Word: jinx
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...Nation knew the team was doomed after Sports Illustrated put Pedro on its cover, predicting the long-tortured club would win its first World Series since World War I. This year, a smug Derek Jeter and his fat cat Yankees are the beneficiaries of SI's cover jinx. Even though Nomar will have surgery this week for a wrist injury that flared up after he appeared in the buff on a SI cover in February, the Yankees will ultimately feel SI's wrath...
...Jeremy Taggart. The post-grunge band's 1995 debut, Naveed, was met with immediate commercial and critical success north of the border, and established the band's status as the pride and joy of the Canadian alt-rock scene. OLP's 1997 effort, Clumsy, avoided the dreaded second album jinx and, in addition to its quadruple-platinum status in Canada, led to the band's breakthrough in the U.S. with the catchy, angst-ridden singles "Clumsy" and "Superman's Dead." The band's muscular, guitar-driven melodies and their reputation for solid live performances won them rave reviews...
...Edwards swats away questions about presidential aspirations, it may be because he doesn't yet have a record; he has never passed a serious bill. Another obstacle to running in 2004 is that he will be facing a re-election jinx; no incumbent has won his Senate seat since Sam Ervin, in 1968. To make sure he will, Edwards spends recesses touring parts of the state that haven't seen a Senator in years, even decades...
...this Sunday's contest in Tampa, about all I want is a well-played game, plenty of canned beer and some tasty dip. I'm not sure if Modell's longtime association with the Browns and inarguably rotten karma will jinx the Ravens. But it doesn't really matter to Browns fans like me - all we'll see is yet another shade of suffering: Modell and his championship Baltimore Ravens in football ecstasy...
...impossible not to [think about last year]," Murphy said. "But, I don't want to hear any of this stuff about jinx or destiny baloney. Technically, [Splendorio] shouldn't be able to block the kick from that distance. It wasn't much more than an extra-point...