BSPN says Miami among most tortured sports cities

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Commander of Awesome
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Aug 23, 2011 9:22am
Lots of limbs are climbed on, and it's pretty humorous how much the writer has to stretch, but the ending is classicly hilarious
Really, with an entire college program potentially in tatters and a professional season possibly lost to money squabbles, Miami could breeze past other beleaguered sports locales such as Buffalo, San Diego, D.C. and Cleveland, and see a year that just might rival Seattle's "Worst Year Ever" as, well, the worst year ever.

For now, though, here Miami sits, hopeful and harrowed all at once, stuck in a sports purgatory that soon might become hell.

At least Miamians are used to the heat.
http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/story/_/id...y-headed-misery
Man, I'd love to be the kind of miserable that brings three pro championships in a 15-year span.

lolfail on BSPN.
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ricola
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Aug 23, 2011 9:25am
my first thought was no way are they as tortured as Cleveland (which is true---not even close), but now that they have LBJ and can watch him fail in the finals (perhaps over and over again) i guess that would tend to torture one..
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like_that
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Aug 23, 2011 9:28am
Just further proves how much of a joke espn is. Also how can their city be tortured when their fans don't even give a shit about their team?
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BR1986FB
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Aug 23, 2011 9:30am
SMH
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Aug 23, 2011 9:32am
I don't even think you can put the words Miami and torture in the same sentence.

You have to be passionate about your teams to feel tortured.

Their basketball team had a top 5 player, added another one, along with another top 20ish player, and they couldn't even sell out their year, there were times during the season where the Cavs actually outdrew them in attendance. I believe one of those nights was when the Cavs were hosting crappy Philadelphia and the Heat were hosting the Knicks a few nights after getting Carmelo. Pathetic.

If the Cavs had landed Wade and Bosh, there would have been 3 parades thrown in downtown Cleveland.
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BR1986FB
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Aug 23, 2011 9:44am
Miami had an EXPANSION baseball team beat a Cleveland team in a World Series. Quit your bitchin', nuff said.
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Commander of Awesome
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Aug 23, 2011 9:46am
BR1986FB;871016 wrote:Miami had an EXPANSION baseball team beat a Cleveland team in a World Series. Quit your bitchin', nuff said.

No kidding, been trying to forget. 2 WS, 2 football national championships, a NBA championship along with another trip to the finals and they're tourtued? LMAO sign me up for that. Fucking idiotic article.
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Aug 23, 2011 9:51am
Yeah...that's pretty massively stupid. The "tortured cities" list begins with Cleveland, Buffalo, Minneapolis and Seattle. Miami is nowhere near the top.
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Aug 23, 2011 9:52am
There are a few certain posters who I am waiting to chime in with an idiotic comment.
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Aug 23, 2011 9:56am
like_that;871021 wrote:There are a few certain posters who I am waiting to chime in with an idiotic comment.
Stop waiting...you and COA have already chimed in.
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like_that
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Aug 23, 2011 9:59am
Skyhook79;871024 wrote:Stop waiting...you and COA have already chimed in.

Lol poster #1. Still QQing because you looked like an idiot in the contraction thread? Ok.
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Aug 23, 2011 10:03am
I blame the editor for approving that garbage.
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Heretic
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Aug 23, 2011 10:10am
Yes. "Sports cities" where the fans generally seem apathetic or not sure whether their city actually has a team in one or more sports definitely are the most tortured out there.
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Aug 23, 2011 11:15am
ESPN is the worst. Really is the worst.
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Aug 23, 2011 1:31pm
like_that;871002 wrote:Just further proves how much of a joke espn is. Also how can their city be tortured when their fans don't even give a shit about their team?

LOL right...
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sportswizuhrd
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Aug 23, 2011 2:43pm
Not sure if its happening for anyone else, but the link comes up broken.

Here is a working link.. http://www.ohiochatter.com/forum/threads/27842-BSPN-says-Miami-among-most-tortured-sports-cities
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sportswizuhrd
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Aug 23, 2011 2:44pm
Not sure if its happening for anyone else, but the link in the original post comes up broken.

Here is a working one... http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/story/_/id/6882220/miami-hurricanes-dolphins-marlins-city-headed-misery
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Aug 23, 2011 5:21pm
I've been a life long dolphins fan and that has been frustrating, but I don't see where they are coming from with anything else.