There had been 71 completed seasons in those sports since a Washington team advanced to a conference final. Cincinnati was the next closest city on this stupidest of all lists, but Cincinnati has had just 45 seasons of similar futility. Seven thousand two hundred and sixty-five days since the Washington Capitals were swept out of the Stanley Cup Finals, the stupidest streak in sports is gone, killed by those Capitals, who advanced to the Eastern Conference final Monday night. We have a habit sometimes of talking about Caps fans and Wizards fans and Nats fans and Redskins fans as if they’re distinct groups, and to some extent they are. So raise a glass to the death of the lamest, meanest and absolute stupidest streak in sports.

Source: thestar May 08, 2018 22:30 UTC