arizona Coyotes are ranked 124th out of 124 teams in terms of Team Valuations

    • @edenjung9816
      @edenjung9816 Před 2 měsíci +3

      @@JorgeGarcia-lr3vkOF course you did.
      But tell me, who is gonna pay for the cleaning up of the landfill now?
      Because that has to be done in a couple of years. And the yotes wanted to pay for that.
      So now you have to pay for that.
      Hope that makes you feel better.
      And also. The team started the season great. Its in a rebuild so this has to be expected.
      And the loosing streak go ended last friday. And today the team won in dominating fashion against the Caps.

    • @RenegadesCS
      @RenegadesCS Před 2 měsíci

      @@edenjung9816 but let me ask you, who gives a flying fuck? The money was gonna be wasted elsewhere anyways.💀

    • @litz13
      @litz13 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@sampicano I wonder how much further they'd go down if you added the 29 MLS teams, too

  • @dominic64tblightning24
    @dominic64tblightning24 Před 2 měsíci +92

    Twin Cities are still more cursed, but Phoenix is close

    • @tentwoXII
      @tentwoXII Před 2 měsíci +8

      cleveland has them beat

    • @vicepresidentmikepence889
      @vicepresidentmikepence889 Před 2 měsíci +23

      Correction, the vikings are cursed. The twins have two world championships, in the last 40 years, more than most teams

    • @ChiefBlue4298
      @ChiefBlue4298 Před 2 měsíci +11

      Buffalo would like a word

    • @LinEll22_
      @LinEll22_ Před 2 měsíci +3

      Na Phoenix doesn't win anything. Twins at least won something.

    • @andrea2kx
      @andrea2kx Před 2 měsíci +5

      Our Lynx had a dynasty for a bit but no one cared.

  • @baileyleasure2012
    @baileyleasure2012 Před 2 měsíci +6

    Pain man. Being an Arizona sports fan is tough. I just wanna see one of my teams win a championship here from the big four sports in my lifetime.

  • @stevepater7205
    @stevepater7205 Před 2 měsíci +4

    Granted this is USL Championship (D2 major soccer) but the league is growing with more eyes on it. Their team, Phoenix Rising, won last year in the Championship. Honestly a really impressive showing given all the top talent that was in the playoffs last October for the USL

  • @seand1011
    @seand1011 Před 2 měsíci +6

    4:16 - The Suns made the NBA Finals in 1976, not 1975. The Warriors actually won the title in 1975.

  • @manzac112
    @manzac112 Před 2 měsíci +7

    Hello everyone, I am a Arizona Diamondbacks fan and I was born on the day that they won the World series in 2001. I started watching the team at around 2006 and 2007 was basically the first time I'd ever seen them be a really good team, but don't ask me about Yorvit Torrealba or Matt Holiday. I remember the heartbreaking Game 5 lost to Milwaukee; so, don't mention Nyjer Morgan 5 times to my face. I remember the mediocre playoff droughts, getting pants on by the Dodgers on multiple occasions, and the nightmare of the 2021 season..... But this team in 2023, I will never forget this run and the chaos that we created all the way to the World Series. I hope I can experience those memories again, but we go all the way this time. #EmbraceTheChaos

  • @fredb3400
    @fredb3400 Před 2 měsíci +9

    The chargers left, the clippers left, the padres are...well... but you picked a city that won a championship? I want a refund, Adam!!😂
    P.S.: remember the 2010 bolts?

  • @ViktorTheButcher
    @ViktorTheButcher Před 2 měsíci +5

    People always talk about the likes of Lions and Browns when it comes to poverty franchises in the NFL, but the Cardinals are the real poverty franchise in the league and one of their championships has some shady sides, too..

    • @thegreatattila
      @thegreatattila Před 2 měsíci

      The curse of the Pottsville Maroons.
      If they returned the 1925 NFL title, the Cardinals would likely have won more titles.

    • @lakerskid2013
      @lakerskid2013 Před 2 měsíci

      @@thegreatattilaThe NFL doesn’t want to do anything unfortunately so unless there’s maybe some future NFL player that’s born in Pottsville that makes an impact on the team, maybe then do they win a Super Bowl

    • @TheDCGuitar13
      @TheDCGuitar13 Před 2 měsíci

      The thing is it’s a recent crowd you’re trying to convince. The cardinals may not have a Super Bowl but since that year they went there, they’ve consistently produced teams that compete and make good playoff runs. Then they see the lions and browns in the same span and it’s a no brainer

  • @gerrythrash6563
    @gerrythrash6563 Před 2 měsíci +4

    If it weren't for that WS ring the Braves won in 2021, Atlanta would easily be on that short list of the most snakebitten sports cities. 28-3, anyone?

    • @lakerskid2013
      @lakerskid2013 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Also there would’ve been that blown 3-1 lead in the NLCS by the Braves in 2020 but they won it all the following year.

  • @davidbanuelos8818
    @davidbanuelos8818 Před 2 měsíci +14

    Seattle has one Super Bowl that no one remembers because of what happened the following year, the only MLB team that's never appeared in a World Series, an infant hockey team, and had its NBA team hijacked away to a flyover state.

    • @Venom3254
      @Venom3254 Před 2 měsíci +1

      I'm sure 43-8 is still remembered for being Peyton's worse performance since getting destroyed by the Jets in the 2002 WC

    • @davidbanuelos8818
      @davidbanuelos8818 Před 2 měsíci

      @@Venom3254 I mean....I remember it.....best fucking sports day of my life!

    • @ademirsegura6307
      @ademirsegura6307 Před 2 měsíci +3

      And a soccer team that won two MLS Cups

    • @maxtheman10
      @maxtheman10 Před 2 měsíci +1

      We have a soccer team? 🤣

    • @Rodanguirus
      @Rodanguirus Před 2 měsíci +1

      At least their old pro hockey team was the first US-based team to ever win the Stanley Cup!

  • @letsgowalk
    @letsgowalk Před 2 měsíci +4

    I mean at least they got to the championships! It’s funny how in sports, people often believe losing the championship game is worse than not even getting there.

  • @zachmeyer1265
    @zachmeyer1265 Před 2 měsíci +3

    As an Arizona native, this state will always fall short until we get competent ownership who want to win.

  • @MadMike1
    @MadMike1 Před 2 měsíci +19

    I'd say Buffalo is the most cursed city. At least Phoenix has a championship from one of its teams. The Bills seem to find new ways to choke all the time. Wide Right, Thurman forgetting his helmet, Music City Miracle, 13 seconds, and Wide Right 2. And outside of all that, they had OJ Simpson for the entire 70s and completely wasted him the whole time. Then there's that time Tom Brady showed up in the division and owned them for two decades.
    The Sabres had Dominik Hasek, the greatest goalie of all time, playing for them for a decade and they could only reach 1 cup final (and Brett Hull scored the infamous "no goal"). Then they had another great goaltender in Ryan Miller for a long time and wasted him on that team. And now they're in the Pegula era and they're somehow making everything worse.
    So yeah, Buffalo owns this title.

    • @kevin07817
      @kevin07817 Před 2 měsíci +1

      As a Buffalonian, I agree.
      At least we have some lacrosse championships.

    • @chrisp679
      @chrisp679 Před 2 měsíci +6

      Buffalo doesn’t have four professional sports teams. Not even close.

    • @mikecarroll35
      @mikecarroll35 Před 2 měsíci +1

      The game 7 in Carolina that was the de-facto cup final where almost our entire starting defensemen (and multiple other starters) were out injured, up a goal headed into the 3rd and lose on the Soupy Campbell over the glass DOG penalty that is among the most stupid rules in hockey history.

    • @DIMP11
      @DIMP11 Před 2 měsíci +2

      And they had an NBA team for 8 years in the 1970’’s (the Braves, who never got past th second round of the playoffs despite having the underrated Bob McAdoo in his prime.

    • @ademirsegura6307
      @ademirsegura6307 Před 2 měsíci

      Wide Rights
      Tyler Bass

  • @joshbailey7775
    @joshbailey7775 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Arizona?!?!?!? I'm laughing in San Diego. Zero titles in all sports. Two major franchises have moved to L.A.

  • @Midnight_Freefall
    @Midnight_Freefall Před 2 měsíci +1

    Damn, that Big Ben shade caught me off guard 😂

  • @chrisguardiano6143
    @chrisguardiano6143 Před 2 měsíci +3

    There are actually 2 other teams in Phoenix that have won titles more recently than the D-Backs, the Mercury of the WNBA who won titles in 2007, 2009 & 2014 & Phoenix Rising FC who won the USL Championship last season (USL is the league below MLS in the US soccer pyramid) & are likely going to be "promoted" to MLS soon. Speaking of the Rising FC, Didier Drogba (of Chelsea fame) played for them for 2 seasons (2017-2018) & is a co-owner of the team.

    • @ademirsegura6307
      @ademirsegura6307 Před 2 měsíci

      Yeah well as long as Soccer United Management USSF kisses Donnie’s ass it’s not likely to happen

  • @VyPrezWolfpackMusic
    @VyPrezWolfpackMusic Před 2 měsíci

    I clicked on this expecting you to somehow take shots at the city of Atlanta..... thanks for making my day.

  • @andrewjenkins3896
    @andrewjenkins3896 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Thank you from a lifelong Arizona sports fan. I feel seen.

  • @ajgonzalez8451
    @ajgonzalez8451 Před 2 měsíci +2

    I live here and call this place, Arizona: Land of Pro Sports Confusion.

  • @lovesgucci1
    @lovesgucci1 Před 2 měsíci +4

    Sorry, but there are other cities like San Diego or Seattle that have dealt with losing beloved franchises to never even winning a World Series (Mariner’s never even been to a WS.)
    The 2001 Diamondbacks weren’t some young gritty team team that made a fluke run to the postseason; it was stacked with veterans and future hall of famers.
    Philadelphia, won their 1st ever Super Bowl 6 years ago. The Phillies won their ever World Series in 2008, their 1st in 1980 (est. 1883.) Sixers won the Finals in 1983. Flyers was in the 1970’s, I think. I only experienced 2 championships in my lifetime.

  • @marzuuuuski
    @marzuuuuski Před 2 měsíci +16

    Minneapolis hasn't won a championship in a major North American sport since the 90s, and three of their teams never have

    • @fredb3400
      @fredb3400 Před 2 měsíci +2

      San Diego laughs in curse.

    • @tfmn218
      @tfmn218 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Don't forget the two teams that left Minnesota won championships in their leagues. And the Twins were threatened with contraction... Yeah, definitely cursed.

    • @Rodanguirus
      @Rodanguirus Před 2 měsíci

      ​@@tfmn218At least one of them won multiple titles BEFORE leaving, too. Given Minnesota's affinity for hockey, the struggles of their NHL teams seem extra sad.

    • @ademirsegura6307
      @ademirsegura6307 Před 2 měsíci

      @@Rodanguirus since the North Stars moved to Dallas

    • @Rodanguirus
      @Rodanguirus Před 2 měsíci

      @@ademirsegura6307 Yeah, they definitely have a case for most cursed over the past 30 years.

  • @maddogsmadgaming9438
    @maddogsmadgaming9438 Před 2 měsíci

    Heck yeah, a new Five Points Vid!

  • @ZiggyZou
    @ZiggyZou Před 2 měsíci +3

    I like being a Kansas City sports fan.
    3 super bowls, 1 World Series and 1 MLS cup the past decade😎

  • @007TheLife
    @007TheLife Před 2 měsíci +1

    San Diego would like a word. They lost two NBA teams, lost an NFL team, and the Padres can’t do anything right.

  • @jjjamelo
    @jjjamelo Před 2 měsíci +4

    charlottes an underrated cursed sports city but they’re too newish probably

    • @csnide6702
      @csnide6702 Před 2 měsíci

      um.... Hurricanes won a Stanley Cup.

    • @black_panther527
      @black_panther527 Před 2 měsíci

      Is it that I’m a bills and panthers fan tho

    • @fammithommproductions
      @fammithommproductions Před 2 dny

      ​@csnide6702 The Hurricanes are based in Raleigh, not Charlotte, but regardless, other than that Stanley Cup in 2006, North Carolina as a whole is a cursed sports state.

  • @bmbmbm05
    @bmbmbm05 Před 2 měsíci +2

    I’ve lived in AZ all my life and this shit hurt me man

  • @anthonyrivera0917
    @anthonyrivera0917 Před 2 měsíci +2

    The coyotes were even in a division with the red wings and maple leafs in the late 1990s.

  • @michaelbaucom4019
    @michaelbaucom4019 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Buffalo says otherwise, last time the Bills won a championship was in the old AFL, and the Sabres are mediocrity defined. The closest they got to getting MLB was Toronto playing there during the COVID BS. Add in losing an NBA team...frustration

  • @TexasDragon
    @TexasDragon Před 2 měsíci +5

    I’d argue San Diego or Buffalo are more cursed

  • @Venom3254
    @Venom3254 Před 2 měsíci +2

    It's odd that the D-Backs are the youngest team in this list and had more success than their older Arizona based teams from the other leagues. Would not be surprised if they get an MLS team and win it earlier.

  • @DavidLimofLimReport
    @DavidLimofLimReport Před 2 měsíci +4

    Wonder what Phoenix resident, JG9 thinks of this.

  • @TrevTbone
    @TrevTbone Před 2 měsíci +2

    No mention of the Mercury I see. Winners of three titles and two of the greatest players in basketball history. How‘bout some love for the ladies fellas!

    • @ElmerFudd16
      @ElmerFudd16 Před 2 měsíci

      Lol nobody knows the Mercury even exist without criminal Griner

  • @bostonsports8080
    @bostonsports8080 Před 2 měsíci

    Thank God I'm a Boston sports fan. Also I recommend doing Charolette next. Especially with how things are as of late I feel like they should be considered a cursed city.

  • @tiddiesattic
    @tiddiesattic Před 2 měsíci +2

    Cleveland & Minnesota are hard to beat in this category

  • @FelipeYoshioCordeirodeSouza
    @FelipeYoshioCordeirodeSouza Před 2 měsíci

    Sorry for your loss, man, your dad was amazing

  • @MrDan708
    @MrDan708 Před 2 měsíci

    Among cities that do not have a team in all of the Big Four sports, Buffalo is surely the most cursed. The Bills went 0-4 in early-90's Super Bowls, and the Sabres lost two Stanley Cup finals to Philadelphia and Dallas. They once had an NBA team (Braves) that won only a single play-off round in eight seasons before departing for the sunnier shores of San Diego.

  • @joeducker8543
    @joeducker8543 Před 2 měsíci

    Minnesota would like a word with you LMAO

  • @patmanbnl
    @patmanbnl Před 2 měsíci

    Gila River Arena didn't open until 2003. The Coyotes spent thier first several seasons playing with the Suns at what is now Footprint Center. However the arena was designed for basketball so there were thousands of seats with obstructed views in hockey configuration. Very similar to when the Islanders played at Barclays Center.

  • @politicsislitm8369
    @politicsislitm8369 Před 2 měsíci +2

    I was there when we lost game 4 of the World Series I have never been so sad and proud of a team in my life let’s go boys prove everyone wrong again

  • @jburnsey48
    @jburnsey48 Před 2 měsíci

    My family grew up in AZ, my dad being from here and my mom from San Diego. Suffice to say, there hasn’t been a whole lot of sporting success that I’ve gotten to see in my life.

  • @ceebee312
    @ceebee312 Před 2 měsíci

    Oof... hit it where it HURTS !!
    Thx for the (painful) vid

  • @LegionOfEclaires
    @LegionOfEclaires Před 2 měsíci +1

    The people of Tempe literally chose a landfill over the Coyotes...

  • @captainwesker1234
    @captainwesker1234 Před 2 měsíci +1

    As a resident of Arizona. I appreciate the recognition of our pain.

  • @TheDCGuitar13
    @TheDCGuitar13 Před 2 měsíci

    Cleveland is always gonna be the first thing coming to mind when I think of cursed cities lol

  • @agonzo626
    @agonzo626 Před 2 měsíci

    Even tho they’re the dodger rivals, those early 2000s diamond back uniforms were nice 👌🏼 also those sleeveless Rockies jersey

  • @goatedestgoat
    @goatedestgoat Před 2 měsíci

    Minneapolis-St. Paul: Am I a joke to you?

  • @norwoodwildlife9849
    @norwoodwildlife9849 Před 2 měsíci +2

    I thought you were gonna say Boston, we haven't won
    a championship in 5 years

  • @Optimistic_seattle_fan
    @Optimistic_seattle_fan Před 2 měsíci +4

    I still think Seattle has it worse we lost 2 teams and keep getting disappointed by being terrible or falling short in the biggest opportunities. Yes we have championships but it’s bittersweet

  • @rngfootball759
    @rngfootball759 Před 2 měsíci

    Not sure what arena has more agonizing defeats recently in a game 7 at home, the Suns in 2 straight blowout losses in a game 7 at the Footprint or my Bruins at the TD Garden (not just 2019 2023 but dating back to getting reverse swept against the Flyers in 2010)

  • @KingWizard26
    @KingWizard26 Před 2 měsíci

    I was having a good day til I saw this in my feed. Now I’m depressed.

  • @DA-yl8js
    @DA-yl8js Před 2 měsíci +1

    We must always be grateful to the Diamondbacks for preventing a Yankee 4-peat

  • @thebestcentaur
    @thebestcentaur Před 2 měsíci +2

    Not Cleveland or Detroit? Wow
    Edit: as someone also on Hinge, I empathize with and laugh at that joke

  • @douglasschultz9808
    @douglasschultz9808 Před 2 měsíci

    Minnesota has got to a different kind of curse. 4 Super Bowl losses in 10 years. Losing the NFC championship to the Eagles then seeing them win in their own stadium. Losing the Lakers to Los Angeles and the Stars to Dallas especially being known as the “State of Hockey”

  • @revan5293
    @revan5293 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Arizona. Doesn’t matter the sport we can’t win. It’s actually depressing. I don’t think i will ever see us winning any championship while I’m alive. I am 23 and the Cardinals give me zero hope.

  • @SortaNonymous
    @SortaNonymous Před 2 měsíci

    I think it says it all about Arizona that they were the first area to have teams in all four major leagues play on the same day, with the Cardinals, Coyotes, Suns, and Diamondbacks all playing on November 4, 2001, and there of them lost. Which one won? The Diamondbacks, not only getting Arizona's only win that day, but the city's biggest win ever as that was the day they won Game 7 of the World Series.

  • @JH-lu9lx
    @JH-lu9lx Před 2 měsíci +1

    A couple of other cities to consider for future videos would be Buffalo, San Diego, Minneapolis, and Atlanta.

  • @bemhibbits4157
    @bemhibbits4157 Před 2 měsíci

    Minnesota: Hold my beer, rookie

  • @michaelhowell2326
    @michaelhowell2326 Před 2 měsíci

    I honestly had no idea the Coyotes were a team. I'm not a big hockey fan but I would have thought I had at least heard of them.

  • @ramsfan1st43
    @ramsfan1st43 Před 2 měsíci

    Always ready for a Cardinal insult. Haha

  • @matthewwelsh294
    @matthewwelsh294 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Their arena football team the Rattlers are one of the best arena teams in history!!

  • @ramelchilds7416
    @ramelchilds7416 Před 2 měsíci +1

    The Cursed City of Almost, print it and ship it!

  • @mollyanderson657
    @mollyanderson657 Před 2 měsíci

    Sports teams in Arizona:
    Football: They just exist
    Ice Hockey: Looking for a New Home
    Basketball: Efficient in Offense, Always lacking in Defense
    Baseball: The only best sports team in Arizona.

  • @tba11
    @tba11 Před 2 měsíci +1

    While Phoenix can't say they've won a major title, look at the Mercury, Phoenix Rising FC, and Arizona Rattlers...

  • @ericradford2142
    @ericradford2142 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I thought Buffalo and San Diego were the cursed sports franchises.

  • @CLBarr
    @CLBarr Před 2 měsíci +2

    As a Suns fan, this hurts. HOWEVER, that 2001 WS Title, against them dam Yankees, was EVERYTHING!

    • @axe2grind244
      @axe2grind244 Před 2 měsíci +1

      I was across the street at Coopertown and it was bananas. I’ll never forget it.

  • @AaronOnTheTrails
    @AaronOnTheTrails Před 2 měsíci

    One thing I think that has to hurt them is that almost nobody who lives in Phoenix has been in Phoenix for more than one generation. Almost everyone moves there, and is already a fan of another team. So local support will always be hamstrung.

  • @beaumurray6219
    @beaumurray6219 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I find it crazy how no one talks about how cursed san diego is. The clippers won nothing here and their racist owner moved the team to LA, the chargers didn't win any superbowls and also skeddadled to LA, and the padres are one of the few teams to never win a world series and haven't won a pennant since 98. The only team I've seen come close to success is SDSU last year in March madness. I can't wait for SDFC to destroy my cardiovascular system

    • @shauncameron8390
      @shauncameron8390 Před 2 měsíci

      Also the Padres have made the playoffs a grand total of 7 times in franchise history.

  • @tacodude0897
    @tacodude0897 Před 2 měsíci

    I was glad to be alive to see my Snaked win it all in 2001, when I was just 5 years old
    Last year was a sting on the chest when they came up short against the Rangers in tbe 2023 WS, but I see a bright future with the team

  • @michaelhession2105
    @michaelhession2105 Před 2 měsíci

    I know Baltimore has seen the O's win 3 World Series, and the Ravens win 2 Super Bowls, but as a native of the city, it's been rough in terms of playoff success recently. Both of those teams crumbled as the #1 seed coming off two memorable seasons, and they laid massive eggs while doing so. Did I mention that the city is a combined 2-9 in the playoffs since the infamous Freddie Gray incident in 2015. (Just like Buffalo being cursed by William McKinley) That city isn't as cursed as bad as Phoenix, Atlanta, Buffalo, San Diego, Detroit, and a few others, but considering that both of the teams in Charm City are masters at blowing leads and crumbling in the playoffs, you have to include us in that conversation. (IN MY OPINION IT SUCKS!)

  • @Kellayyy208
    @Kellayyy208 Před 2 měsíci

    I'm a big az sports fan. It's tough man.

  • @DenniDownBad
    @DenniDownBad Před 2 měsíci

    I know I haven't said this in a while but it's still true...this is a FPV BANGER 😤

  • @MrGUnit27
    @MrGUnit27 Před 2 měsíci

    You know a city's cursed when their football team has to start Ryan Lindley at QB in the playoffs

  • @johnchedsey1306
    @johnchedsey1306 Před 2 měsíci

    I live in Tucson and I'm not pleased that they're trying to make the whole state claim the Coyotes.

  • @TropicalDesert
    @TropicalDesert Před 2 měsíci

    As an Arizona sports fan myself, yeah, it is hard

  • @bigpimp72
    @bigpimp72 Před 2 měsíci

    good lord i forgot all about that suns fan getting punched out a few years ago😭

  • @jtfritz9169
    @jtfritz9169 Před 2 měsíci

    Gila River Arena is now called Desert Diamond Arena

  • @VegetableAssassin
    @VegetableAssassin Před 2 měsíci +1

    Maybe if the NFL didn't screw over the Pottsville Maroons and start the curse, the Cardinals would be better

  • @AWiseOrange
    @AWiseOrange Před 2 měsíci +2

    Atleast Phoenix won something last year (was in soccer but still)

    • @zozobare68
      @zozobare68 Před 2 měsíci +1

      A championship is still a championship

  • @doaftheloaf
    @doaftheloaf Před 2 měsíci +2

    buffalo would have something to say about this. the dbacks have a WS.

  • @darkhawk4863
    @darkhawk4863 Před 2 měsíci

    Since he was in those highlights, this feels as good a time as any to remind everyone how amazing Larry Fitzgerald was. For my money, the best WR to ever do it. He'd have smashed so many records were it not for years spent in the Dark Ages of Quarterbacking with the likes of Kevin Kolb and Drew Stanton. When he got a Kurt Warner or Carson Palmer, he set playoff records. Dude defied physics in ways I only thought Barry Sanders was capable of, and I don't say that lightly. If you don't know, do yourself a favour, and look up some Larry Fitzgerald highlights.

  • @princedarrioj5613
    @princedarrioj5613 Před 2 měsíci

    What hurts the most? No matter what team it is, they'll give you the most entertaining playoff game in history... Only to come up short in the end

  • @empire0
    @empire0 Před 2 měsíci

    That Dbacks team that beat the Yankees was somethin else, that was a great world series

  • @stevengonzalezfedex4641
    @stevengonzalezfedex4641 Před 2 měsíci

    Looking back at the cardinals, they only made 11 playoffs appearances since 1947