The Falcons are a legitimate Super Bowl contender and the Braves have a huge lead in the NL East, but Atlanta still can't distance itself from its long-time title of "Loserville", according to Forbes magazine.
Tom Van Riper, who covers the business of sports for Forbes, has ranked our city as the second-most miserable sports city, only trailing Seattle.
Forbes cites the fact that Atlanta has twice lost a hockey franchise and also points to the Braves' post-season failures. He also calculated hard numbers, pointing out Atlanta teams are 1-5 in championship games, 6-10 in semifinals, and have just one championship in 159 seasons.
But Van Riper also uses this criteria: "Misery as defined by sheer futility – losing records, long championship droughts – isn’t what we’re going for. ... This is about misery in the heartbreak sense – cities whose teams have been good enough over the years to win games and make championship runs, only to disappoint in the end more often than not."
Sound familiar?
Phoenix, Buffalo and San Diego round out the top five.
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