Earlier this week, ESPN unveiled its "Sports Misery Index," an algorithmic system designed to help sports fans gauge how much ...

Detroit Pistons fans must be “woeful,” according to ESPN’s viral misery index. “Things are looking pretty grim. I’d offer to buy you a cold beverage, but I’m ju ...

If you count yourself a fan of the Tennessee Titans, Nashville Predators, and Nashville SC, you are among the most miserable ...

ESPN ranks the Jacksonville Jaguars tied with the Jets for the NFL’s lowestmisery score, but a new rebuild under Liam Coen ...

Times have been tough for the Philadelphia 76ers. Although they were playoff regulars up until the most recent NBA season, the Sixers have struggled to make a d ...

ESPN’s "Sports Misery Index” is an algorithmic system designed to help sports fans gauge their feelings about their favorite ...

The best way to explain ESPN's Sports Misery Index is find out how miserable your respective teams are making you feel. In the past, exercises like this have focused on sports regions and metropolises ...

ESPN on Aug. 13 released its Sports Misery Index, an interactive tool that ranks if fans of certain teams are “woeful,” ...

What does ESPN's Sports Misery Index tell us about how miserable we should all be when it comes to our favorite teams?

But their high misery rating was erased with their World Series championships in 2010, 2012 and 2014, giving them more championship rings than any other team (except one -- see below) this century.

By Jim Caple Page 2 As we detailed earlier with the Baseball Misery Index in the spring of 2004, rooting for a team can bring two types of misery. There is the misery of being so close to a Super ...