Winless for 7 straight seasons, Detroit ultimate frisbee team finds strength in perseverance

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Winless for 7 straight seasons, Detroit ultimate frisbee team finds strength in perseverance
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Over the last seven years, the Detroit Mechanix have lost every single game, marking the longest losing streak in U.S. professional sports history.

Madison, Wisconsin — On a recent weekend, the Detroit Mechanix, a professional ultimate frisbee team, was getting ready for some exercise in futility. For try as they might, the Mechanix will almost certainly lose to the Madison Radicals.The goal of ultimate frisbee to pass a disc down the field to score points. But you don't need to know how to play this sport to feel for this Mechanix team of the Ultimate Frisbee Association.

He says he's thought of firing himself 'multiple times.''And I wish I could,' Steepe said. 'Nobody wants to step up and do this job.'So, every weekend May through July, Steepe and his players — who all have other jobs — carpool across the country to lose at the hands of someone new.But as badly as the Mechanix want this streak to end, over the years they've also come to the profound realization that for every loss, there's a gain.

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