The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame...

The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame... is a sports series that debuted in 2005 on ESPN2 and is now televised on ESPN Classic. Hosted by Brian Kenny, the series examines players, coaches, front office personnel, and even fans who have been cast as scapegoats for a team's failure, their own individual failure, a bad trade, a bad draft pick or the demise of a franchise. The show begins by explaining why that individual or team has been blamed over the years and then peels away the layers between fact and fiction. Several reasons that didn't make the list (called "The Best of the Rest") are discussed first, followed by the actual top five reasons the person(s) can't be blamed. The first episode aired in April and examined the Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame Steve Bartman for the Chicago Cubs' 2003 playoff collapse. Other episodes include The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame...

Related Topics:
2005 - ESPN2 - ESPN Classic - Brian Kenny - Scapegoats - Steve Bartman - Chicago Cubs' - 2003 - Playoff collapse

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• Art Modell for moving the Browns to Baltimore.
• Kobe Bryant for the breakup of the Lakers.
• John McEnroe for his repeated outbursts in tennis matches.
• Jerry Krause for the breakup of the Bulls.
• The 1919 White Sox for "throwing" the World Series.
• Wilt Chamberlain for losing to Bill Russell in eight of their nine playoff matchups.
• The Portland Trail Blazers for drafting Sam Bowie over Michael Jordan.
• The U.S. golf team for its 1999 Ryder Cup celebration.
• Bill Buckner for the Red Sox losing the 1986 World Series.
• Umpire Don Denkinger for the Cardinals losing the 1985 World Series.
• Harry Frazee for selling Babe Ruth to the Yankees.
• The Atlanta Falcons for trading Brett Favre.
• Major League Baseball for keeping Pete Rose out of the Hall of Fame.
• Mike Tyson for losing to Buster Douglas.

In September of 2005 a new line-up of episodes was created. In it the show will examine The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame...

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• Mitch Williams for the Phillies losing the 1993 World Series.
• Ralph Branca for the Dodgers losing the 1951 pennant.
• The Edmonton Oilers for trading Wayne Gretzky.
• The BCS for the lack of a playoff in college football.
• Terrell Owens for his over-the-top celebrations.
• Earnest Byner for the Browns' 1988 playoff loss.
• For the Wikipedia article on this incident, see The Fumble.
• Dan Marino for never winning a Super Bowl.
• Scott Norwood for the Buffalo Bills losing Super Bowl XXV.
• Bob Knight for his repeated outbursts.
• Fred Brown for Georgetown's loss to North Carolina in the 1982 NCAA Final.
• Georgetown for losing to Villanova in the 1985 NCAA Final.
• Chris Webber for Michigan's loss to North Carolina in the 1993 NCAA Final.
• George Steinbrenner for the iniquities in Major League Baseball.
• This is spelled exactly as ESPN Classic renders it. The "iniquities" may actually be "inequities".
• Michael Jordan for trying to play baseball.
• Charles Barkley for saying "I am not a role model."
• Walter O'Malley for moving the Dodgers to Los Angeles.
• Greg Norman for not winning more majors.
• Len Bias's death for the demise of the Boston Celtics.
• Sandy Koufax for retiring when he did.
• Anna Kournikova for never winning a tennis title.
• The NCAA for not paying athletes.
• George Foreman for losing to Muhammad Ali.
• The Minnesota Vikings for trading for Herschel Walker.
• Jerry Jones for the demise of the Cowboys.
 
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