Most hated sports franchise

[TZ]

Every sport seems to have one team that everyone outside of the home city hates. Which one do you dislike the most and why?
Mine is the Dallas Cowboys as many of you know. Because one they are rivals to my Skins, two, I hate the "America's Team" bullshit and don't even get me started on the hole in the Texas Stadium so "God could watch his favorite team"..:puke:

[Forkboy]

1. For me it's the Montreal Canadiens.

The Stanley Cup has been around for almost a hundred years now, and the Habs have won 26% of them. My whole childhood was spent watching the Bruins lose to Montreal. x(

[Captain Hilts]

47. And I STILL hate the Habs for that reason. I'll root for the Leafs against them...

but remember Pat Quinn's hit on Orr and I get pissed off all over again.

Grew up rooting for the Bruins. Orr was a God. Still is.

I live in DC and there are a LOT of Caps/Bruins hybrid fans. Caps jerseys and a Bruins cap. That kind of thing.

[Condem]

2. Notre Dame, TZ

Fuck the pompous asses.

[Auggie]

3. Boston Red Sox

Though the Denver Broncos are tied in a very close second with the Yankees followed by the Dallas Cowboys.

Cleveland fans will understand my selection of the Red Sox, Broncos and Yankees.

I dislike the Cowboys more than ever because they remind me of George Bush. It's weird, but they do.

[hughee99]

6. I suspect the Angels fans might be starting to feel the same way

about the Red Sox.

[AsahinaKimi]

11. I don't think so...

Angels got Mo Vaughn from the Red Sox several years ago. He did great till
he hurt himself again. I used to love it when the Angels beat the Yankees in Yankee Stadium with a Timmy Salmon home run. I think the Angels biggest rivarly has always been the Texas Rangers and the Oakland A's. Both have knocked the Angels out of the playoffs for more years than they care to remember.


I miss the big fish!

[hughee99]

22. Since 1961, the Angels have been to the playoffs 8 times...

and lost to the Red Sox in 4 of them, 3 times since 2004. I figured this would have stirred up more animosity among fans toward the Sox.

I like the Angels, they seem to have had the Yankees number for a while now.

[AsahinaKimi]

27. Don't know why but...

Every team in Baseball used to be nervous about playing the Yankees. The Angels never had, and like I said, Tim Salmon used to love to hit home runs there, also in Texas stadium. I would guess the new guys are confident too.. That confidence has made a lot of difference in the last few years.

[Harry Monroe]

38. I would think a Cleveland Brown fan would absolutely loathe the Baltimore Ravens

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[Dr. Strange]

5. Oakland Raiders

Edit to add the reason: because they're the fucking Raiders.

[TZ]

8. yeah

I can get with you on that. I've never particularly liked them. Say what you will about Philly fans...those folk in the Black Hole scare the fuck outta me...:scared:

[AsahinaKimi]

12. Even The Raider fans hated the Raiders...

When they left Oakland moved down to the Los Angeles area. All the Oakland fans felt betrayed by Al Davis.

[Dr. Strange]

21. I don't blame them.

Al Davis' heart is as black as a coal miner's ass. Evil incarnate--even Satan doesn't want anything to do with him.

[Upton]

7. Obviously I hate the Cowgirls

anyone who cares about keeping the NFL relatively crime free, should join me in my dislike of the felons from Dallas.

I also hate the Dodgers, Lakers, Yankees and Manchester United.

[AsahinaKimi]

13. The greatest moment in 49er history was THE CATCH...

Montana to Clark which set the 49ERS on to their many Superbowl runs. And who was the catch against? Yeah, the Cowboys. Meh!!


Even today I have an autographed Dwight Clark photo of the catch.
It was amazing!!

[madinmaryland]

19. Like the felon who owned the 49'ers??

[AsahinaKimi]

29. Given a choice

Between Eddie D and Al Davis, I would go with Eddie D any time, however, its because of him, that the Niners went into a huge slump and didn't plan for the 49ers future. Now, Dr. York still knows nothing about Football, but His son, might be the new hope for the 49ers organization. He's done well so far.. and I will always be part of the 49er Faithful, in that respect.

[hughee99]

9. Yankees without a doubt.

If they Cowboys are God's favorite team, Satan must have been laughing his ass of this season.

[4lbs]

10. It was close between the Cowboys and Yankees, but since I'm more a football fan than

baseball, I chose Cowboys.

In addition, unlike the Cowboys, the Yankees have actually won in the postseason in the last decade.

The Cowboys get waayyyyy too much press and TV coverage for being mostly mediocre ever since Aikman retired.

[AsahinaKimi]

14. Not to mention being called

AMERICA'S TEAM. ?? wth WAS THAT?? Like the other NFL teams weren't American
enough? Meh..

[ChazII]

15. Yankees, no doubt about it. n/t

[a la izquierda]

16. Red Sox and Lakers..

There, I said it.

[MaineDem]

17. Far and away...the Yankees! n/t

[Dinger]

31. Yup, they need their own league

They have zero interest in competition.

[madinmaryland]

18. Well let's see...

In no particular order:

New York Skankees
Washington Redskins
New York Giants
Philadelphia Eaglets.
LA Lakers

On edit: I noted you snide comment about the hole in the roof. I'm sure it must have grated on you over the years how Joe Gibbs flaunted his religiosity!

[TZ]

20. One difference..

He never claimed that the Skins were "Gods favorite team".
And actually he was fairly good about not CONSTANTLY rubbing the religious schtick in actually.

[ProfessorGAC]

23. I Picked Cowboys

The whole idea of declaring one's self "America's Team" always stuck in my throat.
GAC

[NoGOPZone]

24. The Atlanta Braves, the other "America's Team"

The one that thinks they deserve that title simply because their media mogul owner got cable networks throughout the country to carry his station. Also the team with sixteen straight playoff appearance but only one title, and that one against a teams with almost a half century of futility.

[Captain Hilts]

48. The Cowboys and Braves are the most pompous teams in sport. nt

[El Supremo]

25. The Cowboys were once good. The Yankees have been bad forever.

The old Cowboys got beat by Baltimore and twice by Pittsburgh in the Super Bowl. They only were able to beat the lowly Dolphins and Broncos. America's Team? No just good contenders. Then the ownership changed and they were jerks.

[Redbear]

26. Yankees for sure.

They think they are actually better than other teams. In truth, they have have a horrible organization that uses its huge salary advantage to "succeed".

Their payroll is 50% larger than the second-highest club. It's ridiculous.


P.S. If the question were most hated owner, I would choose the Cowboys hands down.

[nickgutierrez]

28. Ok, fine, I'll be the one to argue the case for Notre Dame.

Two words: Touchdown Jesus.

:puke:

[bigwillq]

30. The Boston Red Sox

:mad:

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

32. Hands down

the fuckin' Yankmees! :)

[LSdemocrat]

33. The New Boston Yank Sox

Really two sides of the same "evil empire" coin that have comparatively unlimited pocketbooks and seem to always get insanely disproportionate amounts of media coverage and air time, not only in terms of present day news and television, but also in discussions about baseball history.

[keroro gunsou]

34. much as i detest

the arlington clownboys... the yankees deserve more of my hate. at least the packers can compete with teams with bigger wallets due to the history and mystique of the franchiese, not to mention lambeau field and the fans. the yankees can buy a championship calibir team worth of players and not break a sweat. that annoys me more than anything. you can buy a championship team, getting them to play together is another matter entirely. there is where karma bites the yankees on the ass.

i don't think i'd have made it as a pro athlete, lack of talent, motivation, and laziness aside.... i'm just not greedy enough like some players. it used to be you only left your team when you retired or got traded. it wasn't always about the money. money makes people do the craziest and stupidest things.

as team owners go, jerry jones can rot in hell, same with steinbrenner and his kids.

[flvegan]

35. Yankess, and it's well deserved.

[KamaAina]

36. Does the new Cowpies stadium have a hole in it, too?

Or has the FSM switched his noodly allegiance? :shrug:

[madinmaryland]

39. Actually that roof will allow the FSM to see her favorite team play!!

:hi:

[Harry Monroe]

37. The Cowgirls by a mile

They haven't been "America's Team" in at least 15 years. I've always hated their arrogance.

[madinmaryland]

40. This coming from an Aint's fan??

:shrug:

[Harry Monroe]

41. We've never claimed to be "America's Team" and we are not arrogant

Just been unlucky all these years.

[madinmaryland]

42. Sorry about that. FIVE super bowls rings and eight trips to the super bowl

kind of puts you in that frame of mind!

:hi:

[cboy4]

44. Wow, three loses in Super Bowl appearances?

I can't imagine having such an imperfect record in the big game.

That's a foreign language, of course, for San Francisco 49ers fans.

[SKKY]

43. After the 1992 NCAA tourney, I will hate Duke, and Christian Laettner for the rest of my life...

...and Rick Pitino for having someone guard the inbound passer.

[KamaAina]

45. +1! Right before he did it to Kentucky,

he did the exact same thing to UConn. :grr:

Of course, we've pwned Puke in the tournament since...

[Captain Hilts]

46. Cowboys. And Braves. BOTH claim to be "America's Team." Ugh!!!