Your teams' world/national championships during your fandom

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As a Los Angeleno who happened to be a freshman in high school the year the Lakers drafted Magic, I’ve been pretty fortunate as a fan:

Lakers (1979), 10*: 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2010

Dodgers (1972-ish) 2: 1981, 1988, 2017 (heh-heh-heh)

USC Football (1972) 5: 1972, 1974, 1978, 2003, 2004 (Eff the NCAA; I’m not giving back the 2004 title)

Rams (1972)1 (sticky): 1999. The Rams were pretty much dead to me when they relocated to St. Louis, but the laundry – and the high-powered offense – eventually got to me. But if someone claimed I don’t deserve to claim that one as mine, I wouldn’t argue.

*Thank you, New Orleans Jazz, for signing Gail Goodrich as a free agent and thus giving up your 1st rounder as compensation – yes, that’s how the Lakers got the rights to Magic Johnson)

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Boston Red Sox fan since '77: 1986 (lost), 2004, 2007, 2013
Yakult Swallows fan since '14: 2015 (lost, but got tickets to see them in the Japan Series)

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My top team in any professional sport is the Cleveland one, so the Cavs this year are the only tick in that column. I don’t really pay any attention at all to pro hockey-- If I did, the Penguins would probably be my preferred team, but I have no idea what championships they’ve won or when.

My second and third-favorite football teams are the Steelers and the Packers, both of whom have had their share of Superbowls, so I can’t complain there.

The only college sport I care particularly about is Villanova basketball, who won this year. So I can’t complain there, either.

And at the high school level, my alma mater, the Benedictine Bengals, have been state champs a few times in football, and I don’t think there’s such a thing as a national high school championship, so that’s cool too.

Oh, and a couple of friends of mine were on the national championship Ultimate Frisbee team one year, if that counts.

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Pros

3x- Ottawa Rough Riders/Redblacks - '73, '76, 2016! - Grey Cup Champions!

5x- Dallas Cowboys - '72, '78, '92, '93, '96 - Superbowl

2x- Toronto Blue Jays - '92, '93 - World Series
Internationals:

15x- Canada - '85, '88, '90, '91, '93, '94, '95, '96, '97, '05, '06, '07, '08, '09, '15 - IIHF World Junior Champs

7x- Canada - '94, '97, '03, '04, '07, '15, '16 - IIHF World Champions

4x- Canada - '02, '06, '10, '14 - Olympic Gold Medal Mens Hockey

Amateur:

2x- Ottawa 67’s - '84, '97 - Memorial Cup/ CHL Champs.

12x- Carleton Ravens - '03, ‘04’, '05, '06, '07, '09, '11, '12, '13, '14, '15, '16 - CIS Mens Basketball National Champs!

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Packers: 96 and 10.

Wisconsin hasn’t done too terribly much in my lifetime.

I think it’s pretty safe to say my college will NEVER win a championship, although Ms. Cups’ college might, so I’ll count hers by proxy

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My high school just won its first football state championship, so I guess I can add that to the OP. It has also won several basketball championships, particularly when Shaun Livingston played for them.

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Like Procrustus, a Seattle fan. So count the 2013 Seahawks (2014 Super Bowl), and also “still waiting” for the Mariners. In addition, I count the 1996 “near miss” NBA Finals. The Sonics woulda won if it’d been against anyone but the '95-'96 Bulls.

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Mine just did too actually.

My old English teacher is their coach now. We used to be totally bottom-of-the-barrel in football when I went there, my how things have changed in 12 years

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I have shifted allegiances during my life due to Northern/California residency and family rooting interests:

1995 UCLA NCAA Men’s Basketball
2002 Anaheim Angels MLB
2010 San Francisco Giants MLB
2012 San Francisco Giants MLB
2014 San Francisco Giants MLB
2014-15 Golden State Warriors NBA

No entry for San Jose Sharks (which is only a very passing interest), or for NFL (I was an LA Rams fan, then a Miami Dolphins fan, then N/A). Furthermore, becoming a Cal alum has not done much to improve my prospects of adding collegiate championships. :slight_smile:

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Been a Padres fan since I started watching baseball in the late 70’s. Never really followed football while we lived in Yuma (Padres spring training used to be there at Desert Sun Stadium).
San Diego Padres - 0

Moved to Carolinas and started watching football, so
Carolina Panthers - 0

I really don’t like basketball (all rules seem to favor offense) and I never really tried Hockey, but I hear it’s a great sport.

I guess I’m just bad at picking where to live and which team to root for.