Curse of the Bambino amassing five World Series titles. After the sale, they went without a title for nearly a century as the previously lackluster Yankees became one of the most successful franchises in North American professional sports. The curse became a focal point of the Yankees–Red Sox rivalry over the years. Talk of the curse as an ongoing phenomenon ended in 2004, when the Red Sox came back from a 0–3 best-of-seven deficit to beat the Yankees in the 2004 American League Championship Series (ALCS) and then went on to sweep the St. Louis Cardinals to win the 2004 World Series. The curse
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