The championship drought for the local teams that play in MLB, the NFL, the NBA and the NHL — don’t @ me, NYCFC and Gotham FC supporters! — trudges on after the Rangers’ quest for their first title since 1994 ended Saturday night shortly after the sun set in Sunrise.
We already knew that the Giants defeating Brady and Belichick and the Patriots for the second time in the Super Bowl in Feb. 2012 was a long time ago, and no sports fan here needs to be reminded of their favorite teams’ various shortcomings
Still, sometimes you come across a round-number statistic that jumps out at you as a number of significance.
The Blueshirts’ elimination in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Final by the Panthers makes it a combined 100 seasons played by the Rangers, Islanders, Yankees, Mets, Knicks, Nets, Jets and Giants since the latter hoisted the Lombardi Trophy a dozen years ago.
