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...luck dates back to the beginning. In 1998, San Francisco 49ers running back Garrison Hearst was the first person other than Madden to appear on the cover of the game, which debuted in 1989. During the playoffs, Hearst suffered a severe broken ankle that torpedoed not only that season but the following two as well. The following year's cover boy, Detroit Lions RB Barry Sanders - who only appeared in a silhouette behind Madden - announced he would be hanging up his spikes before training camp...
Alexander wasn't exactly right. San Diego Chargers RB LaDainian Tomlinson declined the offer in 2007, though not because he was superstitious; Tomlinson's reps weren't swayed by the reported $100,000 to $200,000 deal EA Sports, the game's manufacturer, offers players for use of their likeness. But even among a group renowned for being superstitious - athletes have tried to bust slumps by donning women's underwear, eating the same meal each day and performing elaborate foul-line rituals - talk of a Madden Curse doesn't seem to have caught much traction. And for good reason. Most...
...been exposed to someone who has traveled in recent days, they are on high alert. Two of the three people with respiratory ailments, a 77-year-old woman and her 4-year-old granddaughter, tested negative for H1N1. The third, a 27-year-old woman who had been to San Francisco, tested positive for a human influenza subtype, not swine flu. Rated "serious" on the government's influenza-alert scale, swine flu was named a notifiable disease on Monday, which means doctors are required by law to report any suspected cases...
...delicate thing. "Initially, this sounds really good to people because we're all chipping in. It's almost like in World War II when housewives bought organ meat instead of steaks and chops to save meat for the boys," says Mitchell Lee Marks, a professor at San Francisco State University's College of Business. "There's a sense of camaraderie and loyalty. But what if you don't win the war? Then why did we do that...
...considered to be moral or ethical"? Another probable cause of the suicides: maybe recruiters feel overwhelming guilt for being part of a system that sends recruits into a horrible, senseless war that they themselves experienced. I hope your story helps make some changes in this system. Dolores Perez Priem, SAN FRANCISCO...