Ten years of SPORT

Decade in review

Data: Sports-Reference; Table: Andrew Witherspoon/Axios As the decade comes to a close, let's remember all the champions — and all the MVPs — of the last 10 years in the four major U.S. sports. Multiple titles: Patriots (3), Warriors (3), Giants (3), Blackhawks (3), Heat (2), Red Sox (2), Penguins (2), Kings (2). Multiple MVPs: LeBron James (3), Steph Curry (2), Tom Brady (2), Aaron Rodgers (2), Peyton Manning (2), Mike Trout (2), Miguel Cabrera (2). Note: MLB will announce its MVPs later this month, with Trout expected to win the AL award and Christian Yelich and Cody Bellinger the favorites in the NL. Fun facts: First-timers: 2019 saw a whopping three first-time champions (Nationals, Raptors, Blues), and the decade as a whole saw 11 (Saints, Seahawks, Eagles, Mavericks, Cavaliers, Astros, Kings, Capitals). City of Champions: Boston/New England saw one of its teams win a championship in six of the 10 years this decade (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019). Road team revenge: Between 1980 and 2013, not a single road team won a World Series Game 7 (0-9). Since 2014, they've won all of them (Giants, Cubs, Astros, Nationals). West > East: In both leagues that are split between West and East (NBA and NHL), the Western Conference won six titles while the Eastern Conference won four. Still kickin': Of all the MVPs listed above, all but three — Peyton Manning, Josh Hamilton and Henrik Sedin — are still playing.