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Flyers' Exit Extends Philly's Title Drought to 100 Seasons

Posted May 20, 08 2:30 AM CDT in Sports 

(Newser) – The Flyers’ elimination from the NHL playoffs was more than the end to a hockey season in Philadelphia—it was the 100th consecutive season to see one of the local teams came up short of a championship. “Fans have been conditioned for failure,” suggests Sports Illustrated, which chronicles the 100 worst moments in Philadelphia sports since the city last raised a banner in 1983.

Some of the highlights:  

  • The Phillies become the first professional team to reach the hallowed 10,000 loss mark.
  • Charles Barkley is traded to Phoenix for 70 cents on the dollar. Sir Charles captured the MVP the following season in the desert.
  • Philly loses the 2002 NFC Championship when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who’d never won a road playoff game, beat the host Eagles 27-10.

Source Sports Illustrated

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Philadelphia Flyers Lasse Kukkonen, left, and Kimmo Timonen, center, both of Finland, and Jason Smith, right, sit on the bench as time winds down in the third period.   (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
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