Cincinnati, perhaps the worst franchise in sports, has no such excuse.

Then when they don't win, they say: 'It's not because I run a bad franchise or made mistakes.

The Westshore stingers are arguably the worst franchise in the history of organized hockey.

The Browns finished with a 3-13 record, the franchise's worst.

Now the National Basketball Association's worst franchise will find out if its new leader is any better than his dismal predecessors.

A bad franchise develops a losing attitude that oozes through an organization.

Washington, however, is a bad team and a bad franchise.

Dungy turned around one of the worst franchises in sports but has not won a playoff game.

A loss would have sent them home with an 0-6 trip, the franchise's worst in 39 years.

After an 0-5-1 start - the franchise's worst - the inevitable speculation began to swirl.