In the pantheon of great sports trophies, the World Cup’s hardware faces some stiff competition when it comes to pure aesthetic appeal.
The grueling effort required to win soccer’s top prize is also rivaled by the demands made by trophies in other sports on the respective clubs competing for them.
The golden trophy that 32 countries are competing over in Brazil at the moment looks remarkably (OK, reasonably) like a shorter version of the Larry O’Brien trophy won Sunday by the San Antonio Spurs.
The Spurs finished off the Miami Heat to win the NBA championship after an 82-game regular season and four playoff rounds.
In pro hockey, the Los Angeles Kings won the Stanley Cup this postseason but took a record 26 playoff games to do it (and 16 wins through four series).
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