Bottoms up, Atlanta; you're No. 1

0 Comments | USA TODAY, April, 2008 | by Tom Weir and Mike Bambach

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America's most miserable sports cities

According to Forbes.com, the most miserable sports city in America is Atlanta.

No, PETA didn't compile the list. The dishonor is based on a weighting for cities whose teams have seen a lot of postseason action without winning much championship bling-bling. (We think they're talking about your guys, Bobby Cox.)

How to quantify sports misery? "There are really two types," write Forbes' Tom Van Riper and Andrew Farrell. "There's the well-chronicled misery that comes with futility, like the New Orleans Saints losing 60% of their games and qualifying for just six postseasons (and no Super Bowls) since their birth in 1967.

"Then there's the misery that comes with repeated...