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Unfortunately, Camelot’s end came quickly. Since then, neither of Minnesota’s four major professional sports teams—the NFL’s Vikings, MLB’s Twins, NBA’s Timberwolves, NHL’s North Stars (later the Wild), or NBA’s NBA teams—have made it to the Super Bowl or championship series, much less won one. This 32-year run without a championship, punctuated occasionally by absurdly unlikely circumstances, is the longest current run among the 13 markets in the country that have all four leagues represented. It has ten more years than Arizona’s next most starved market.
Minnesota’s four major sports are not the only ones affected by the ailment, which has gained national attention due to the Detroit Lions’ historic 2023 season. The men’s basketball team at the University of Minnesota hasn’t made it to the Final Four since 1997 due to an academic scandal, and the football team hasn’t won the Big Ten in 56 years. The only team that has kept the professional market afloat is the WNBA’s Lynx, who made appearances in six league Finals between 2011 and 2017 and took home four titles. However, in the “State of Hockey,” it’s important to note that the men’s and women’s hockey teams from the University of Minnesota and University of Minnesota-Duluth have won 16 NCAA titles between them since 1991.
Even the Timberwolves’ unexpected success this season has the state’s scarred fans on edge. A man known as “Dan Whenesota,” a Minnesota sports historian who wrote a book entitled “History of Heartbreak” and produced an accompanying documentary, is bracing for spectacular disappointment.
“This is like the second good year the Wolves have ever had, and I’m going to enjoy every minute of it,” said Whenesota, a school teacher who uses a pseudonym when speaking publicly about sports. “Because you know it could be taken away very quickly.”
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