Kansas City Chiefs look to join other three-peats across sports

The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs are in uncommon air after clinching their berth in Tremendous Bowl LIX on Sunday.

They want to change into the primary NFL group to win three straight Tremendous Bowls. Kansas Metropolis has already made historical past with the primary half of its quest — it’s the first group to make it to a Tremendous Bowl after profitable back-to-back Tremendous Bowls.

Throughout the NBA/MLB/NHL/WNBA, there have been 14 cases when a group has received three straight titles. Since 1970, that quantity is proscribed to simply eight.

Here is a glance again at every group throughout the NBA/MLB/NHL/WNBA/MLS to win three straight championships since 1970.

Led by Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant, the Lakers strung collectively three straight NBA titles to kick off the brand new millennium.

Los Angeles received not more than 56 video games in every common season, together with 67 in 1999-00 — the second-most in franchise historical past. The Lakers discovered comparable success within the postseason. They went a mixed 45-13 spearheaded by a dominant 15-1 document within the 2001 playoffs.

That did not carry over within the 2002-03 season when Los Angeles went 50-32 after which misplaced within the Western Convention semifinals to eventual champion San Antonio Spurs.

The Yankees began the twenty first century simply as they ended the earlier one — as World Collection champions.

New York began its three-peat with a franchise-record 114 common season wins, then went 11-2 within the submit season to win a title. Comparable success adopted in 1999 — a 98-64 common season document and 11-1 run within the playoffs — however the Yankees clawed to win their third straight.

They completed with an 87-74 document then went 5 and 6 video games, respectively, within the ALDS and ALCS. Nevertheless, New York dispatched the New York Mets in 5 video games of the Subway Collection.

The Yankees have been only one inning away from profitable a fourth straight. Mariano Rivera allowed two runs within the ninth inning of Recreation 7, blowing a save that led to the Arizona Diamondbacks clinching the World Collection.

Houston Comets, 1997-2000

Houston marked the WNBA’s first dynasty, profitable the league’s first 4 championships.

The Comets have been led by a legendary big-three of Sheryl Swoopes, Cynthia Cooper and Tina Thompson. All of them averaged double-digit factors per sport throughout Houston’s ultimate three titles. Cooper received the WNBA MVP award in 1997 and 1998, whereas Cooper received in 2000.

Houston’s run got here to an finish in 2001 after posting a 19-13 document and shedding to the Los Angeles Sparks — who received the championship that season — within the Western Convention Semifinals.

No group arguably dominated a decade within the NBA just like the Bulls within the Nineties. Led by Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen, Chicago recorded two separate three-peats, the final of which got here in memorable vogue towards the Utah Jazz.

The Bulls received lower than 60 video games simply as soon as of their championship-winning common seasons. In 1995-96, they set an NBA-record with 72 wins within the common season. Remarkably, Chicago solely appeared in a Recreation 7 as soon as throughout each its three-peat runs. The tide turned in 1999, nevertheless, because the Bulls underwent a significant overhaul. Jordan retired, whereas different key members of the franchise moved on, together with former head coach Phil Jackson. Consequently, Chicago went 13-37 within the lockout-shortened season.

If a three-peat solidifies a dynasty, then the Islanders’ four-peat left no room for interpretation as to who ran the league within the early ’80s.

These groups — which touted the likes of Denis Potvin, Mike Bossy, Bob Nystrom, Bryan Trottier, Clark Gillies and Billy Smith — led the Islanders to the franchise’s first Cup win in 1980. Then, they proceeded to observe up with three extra wins. They aren’t solely the final group to three-peat within the NHL, but additionally they’re one in all simply three four-peats which have occurred within the league’s historical past.

New York accomplished its three-peat in dominant vogue, with a four-game sweep of the Vancouver Canucks.

A dynasty inside a decade of your earlier dynasty? Certain, why not. No different NHL squad dominated each the common season and playoffs like these Montreal groups.

With legendary Scotty Bowman behind the bench and Man Lafleur scoring 50+ objectives in every of the 4 seasons, the Canadiens could not be stopped.

The Canadiens hoisted Lord Stanley’s Cup 4 years in a row, practically replicating the feat of the primary Montreal dynasty — apart from the rise of one other group’s dynasty and the retirement of key contributors.

Ten gamers from this dynasty went on to be inducted into the Hockey Corridor of Fame.

The Swingin’ A’s completely dominated the American League within the early ’70s, profitable 5 consecutive American League West Division titles and three American League pennants en path to their three World Collection titles.

The A’s made historical past with their three consecutive championships, changing into the primary group to three-peat in twenty years and the one MLB group apart from the Yankees to take action. Oakland’s reign included beating the Cincinnati Reds in seven video games in 1972, the New York Mets in seven video games in 1973 and the Los Angeles Dodgers in 5 video games in 1974.

4 members from the dynasty went on to be inducted into the Nationwide Baseball Corridor of Fame: Catfish Hunter (1987), Rollie Fingers (1992), Reggie Jackson (1993), and supervisor Dick Williams (2008). Out of the 4 Corridor of Famers, solely Fingers and Williams have been inducted with the A’s emblem on their plaque.

ESPN Analysis contributed to this story.