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This is a whole new year, and though hope springs eternal, the Boston faithful are saddled not just with the curse of the Bambino and a bullpen-full of reconstructed shoulders but with the added jinx of a Sports Illustrated story predicting a World Series victory for the Sox. No team ever on the cover of SI has won the title, but I'm sure the writers meant well. Superstition and all, everyone at the game Tuesday put aside the disappointment of the last 82 years (or was perhaps feeding off of it) and stood to cheer another chance...

Author: By Susannah B. Tobin, | Title: Stirred by the Air | 4/13/2000 | See Source »

...your typical rock and roll show: vibrators, flaming drumsticks, a random Bosstone. Valiantly trying to shake off the one hit wonder jinx was Orange County, Calif., pop rock group Lit-they of the insanely catchy "My Own Worst Enemy." The teenybopper crowd was more than receptive...

Author: By Alan Yang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Flames, Sex Toys and Rock & Roll with Lit | 3/3/2000 | See Source »

...going to go. I don't to jinx anything but I will go tomorrow. Thesis first, then job, then graduation," said Elizabeth S. Grossman...

Author: By Keramet A. Reiter, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Seniors Begin Celebration of Final 100 Days | 3/1/2000 | See Source »

...that their first feature is headed for $100 million at the domestic box office, Myrick and Sanchez have just one sure thing ahead of them: the sophomore jinx. They describe their next film, a comedy called Heart of Love, as "Mad Mad Mad World meets Monty Python meets Airplane! meets the stupidest movie you've ever seen." Could it tank? Of course--like most indie or studio films. "We know we're gonna bomb," says Sanchez. "We're gonna live with that bomb and nurture it and then watch it explode...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Blair Witch Craft | 8/16/1999 | See Source »

Riley would now face the nagging, persistent questions of the Miami press. Would he really rebuild his club around Mourning, as he promised? Would that mean the departures of Tim Hardaway, Jamal Mashburn or others? And would he admit to the now-epidemic New York jinx...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, | Title: The Shot Finally Falls: Houston Provides Unlikely Game-Winner | 5/17/1999 | See Source »

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