Is There A Madden Curse?

Linda writes "GamerDad looks at the 'Madden Curse' for those featured on the front cover of the videogame, year by year, and talks about how it might have come a bit early this year: 'Sports fans know about the Sports Illustrated cover curse (athletes that grace the cover tend to get hurt, really bad, a lot) but a lesser known curse is the one caused by EA Sports' powerhouse Madden franchise. It began just a few years ago when EA took the big lug himself off the cover.'" There's another good synopsis of previous cover stars' woes at the AJC.com site, after Mike Vick of the Atlanta Falcons, this year's star, broke his leg at the weekend.

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Same thing for NHL

[daeley]

I think the same thing may very well go for the EA Sports NHL series as well. Off the top of my head:

2003: Jerome Iginla - awful 02-03 season (by his standards).

2002: Mario Lemieux - awful Penguins 02-03 season, plus injury-plagued.

2001: Owen Nolan - injury-plagued, trapped on also-ran Sharks for years. Unable to save Maple Leafs' during playoffs last year.

2000: Chris Pronger - out with injuries for most of 02-03.

1999: Eric Lindros - Concussion Boy; also, Lung Filling With Blood Boy.

1998: Peter Forsberg - Had to have spleen removed last year.