Curse of the Bambino had been such a part of Boston culture that when a "reverse curve" road sign on Longfellow Bridge over the city's busy Storrow Drive was graffitied to read "Reverse The Curse", officials left it in place until after the Red Sox won the 2004 Series. After the Red Sox won the last game of the World Series that year, the road sign was edited to read "Curse Reversed" in celebration. Although it had long been noted that the selling of Ruth had been the beginning of a decline in the Red Sox' fortunes, the term "curse of the Bambino" was
Team Curse Curse, Inc. that it was dropping its title sponsorship of Curse eSports, after Riot Games (Riot) introduced new "League of Legends" Championship Series (LCS) regulations regarding sponsoring more than one team. On January 6, 2015, the organization merged with Team Liquid. Team Liquid absorbed Curse eSports' "League of Legends", "Street Fighter", and "Super Smash Bros. Melee" rosters, the corresponding management staff, and Arhancet himself. Curse eSports had also previously fielded "Call of Duty", "", "Guild Wars 2", "Heroes of the Storm", "Infinite Crisis", and "" teams. On August 25, 2011, an unsigned "League of Legends" roster formally under unRestricted eSports