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Auggie

(31,067 posts)
Sat Jun 7, 2014, 11:11 AM Jun 2014

Seahawks' Sherman to adorn Madden NFL 15 cover

Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman, who garnered national attention with his postgame rant after winning the NFC championship in January, will be the cover athlete for the "Madden NFL 15" video game that hits shelves Aug. 15.

Sherman and Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton were the finalists in the online voting at ESPN.com. Sherman becomes the second Seahawks player to grace the cover. Running back Shaun Alexander had the honor in 2007.

Some people believe becoming the cover athlete for the "Madden" video game carries a jinx. Since the game started featuring players on the cover in 2000, some of the winners experienced a bad year or injuries the season they appeared.


LINK: http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/11044771/richard-sherman-seattle-seahawks-named-madden-nfl-15-cover-athlete
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Seahawks' Sherman to adorn Madden NFL 15 cover (Original Post) Auggie Jun 2014 OP
Yes! Down he goes! KamaAina Jun 2014 #1
No problem Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2014 #5
There are no jynxes or at-least Madden, SI cover jynxs JonLP24 Jun 2014 #2
Maybe he can just be humbled ... Auggie Jun 2014 #3
I was hoping for Newton bigwillq Jun 2014 #4

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
2. There are no jynxes or at-least Madden, SI cover jynxs
Sat Jun 7, 2014, 04:40 PM
Jun 2014

Regression to the mean and injury rate is high in football to explain away this jynx

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