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That's because many believe gracing a Madden NFL box is the surest path to the inactive list. Since announcer John Madden first ceded the cover of his eponymous game for the 1999 edition, one of the NFL's quirkiest subplots has been the "Madden Curse," which appears to leave the game's cover boys injured or ineffective the following season. "The jinx thing bites us every year," Chris Erb, a marketing director for the juggernaut video game, said in 2007. "I haven't told this to people, but I've got a bottle of champagne in my office that...
...cool teenage self (Efron) - could be the title of the young star's career. As basketball stud and dance master Troy Bolton, he headlined three editions of Disney's High School Musical: two wildly popular TV specials and a movie version that earned $251 million at the world box office. He also co-starred in the hit film Hairspray, a savvier, '60s high school musical...
...Knowles giving a head butt to the psychopathic blonde who's trying to kill her and steal her husband - to bring out the crowds on a spring weekend. Enough customers were transfixed by the fatal-distraction drama Obsessed to place it at the top of the weekend's box-office chart with a surprisingly robust $28.5 million, according to early studio estimates. The PG-13 thriller more than doubled the take of its nearest competitor, 17 Again, and earned nearly as much over the weekend as the total of the three other movies that opened in wide release...
...speeding freight train that was the Crimson then hit an untimely snag. as Smith was issued a penalty within the Hoosiers’ box. The ensuing shot was good, bringing the score to an insurmountable 9-7 with only 16 seconds left...
...that Dartmouth’s supporters may have suffered from selective memory—sophomore catcher Tyler Albright received the same call after being hit.“[The umpire] dug a hole for himself when Albright was called back, saying he was in the batter’s box,” Walsh said. “Part of that is [the rule against leaning into pitches] has become a point of emphasis in college baseball. They try to enforce it…which puts a whole lot of pressure on the umpires.”The situation heated...