Word: jinxes
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...took every opportunity to point it out. A short time later, Bucholz’s teammates hoisted him in the air to celebrate the no-hitter, and my friend went home—as always—a shamed Orioles fan. I was convinced. The Sports Illustrated cover jinx? Please. Ten days after the magazine featured Eli Manning on its cover, the little brother overcame a brutal postseason history to win the Most Valuable Player award in the Giants’ Super Bowl win. So the Harvard women’s basketball team will have to excuse me for pointing...
...doesn’t come close to his thematically similar 1990 song “The Product,” but this song and its accompanying video are iconoclastic and ambitious enough to keep any longtime fan hopeful. The days of West Coast MC genius over Sir Jinx beats are long gone, but Cube is slowly getting rid of the fluff and getting back to his roots. —J. Samuel Abbott
Mike Huckabee's campaign manager, Chip Saltsman, stopped shaving last week, like a superstitious quarterback not wanting to jinx the big game. He will be wearing a lucky baseball cap on caucus night, and a pinky ring with a smiley face on it. "It reminds me to be happy," he says...
This year, Shelomi has not altered his ways in the least. His bracket remains clothed in secrecy, as it is a priceless commodity for any ESPN pundit. But they can’t have it. He does not want to jinx his great power...
...deficit, even when Fraser broke his stick and was forced to rely on just his body for defensive purposes. “Coach Bobby Jay has done a great job with our penalty kill,” Donato said. “I don’t want to jinx him, but that’s three games in a row without [allowing a power play goal]—and that’s three darn good offensive hockey teams.” The Crimson earned its best man-advantage chance of the opening period when Colgate winger Mike...