Last Title by Town Winter 2018

[The Gipper]

Now that the Super Bowl  has been played , here is the last year that each of the now 49 major league cities (or market areas) in the US and Canada won a professional sports championship, or for those markets with no titles, the year they first had a major sportsfranchise there. In other words, it tells how long each area has been waiting for a title. This includes NHL/WHA, NBA/ABA, NFL/AFL/AAFC, and MLB:

2017 Philadelphia  (Eagles NFL)

2017 Houston (Astros MLB)

2017 Las Vegas  (no titles, first year "Golden Knights" began play

2017 San Fran/Oak/SJ (Warriors NBA

2017 Pittsburgh (Penguins NHL)

2016 Boston (NE) (Patriots NFL

2016 Chicago (Cubs MLB)

2016 Cleveland (Cavaliers NBA)

2015 Denver (Broncos NFL)

2015 Kansas City (Royals MLB)

2014 San Antonio (Spurs NBA)

2014 Los Angeles (Kings NHL)

2013 Seattle (Seahawks NFL)

2013 Miami (Heat NBA)
2012 Baltimore (Ravens NFL
2011 New York/New Jersey (Giants NFL)
2011 St. Louis (Cardinals MLB)
2011 Dallas/Ft. Worth (Mavericks NBA)
2010 Green Bay (Packers NFL)
2009 New Orleans (Saints NFL)
2008 Oklahoma City, no titles, year the "Thunder" began play.
2008 Detroit (Redwings NHL)
2006 Indianapolis (Colts NFL)
2006 Raleigh (Hurricane NHL)
2004 Tampa/St. Pete (Lightning NHL)
2001 Phoenix (Diamondbacks MLB)
2001 Memphis, no titles, first year "Grizzlies" played there

2000 Columbus, no titles, first year "Bluejackets" began play
1997 Nashville, no titles, first year "Titans" played there
1995 Jacksonville, no titles, first year "Jaguars" began play
1995 Atlanta (Braves MLB)
1993 Toronto (Blue Jays MLB)
1993 Montreal (Canadiennes NHL)
1992 Washington D.C. (Redskins NFL)
1991 Minneapolis/St. Paul (Twins MLB)
1990 Cincinnati (Reds MLB)
1990 Edmonton (Oilers NHL)
1989 Calgary (Flames NHL)
1989 Orlando, no titles, first year "Magic" played there
1988 Charlotte, no titles, first year "Hornets" played there
1985 Sacramento, no titles, first year "Kings" played there
1979 Winnipeg (Jets, WHA)
1977 Portland (Blazers NBA)
1971 Milwaukee (Bucks NBA)
1971 Salt Lake City (Stars ABA)
1965 Buffalo (Bills AFL)
1963 San Diego (Chargers AFL)
1927 Ottawa (Senators NHL)
1915 Vancouver (Millionaires, Stanley Cup)

[The Gipper]

Notes:

Now that the Chargers have left San Diego....that city is down to just one team in the 4 major sports: The Padres.     So their chances of climbing out of the bottom spot of American Cities is a lot worse now.

I have separated Milwaukee and Green Bay.  They are 120 miles apart...so they are not the same market....even though Milwaukee is big Packer country.

A lot of the cities that have been waiting a long time are just "One Horse towns"  

Here is the list of "One Horse towns"...i.e. cities that have just one  major league franchise.  The NBA and NHL tend to do this more:

MLB:  San Diego.....now that the Chargers have left

NFL:  Green Bay,  Jacksonville

NBA:  Salt Lake City, Portland, Sacramento, Orlando, Memphis, Oklahoma City,  San Antonio

NHL: Ottawa, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal,  Columbus, Raleigh, Las Vegas#

# Las Vegas will lose this distinction when the Raiders move there.

It is understandable that there are a number of one horse towns in hockey because of all the Canadian cities.  But...as far as I am concerned, Columbus and Raleigh seem like odd places for hockey teams.  The NBA goes for one horse towns in America because they want to avoid having to compete for the sports entertainment dollar with the supposed "bigger boys" of MLB and NFL.