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With the Phillies trying to repeat as World Series Champs, the Lakers out to defend their NBA Title, and the Steelers and Penguins sitting atop their divisions, it got us thinking here at Maxim...can they all do it again? And because we're sports pessimists, we started thinking about the teams that didn't even give fans hope the following year. No excuses could get past our list (Sorry post-Jordan and Pippen Bulls). Here are the worst follow-up performances by a team to win or play for a championship!
The Nationals never had any doubt, from the moment Cole Hamels’s 93-mph fastball bored into Bryce Harper’s backside, that Hamels had done it on purpose. Afterward, in a statement that may earn him a fine and suspension,... more »
Now we’re talking. Now the Washington Nationals have a rival. A real rival, not an interleague, MLB-arranged, bi-annual blind date with the Baltimore Orioles, which despite their proximity was actually more of a long-distance ... more »
I don’t care what Philadelphia Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. says — I’ll believe his team is a seller when I see it. But know this: According to major league sources, at least one club — the... more »
Of all the injuries the Bulls endured in a series defined by attrition, nothing exceeded the pain and suffering of watching the 76ers celebrate as confetti fell onto the floor. Nothing could have hurt worse than knowing they... more »
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