John's Blog

As if it's not bad enough that NFL players have to work in a dangerous, violent profession. They also must endure the Chunky Soup Curse, where players who appear in commercials for Campbell's Soup wind up going into a career tailspin or receiving a serious injury. Far from a sure thing, but I'd be avoiding it if I were in their shoes.

But the latest victim of the NFL's other bewitching Madden Curse appears to be Shaun Alexander. After appearing on the cover of this years' Madden video game, an injury in Sunday's game will have him missing the rest of the season with a broken foot. Although "Alexander believes in prayer, not curses" that doesn't seem to have been enough to have him avoid the same fate that's befallen every one that has appeared on the game's cover since Madden stopped appearing on it in 2000.

Here's a request for the good of everybody involved: Dear Mr. Madden, PLEASE, PLEASE hit the karma reset button and start putting your picture back on the cover! Let's stop the needless pain and suffering.

Tags: superstitions, games, football