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Just thought I'd warn ya.

BREAKING: America has a new worst sports franchise (msn.com)

That is not a good record to have.  Thank you for sharing.

This is what happens when you have ownership that doesn't know what it's doing...there is a reason that free agents refuse to go there, and it's not the weather. 

Even knowing that they have never made it to the NBA Finals, I still wouldn't have expected that their overall win percentage was so low! That's pretty sad. Maybe they wouldn't be so low in percentage if the Seattle Mariners didn't play 80 more games every single year than any NBA team (162 MLB to 82 NBA).

As for the Hornets being on that list, they kept getting knocked out of the playoffs by Jordan's Bulls teams in the early and mid-90's. Now Jordan refuses to spend the money to get or keep great talent in Charlotte. He just lets the team keep picking players from NC universities and letting them go or trading them, even when they prove to be really good. He rarely gets the same in return from trades. The Hornets have been a patchwork team ever since they got the Hornets name back from New Orleans. There really is no difference from when they were the Bobcats though. Jordan builds a team on emotion & money instead of intelligence. You'd think he would be smarter about building a team. Still waiting for the Hornets to be a Top-10 team in the league. They can't even be a Top-10 team in the Conference so far.

ranfordfan is just trying to deflect the attention away from his scoreless-Oilers. He probably wrote the article himself.

Its always good to know that my teams are not the worst.....

Another article on its way LOL, man do they suck this week!!!!!! Sad.

Ahhhhh, life of a Minnesota sports fan. 

Timberwolves since 1989 - 1 conference finals appearance in 2004

North Stars 1967-1993 - 2 stanley cup finals appearances in 1981 and 1991.  (Franchise moved to Dallas in 94 and won a Stanley cup a few years later)

Wild since 2000 - 1 Staley cup appearance 2002

Vikings since 1961 - 4 Super Bowl appearances 1969, 1973, 1974, 1976.

Now our superstar team!

Twins since 1961 - 2 World Series Championships 1987, 1991. One world series loss 1965.

That is 199 years of pro sports combined. 2 championships (same team, 4 years apart) 

No, the Wild have never reached the Stanley Cup Final either. They made it to the Western Conference Final once (in 2003, not 2002). But that's still once more than their expansion cousins in Columbus, the only NHL team to never advance beyond the second round.

And the T-Wolves' lone trip to the conference finals is one more than Charlotte, New Orleans, and the LA Clippers combined! (And that includes the Pelicans previous life as the original Charlotte Hornets, and the Clippers previous lives in San Diego and Buffalo.)

Charlotte ranked dead last in my own NBA franchise rankings, with zero playoff series victories, zero 50-win seasons, and just three .500 or better finishes in 16 seasons.

Ahh, you're right about the Wild. I stopped following hockey closely when the North Stars left.

And Minnesota might not have the worst all time franchise in any one sport (the t-wolves are definitely a contender), but the overall picture is pretty bleak. Probably right up there with Cleveland overall. Well, maybe not....... At least the Vikings are usually pretty good. They just choke in the playoffs. And speaking of choking in the playoffs. The Twins currently have an 18 game postseason losing streak. Longest in major american sports history! So there's something to brag about.