What is the most famous curse in sports history?

An 86-year drought, a goat at Wrigley, a statue thrown into a river in Osaka. Superstition in its purest sporting form.

1. 1
   Curse of the Bambino

   Boston's 86-year title drought after selling Babe Ruth to the Yankees in 1920.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Curse of the Billy Goat

   A tavern owner's goat was ejected from Wrigley Field in 1945, and the Cubs waited until 2016.
   590pts
3. 3
   Sports Illustrated cover jinx

   The belief that appearing on SI's cover brings a slump or a loss.
   500pts
4. 4
   Curse of the Black Sox

   The White Sox went 88 years without a title after the 1919 World Series fix.
   500pts
5. 5
   Curse of the Colonel

   Hanshin Tigers fans threw a Colonel Sanders statue into a river in 1985, and the club waited 38 years.
   500pts
6. 6
   Curse of 1940

   The New York Rangers burned their arena mortgage in 1941 and waited 54 years for another Stanley Cup.
   388pts
7. 7
   Curse of Bobby Layne

   The Detroit Lions traded Layne in 1958 and have not won an NFL title since.
   0pts
8. 8
   Curse of Billy Penn

   No Philadelphia team won a title from 1987, when a skyscraper topped William Penn's statue, until 2008.
   0pts
9. 9
   Andretti curse

   Mario Andretti won the 1969 Indianapolis 500, and no Andretti has won it since.
   0pts

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