<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/a4cf897d-2752-4c20-85c4-fa5598174935/29BFCBB3-AE66-4BE2-B2E4-759C04C18397/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/beware-the-curse-of-madden/1353249" href="http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/beware-the-curse-of-madden/1353249" style="font-size: 11px;">videogames.yahoo.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/beware-the-curse-of-madden/1353249"><H2>Beware the Curse of Madden</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/beware-the-curse-of-madden/1353249"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/videogames.yahoo.com/img/5650506F-59A4-4CBC-A2A3-41F872F8324C" alt="Madden Box" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/beware-the-curse-of-madden/1353249"><P class="caption">Does the curse persist?</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/beware-the-curse-of-madden/1353249"><P>Sports curses (aside from the one that looms over the <A target="_blank" href="http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=curse+of+the+billy+goat&cs=bz&fr=buzz">Chicago Cubs</A>) aren't real. But try telling that to the football players who have graced the cover of John Madden's videogame only to suffer injuries shortly thereafter.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/beware-the-curse-of-madden/1353249"><LI class="first"><A target="_blank" href="http://maddennfl.easports.com/home.action">2010</A>: Troy Polalmalu -- injured for three to six weeks.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/beware-the-curse-of-madden/1353249"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A target="_blank" href="http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/splash/m/madden09/default.htm">2009</A>: Brett Favre -- no injury, but as <A target="_blank" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Polamalu-out-three-to-six-weeks-with-a-knee-Madd?urn=nfl,188760">Yahoo! Sports</A> points out, he did "become insufferable."</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/beware-the-curse-of-madden/1353249"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A target="_blank" href="http://www.gamepro.com/games/xbox360/131001/madden-nfl-08/">2008</A>: Vince Young -- injured one game and played poorly.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/beware-the-curse-of-madden/1353249"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A target="_blank" href="http://games.easports.com/madden07/">2007</A>: Shaun Alexander -- injured for six games due to broken foot.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/beware-the-curse-of-madden/1353249"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A target="_blank" href="http://games.easports.com/sports/madden06/index.jsp">2006</A>: Donovan McNabb -- injured for seven games.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/beware-the-curse-of-madden/1353249"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A target="_blank" href="http://cube.ign.com/objects/620/620936.html">2005</A>: Ray Lewis -- missed one game.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/beware-the-curse-of-madden/1353249"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A target="_blank" href="http://www.mobygames.com/game/madden-nfl-2004">2004</A>: Michael Vick -- injured for 11 games due to broken leg.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/beware-the-curse-of-madden/1353249"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madden_NFL_2003">2003</A>: Marshall Faulk -- out for six games.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/beware-the-curse-of-madden/1353249"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A target="_blank" href="http://madden2002.ea.com/">2002</A>: Daunte Culpepper -- missed five games.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/beware-the-curse-of-madden/1353249"><A target="_blank" href="http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=troy+polamalu&cs=bz&fr=buzz">Troy Polamalu</A> is the latest star to experience the so-called "<A target="_blank" href="http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/09/11/polamalu-out-madden-curse-strikes-again/">Madden curse</A>." </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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