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The Great Drought

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Chicagoans and Bostonians are amateurs in the disciplines of pain and suffering compared to Philly natives. No other four-sport city has endured worse punishment when it comes to across-the-board futility. If active title droughts are the measure, Philadelphia is the king of the hill.

There are 13 metropolitan areas with one or more teams in the Big Four major league team sports. Below, SI.com offers a list of the active championship droughts from metropolitan areas with four professional sports teams: