Thursday, May 5, 2011

Mixed blessing

Controversial Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick lost out to Cleveland Browns running back Peyton Hillis as the athlete on the cover of this year's "Madden NFL" videogame, produced by Electronic Arts. Mr. Vick may not be too upset, though: being featured on the cover is widely believed to jinx one's season.
"The so-called Madden Curse is the stuff of legend, where players who make the cover of EA's football game find themselves injured or face career slumps," says the videogame website gameinformer.

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