Sports and Abortions: They Have More in Common Than You Think!

Bill Simmons, of ESPN.com, posted an article titled Consider These Teams Officially Tortured. The article focuses on yet another heartbreaking loss for the Minnesota Vikings and then he compares their doomed existence to other infamous and damned sports franchises. Simmons also provides a list of the top 15 teams that are set up for crushing defeats as a result of their tumultuous pasts. And wouldn't you know? Three of my favorite professional sports teams made the list.

Coming in at number 9 are the Buffalo Sabres. Simmons sites the 1999 Stanley Cup and the infamous "No Goal." He also mentions sharing a city with the Bills is like getting "sprayed by a skunk once a year." OUCH!

Two of my teams cracked the top 5. At number 5, Simmons places the Cleveland Indians. Come on man, the Indians can't keep a team together to save their own lives. Simmons refers to the 1997 World Series Game 7 in which the Tribe fell to the Atlanta Braves. I think even worse than the fact that they lost is the fact that no one seemed to notice. I personally believe that the most recent and heartbreaking let down is the fact that former Indians' ace pitchers Cliff Lee and C.C. Sabathia both started Game 1 of the 2009 World Series... for teams other than Cleveland.

And finally at number 3, we have the Bills. I'm not even going to get into it. You can already guess what was said. Music City Miracle... Scott Norwood... Yuck... The only thing he doesn't bring up is Ralph "Smeagol" Wilson. At least we have that AFL title in 1965!




On another note... Tim Tebow and his mother want to air an Anti-Abortion commercial in this year's Super Bowl. What has this world come to? As a football fan, I don't want to be told about life choices during commercial breaks. The only choice I want to hear about is whether I should drink Budweiser or Bud Light. I'm all for athletes that have decent morals, Lord knows we need someone to play once everyone gets suspended for drug use or shooting people, but not during the Super Bowl. I guess the story behind this is that Tebow's mother experienced life threatening complications while she was pregnant with him and the doctors gave her the option to terminate the pregnancy. She of course chose not to. But why do you want to spend $2,500,000 to tell us about it?