Instead, they all happened within a year.
The Cubs had also clinched their first 100+ win season since 1935.Īll of these events should have been spread out between decades. In baseball: the Cleveland Indians blew a 3-1 lead against the Cubs and the Cubs win their first title since 1908. This was the eleventh time the Chicago Cubs made it to the World Series. The Indians last won the World Series championship in 1948. This was the sixth time the Cleveland Indians made it to the World Series. In college basketball: Villanova won its first championship since 1985 on a buzzer beater three. The 2016 World Series was the 112th edition of Major League Baseball's championship series, a best-of-seven playoff between the National League champions Chicago Cubs and the American League champions Cleveland Indians. Cleveland also became the first team ever to come back from a 3-1 deficit in the NBA Finals. The Warriors then proceeded to blow a 3-1 lead against the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals, giving Cleveland its first sports title in 52 years. In the playoffs, the Oklahoma City Thunder blew a 3-1 lead against the Warriors. In basketball: the Golden State Warriors broke the 1995-1996 regular season record of 72-10 with a 73-9 record, a feat that people said would never happen again.
In American football: the Carolina Panthers started the season on a 14-0 winning streak and finished the season with a 15-1 record but would go on to lose to the Denver Broncos in the Super Bowl. In the Scottish Championship, Hibernian FC won the Scottish Cup for the first time since 1902. In the UEFA Euro Final, Portugal beat France for the first time since 1975, winning it's first major soccer title. Their odds at the start of the season was 5000:1. In soccer: Leicester City won its first Premier League title.
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