Kansas City Chiefs fall short in joining other three-peats across sports - ESPN

The Kansas City Chiefs fell just short of rare air after falling 40-22 in Super Bowl LIX on Sunday.

A Chiefs victory would have made them the first NFL team to win three straight Super Bowls. Kansas City did make some history in just getting to New Orleans, though — it is the first team to make it to a Super Bowl after winning back-to-back Super Bowls.

Across the NBA, MLB, NHL and WNBA, there have been 14 instances when a team has won three straight titles. Since 1970, that number is limited to just eight.

Here's a look back at each team across the NBA, MLB, NHL and WNBA to win three straight championships since 1970.

Led by Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, the Lakers strung together three straight NBA titles to kick off the new millennium.

Los Angeles won no more than 56 games in each regular season, including 67 in 1999-00 — the second-most in franchise history. The Lakers found similar success in the postseason. They went a combined 45-13 spearheaded by a dominant 15-1 record in the 2001 playoffs.

That didn't carry over in the 2002-03 season when Los Angeles went 50-32 and then lost in the Western Conference semifinals to eventual champion San Antonio Spurs.

The Yankees started the 21st century just as they ended the previous one — as World Series champions.

New York started its three-peat with a franchise-record 114 regular season wins, then went 11-2 in the post season to win a title. Similar success followed in 1999 — a 98-64 regular season record and 11-1 run in the playoffs — but the Yankees clawed to win their third straight.

They finished with an 87-74 record then went five and six games, respectively, in the ALDS and ALCS. However, New York dispatched the New York Mets in five games of the Subway Series.

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