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From Drought To 'Title-Town': Why Boston Fans Remain Insatiable

The Boston Bruins hope to add yet another championship to Boston's collection when they take on the St. Louis Blues in Wednesday's Stanley Cup Final.
The amount of wins Boston has taken home over the past few years doesn't diminish the city's craving for more.

A warning to readers, this story may induce nausea in some sports fans, particularly those outside Boston.

As the Boston Bruins and the St. Louis Blues face off in the deciding Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday, Boston is also vying to become the first team in nearly a century to hold three major sports championship titles at the same time. The Boston Red Sox and New England Patriots are already reigning champs. And the prospect of a third team winning too is fueling fans' already outsized egos in Boston, while prompting eye-rolls elsewhere.

It's almost hard these days to remember Boston fans as what they

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