Perennial losers in sports

The Cardinals have had some success in recent years under Ken Whisenhunt and Bruce Arians, but the franchise has been a perennial loser overall. The team has the second worst winning percentage all time in the NFL at .427 with stops in multiple cities, and the Cardinals' last championship was in 1947 as the Chicago Cardinals.

Launching in 1979 as the Winnipeg Jets, the Coyotes have the worst winning percentage of active NHL teams at .477. They've been financially strapped since moving to the Phoenix area in 1996 and have made the playoffs only four times in this century.

The Nets are currently in a down period, though that's nothing new. They are the fourth losingest franchise of active NBA teams with a .430 winning percentage and have failed to even win 30 games six times since 2009-10. The franchise did win two ABA titles but has yet to reach the promised land in the NBA since joining the league in 1976-77.

Even when the Bills win, they lose, infamously losing four consecutive Super Bowls from 1990-1993. Their Wild Card berth in 2017 was their first playoff appearance since 1999, when they lost to the Tennessee Titans on the Music City Miracle. The franchise has an all-time winning percentage of .467 and last won a championship in 1965.

Charlotte fans have gone through two renditions of the Hornets franchise, but the results really haven't changed. Over 28 seasons, the team made the playoffs only 10 times and has a .440 winning percentage, fifth worst in the NBA. The franchise hit rock bottom in 2011-12 when it was known as the Bobcats, going 7-59.

The Cougars have the worst winning percentage of active Division I-A college basketball programs at .268 over 34 seasons. The school has just two winning seasons in its history and is coming off a 3-29 year. Over the last three years in the WAC, Chicago State has a total of two wins.

Cincinnati's all-time winning percentage is .457, eighth worst among active NFL franchises. While they've made the playoffs seven times since 2005, the Bengals' last playoff win came following the 1990 season. They don't have a championship in their 50-year history, though Cincinnati appeared in two Super Bowls during the 1980s.

Younger fans wouldn't know it, but the Browns have an all-time winning percentage above .500 despite their recent annual status as a bottom feeder, though the former Browns moved to Baltimore and became the present-day Ravens. The new iteration has just one win over the last two seasons and one winning season over the last 15 campaigns. The franchise's last playoff win was in 1994 under head coach Bill Belichick, and the Browns have an infamous record of playoff chokes in the 1980s under head coach Marty Schottenheimer. Since 1990, the Browns have suffered 25 losing seasons.

The Rockies were an expansion team in 1993 and have made the playoffs only four times in their 25-year history. The franchise has only seven winning seasons and has never won its division. At least Rockies fans get to see a lot of runs scored at Coors Field.

The Lions have shown more consistency recently with the development of quarterback Matthew Stafford, but there's still a long way to go to wear off their losing. The franchise has a .461 all-time winning percentage and last won a playoff game in 1991. Detroit's last football championship was in 1957.

The Eagles have an embarrassing football history with a .308 winning percentage since 1975. They've appeared in only two bowl games and lost double-digit games seven times since 2006.

Florida International has made major investments in football since joining Division I-A in the mid-2000s, yet the school has an awful .339 winning percentage. The Golden Panthers have made three bowl games and look to be on the right track under head coach Butch Davis after going 8-5 last season.

Despite a football history that features Nick Saban and Julian Edelman, among others, the Golden Flashes have done their fair share of losing. They have just a .328 winning percentage since 1962 and have appeared in only two bowl games.

L.A.'s other franchise has been known for losing since it moved in 1984. The Clippers had only four playoff appearances in L.A. until 2012, when they started a streak of six straight appearances. Despite some recent success and new ownership, the franchise has a .402 winning percentage, second worst all time.

Launched as an expansion team in Vancouver in 1996, the Grizzlies have won just 41.3 percent of their games during their existence. They made the playoffs just three times in their first 15 seasons but did have a streak of seven straight appearances that ended this year.

The Marlins' history has been eventful since their launch in 1993. The team has the third worst winning percentage of all franchises at .468 and has made the playoffs only twice. However, the Marlins did manage to win the World Series during both of those playoff berths in 1997 and 2003. In between, Miami fans have seen multiple fire sales, and a controversial new stadium opened in 2012 mostly on the taxpayers' dime that is now frequently empty. Miami's last winning season was in 2009.

The Timberwolves are the losingest active franchise in the NBA, winning less than 40 percent of their games. Their history dates back to 1990. The franchise has gotten past the first round of the playoffs just once in nine tries and made the playoffs in 2017-18 for the first time in 14 years.

The Jets franchise has just one championship in its history, when Joe Namath guaranteed victory in Super Bowl III. Success has been elusive since then, and the team has only one winning season since 2011. The Jets' .453 winning percentage is seventh worst among active NFL franchises.

The Mets launched with one of the worst teams in MLB history in 1962, going 40-120, and have been a source of constant frustration for fans since. While they have won two World Series, the Mets have just a .480 winning percentage and nine playoff appearances in 56 seasons. Fred Wilpon has been a nearly constant scapegoat in the New York media since becoming part owner in 1980.

For a program that launched in 1904, it was unbelievable that the Wildcats had never received an invite to the NCAA Tournament until last year. They made the most of it by winning their first game in the Big Dance but regressed to 15-17 this past season. The school has a .417 winning percentage all time but has started to shape up into a viable program in recent years, winning at least 20 games four times since 2009-10.

Prairie View A&M basketball isn't far behind Chicago State in college basketball futility. The Panthers have a .294 winning percentage since 1977 and have remained in the SWAC since then. They did make the NCAA Tournament once, losing in the first round as a No. 16 seed in 1998.

The Padres have the lowest winning percentage among active MLB franchises at .462. Launched in 1969, they have made the playoffs only five times and have only 13 winning seasons. The last time San Diego won a playoff series was 1998 when the team advanced to the World Series but was swept by the Yankees.

No NFL franchise has lost a higher percentage of its games than the Bucs. They went 0-14 during their 1976 expansion season and have done their fair share of losing since then. The team has only one double-digit win since since 2006, and Tampa's last playoff win was Super Bowl XXXVII following the 2002 season. The Bucs' .387 all-time winning percentage has set a very high (or low) bar.

With a terrible stadium situation and lack of funds since they came into the league in 1998, the Rays have just tried to make the most of a bad situation. They have the second worst winning percentage among active MLB franchises at .464 but did make the playoffs four times under former manager Joe Maddon. Until the team reached the World Series in 2008, Tampa Bay had reached 70 wins only once in its first 10 seasons.

There have been multiple renditions of the Senators MLB franchise, all of them poor. The first franchise played in the National League from 1892-1899, winning only 37 percent of its games. The franchise relaunched in the American League in 1901 and had just a .465 winning percentage in 60 seasons before becoming the Minnesota Twins. The Senators did win the 1924 World Series, however.