The Worst City in Sports History

Detroit is four years into the worst run any city has ever seen from its sports teams

This year is the 75th anniversary of the Lions’ last championship. They didn’t celebrate. (photo by author)

In 1962, the city of New York had some bad sports teams.

The first-year Mets went 40–120, the Titans (now Jets) went 5–9, and the Rangers and Knicks were both struggling. Between New Year’s Day and New Year’s Eve, those four teams went…