So who is the "Madden Curse" on for this year? Well, the new version is due in storyes on August 14th and features dooms not one but two players and they are....drum roll, please....Arizona
Cardinals WR Larry Fitzgerald and Pittsburg Steeler Troy Polamalu.
READ MORE BELOW ABOUT THE 'MADDEN CURSE'
The Madden Curse is said to be the most reliable one in professional sports, bedeviling any player featured on the cover of EA Sports' Madden NFL.
Gerald Villoria at GameSpy was quick to present the evidence that both players better watch their backs, ankles, toes, ACLs and mouths this season. Here's part of Villoria's list of the trouble that curses Madden NFL cover boys:
1999: Garrison Hearst was the first player ever on the cover. After posting his best career year, he snaps his ankle, then makes inflammatory, homophobic statement to the press in 2002.
2000: Barry Sanders, a week before training begins, suddenly retires, even though he was closing in on Walter Payton's all-time rushing record. Dorsey Levens ends up on the game cover, only to be released by the Pack shortly thereafter. Ends career with a whimper.
2001: Eddie George fumbles in the playoffs, costing the Titans the game. Never had another 1,000 yard season. Nagging toe injury commonly blamed for performance issues.
2002: Daunte Culpepper posts his worst career year after being on the cover.
2003: Marshall Faulk, after winning two Super Bowls and making the cover, injures his ankle and misses five games, ending the season with under 1,000 yards.
2004: Michael Vick fractures his fibula in preseason and misses 11 games. Now he's doing time for doing bad things with dogs.
2006 - Donovan McNabb suffers a sports hernia in first game of the season and later suffers a torn ACL.
2009: Brett Favre comes of retirement to play for the NY Jets and injures his shoulder, keeping the Jets out of the playoff hunt.
We all know what happens when you DATE Diddy...(i.e. Kim Porter, his new baby momma in Atlanta that he only brings out on special occasions, and lawd hammercy on Cassie with her half-a-bald head), but what happens when you WORK for Diddy.
