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We rank 'em. You react. That's how the Daily List rolls.3/14/2008 03:12:00 PM Worst Streaks in Sports
By Lang Whitaker, SI.com
The tears flowed for Prarie View football players after they snapped a 80-game losing streak.Gregory Shamus/Getty Images
The Houston Rockets have quietly strung together a 20-game winning streak, tying them for the second-longest run in NBA history. Great for them, but let's flip the coin and examine the other side. What are the worst streaks in sports history?
1. Prairie View A&M football: The I-AA Panthers lost a football game in 1989 ... and didn't win another game until 1998. In between, they lost an incredible 80 games in a row.
2. Jacque Vaughn: During the 2001 NBA Season, then-Hawks guard began the year by missing 22 consecutive field goals, an NBA record. A few weeks later, Vaughn commemorated the end of the streak by running over a Cavs ballboy in Cleveland.
3. 1976-77 Tampa Bay Buccaneers: The Bucs broke into the NFL with a resounding silence. Their inaugural season in the NFL, 1976, they went 0-14. They stumbled into the '77 season by losing their first 12 games before finally notching a win.
4. Bill Bergen: Bob Buhl was a pitcher in the 1950s who went 88 at-bats without a hit, but because he was a pitcher we'll excuse him from this list. Instead, Bill Bergen makes it. Bergen played around the turn of the century and went 46 ABs without a hit. He also is known for having over 3,000 career ABs with a career average of .211. Sure, but what if Billy Crystal had that many at bats?
5. 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers: They finished 9-73, the worst record in NBA history, and at one point they lost 20 games in a row, another NBA record. Current NBA TV analyst Fred Carter played on that team, and as he once told me, "Hall of Fame or Hall of Shame, at least spell my name right." Done.
What's the worst streak in sports history? Let us know below...
Lang Whitaker is the executive editor of SLAM magazine and writes daily at SLAMonline.com3/11/2008 01:05:00 PM Heartbreakers of Fantasy Sports
By Lang Whitaker, SI.com
Rocco Baldelli's combination of power and speed always tempts fantasy owners.Gregory Shamus/Getty Images
Even though I work in sports, and my basic job description requires me to have a fairly deep knowledge of sports, I am terrible at fantasy sports. It's not for a lack of trying, as I check my lineups every day and do my best to shuffle active guys in and out of my active roster. I prefer to think that I just have bad luck. Every season I end up with the same guys, hoping this will be the year they finally turn it around, but every year they end up breaking my heart. Here are my top five consistent heartbreakers in fantasy sports.
1. Andruw Jones: Actually, not me so much but for my friend Tony. During his fantasy baseball draft last year, Tony called and asked how Andruw would do. I assured him that he'd have about 30 home runs and 100 RBIs, which he nearly did. I did not mention, however, that Andruw would bat around 230 and have more than 100 strikeouts. One of these days he'll learn to hit the curveball. Maybe.
2. Bobby Engram: Sure, he's a possession receiver at best. But somehow I end up with Engram on my fantasy football team every season, usually through a midseason pick-up following an injury, and every year he teases me but doesn't really do enough to warrant drafting him. I wouldn't know him if I saw him, but I feel like we should be business partners by this point.
3. Stephen Jackson: At some point I will accept that S-Jack is an offensive specialist, able to post multitudes of points in a five-minute flurry. But I still watch every game expecting him to finish with seven or eight assists and boards per night. I've been waiting for about five years...not happening.
4. Rocco Baldelli: I just asked my friend Sam for a recommendation, and "Rocco Baldelli" was the first name he blurted. Understood. I had Baldelli on my team in 2004, so I understand Sam's venom.
5. Michael Vick: OK, it's a little tougher to justify using a second-round pick on Vick these days, but I used to draft him every year, hoping it would finally be the year everything clicked and he'd post 250 passing yards, 75 rushing yards and a couple of TDs every Sunday. Now I know why my team kept going to the dogs.
Who is your fantasy sports heartbreaker? Let us know below...
Lang Whitaker is the executive editor of SLAM magazine and writes daily at SLAMonline.comRecent PostsArchives
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