The worst moments for sports fans in 2006

Kevin Hench / Special to FOXSports.com

Bad calls, bad players, bad coaching, bad management, bad teams. You dealt with all.

For all you do, the FOXSports.com Fan of the Year for 2006 is ... you.

You, the Houston Texans fan who watched in stunned horror as your team passed on once-a-generation phenom Reggie Bush and hometown hero Vince Young to select Mario Williams with the No. 1 overall pick.

You, the Dallas Mavericks fan who saw your team lose two games in the NBA Finals on two horrible calls, one impossibly ticky-tack, the other merely unconscionably wrong.

You, the Detroit Tigers fan who got punched in the stomach over and over as your pitchers were constantly confounded by simple comebackers in the team's World Series debacle.

You, the Seattle Seahawks fan, still reeling from the holding call on Sean Locklear, the phantom illegal-block-in-the-back call on a long punt return, the offensive pass interference call on Darrell Jackson and Ben Roethlisberger's non-breaking of the plane.

You, the New York Knicks fan who has watched Isiah Thomas do unspeakable things to your team and then outdo himself with a veiled threat to an opposing player right before a new-low-point-in-his-tenure brawl broke out.

You, the Boston Red Sox fan who watched Hanley Ramirez win NL Rookie of the Year and Anibal Sanchez throw a no-hitter while Josh Beckett got pounded to the tune of a 5.01 ERA.

You, the New York Yankees fan still waiting after three seasons for Alex Rodriguez's first big hit.

You, the Texas Rangers fan who roots for a team that made a deal to pay a huge chunk of A-Rod's salary in exchange for Alfonso Soriano, who now happens to play for the Chicago Cubs.

You, the diehard Phil Mickelson fan whose heart was sliced open by Lefty's slice on the 72nd hole of the U.S. Open.

You, the New York Mets fan whose team was poised for a run at a title when injuries ran though roughly half the pitching staff.

You, the Detroit Lions fan who saw William Clay Ford fire tens of thousands of people without terminating Matt Millen.

You, the Gonzaga basketball fan who watched your team choke away a 17-point lead against UCLA in the Sweet 16 and lose 73-71 as the Bruins scored the game's final 11 points.

You, the Oakland Raiders fan who had your loyalty and passion rewarded with Art Shell, Aaron Brooks and an offensive coordinator whose last job was running a bed and breakfast.

You, the U.S. soccer fan who saw your team's heroic nine-man effort against eventual World Cup champs Italy undone by an atrocious penalty call in the team's subsequent game against Ghana.

You, the Carolina Panthers fan who enjoyed the momentary thrill of being a trendy Super Bowl pick only to see your team fall on its face once the season began.

You, the Pittsburgh Steelers fan who thought your Super Bowl title defense would face stiff challenges from the Bengals and Ravens, only to be blindsided by a windshield and an appendix.

You, the Cincinnati Bengals fan who seems to get an arrest sidebar next to every game story.

You, the University of Michigan fan who can't figure out how the voters passed on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to have the Wolverines and Buckeyes meet for the national title.

You, the Kansas City Chiefs fan who watched Damon Huard go 5-3 as a starter with a 97.6 QB rating and then get benched when Trent Green (2-4, 76.0) returned from injury to lead the team right to the outer edge of the playoff bubble.

You, the Los Angeles Lakers fan who watched in horror as the Suns' Tim Thomas drained a 3-pointer to force overtime in Game 6 (and save the Phoenix season) that was eerily reminiscent of Robert Horry's Kings-killer in 2002.

You, the Oklahoma football fan whose Sooners lost out on a possible shot at the national title on a call that defies explanation against Orgeon.

You, the New York Giants fan who witnessed: A) your Captain Bligh coach undermined by his star players (Jeremy Shockey, Tiki Barber) who publicly questioned his coaching; B) a supposed team leader (Michael Strahan) take a public shot at a teammate (Plaxico Burress); and, of course, C) several public embarrassments on the field as the team lost five of six games after starting 6-2.

You, the Chicago Cubs fan who should be enjoying a dynasty right now but instead saw Mark Prior and Kerry Wood throw a combined total of 63 innings last season as your team finished last.

You, the Arizona Cardinals fan who thought this year was going to be different but found out the Cardinals were not what you thought they were but rather what they've always been.

You, the University of Connecticut basketball fan who watched a team for the ages featuring NBA first-rounders Marcus Williams, Rudy Gay, Josh Boone and Hilton Armstrong lose in overtime to George Mason in the Elite Eight.

You, the Houston Astros fan who was tempted and teased and taunted by Roger Clemens for months as your team was treading water, only to see him sign for a huge pile of dough and win a grand total of seven games, one more than he lost.

You, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim fan who watched your team miss the playoffs while 2005 Cy Young winner Bartolo Colon (1-5, 5.11) missed most of the season but never missed the buffet table.

You, the U.S. Olympic hockey fan who saw the spoiled pros complain about the amenities in Turin and get bounced by Finland in the quarterfinals.

You, the St. Louis Rams fan who saw your team burst from the gate 4-1, then get pole-axed by a last-second 54-yard Josh Brown field goal that started a downward spiral of seven losses in eight games.

You, the Washington Nationals fan who must be feeling a lot like a Washington Senators fan after watching the team finish 26 games out and then lose Soriano in free agency.

You, the Cleveland Browns fan who has watched Romeo Crennel go 10-20 in his first 30 games while other Bill Belichick disciples Charlie Weis and Eric Mangini have gotten immediate results with Notre Dame and the Jets.

You, the San Francisco Giants fan whose waning affinity for Barry Bonds will have to carry you through 2007 as the free agent departures of Jason Schmidt and Moises Alou relegate the team to non-contender status.

You, the Pittsburgh Penguins fan who has perhaps the potentially most dynamic duo in NHL history in Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin and yet may have to wave goodbye to the team, which is now considering a move.

You, the Seattle SuperSonics fan whose team is losing its way through a long goodbye to the city.

You, the Alabama football fan whose team fell to 6-6 one season after going 10-2, whose school fired its coach with five years remaining on his contract and whose program, it turns out, is no longer one of the highly-coveted coaching positions in the country.

You, the Phoenix Coyotes fan — we know you exist — who has watched the Great One endure a gambling scandal and coach the Not-Very-Good Ones to last place in the Pacific Division.

You, the Los Angeles Clippers fan whose team has fallen back to earth and last place after going 47-35 last season and pushing the Suns to the brink in the second round of the playoffs.

You, the Newcastle United supporter who has seen your side decimated by injuries to — get this — Michael Owen, Damien Duff, Kieron Dyer, Scott Parker, Titus Bramble, Emre, Nolberto Solano, Tim Krul, Shola Ameobi, Olivier Bernard, Craig Moore, Stephen Carr, Steve Harper, Charles N'Zogbia and Antoine Sibierski.

You, the Charlotte Bobcats fan who winced with drafter's remorse as No. 3 overall pick Adam Morrison was held to one field goal in four straight games while shooting 4-for-34 from the floor.

You, the Philadelphia 76ers fan who lost Allen Iverson but got to keep Chris Webber.

You, the Philadelphia Flyers fan whose once-proud franchise set a team record for consecutive losses while burrowing its way to the bottom of the NHL.

You, the Philadelphia Phillies fan who saw your team surrender at midseason by giving away Bobby Abreu, then make an astonishing late-season run, only to have the surge halted when a Chase Utley home run was ruled a foul ball, leading to a one-run loss.

You, the Philadelphia Eagles fan who not only had to watch Donovan McNabb go down to injury for the fourth straight season but also had to endure Terrell Owens leading the NFL in touchdown receptions.

You, the Philadelphia sports fan, for enduring a year's worth of calamity (Almost makes you want to boo Santa Claus).

And why are you deserving of the title, Fan of the Year? Because you'll be back for more missed calls, mistreatment and misery in 2007.