Pats Seek Rare Titles Air

Only fourteen of the 124 teams/franchises that currently compose the four major sports leagues have won as many as seven championships, a mark the New England Patriots (6-5) in previous Supes, are seeking today.

Three NFL teams, the Packers (10), Bears and Giants each with 7 and all three Suped the Pats, the Giants doing so twice, accounting for all but one of their five title round/Super Bowl losses, have won that lofty number.

The same number of teams have won at leat that many Stanley Cup crowns as the Montreal Canadiens are credited with “Willie,” I mean 24, the Toronto Maple Leafs (13) and the “Vogues,” really the Detroit Red Wings have won eleven.

In NBA/basketball annals the two most (ode to Johnny, who broadcast 16 with the Celts) glorious, the Celtics with 18 and the Lakers with 17 (five while “home basing” in Minneapolis, top the list. The Warriors with 5 “Bay Area” and 2 “Philly” have 7 titles.

Five major league baseball teams have reached the mark led by the Yankees with 27 titles.

Next are the Cardinals with 11 and three teams, the Giants, Red Sox and Dodgers (two of theirs, certainly the one in 2020, tainted) each with 9 titles/World Series victories.

The great pitcher, “Smoky” Joe Wood, a member of 2 Boston Red Sox title teams and one of only two won by Cleveland, is pictured above.

Another “Smokey,” (note the different nickname spelling) Walter “Smokey” Alston, guided the Dodgers to four crowns.