The SI Cover Curse
Submitted by podizz on Wed, 11/25/2009 - 08:56
Tags:
- 3•5•2001 Days after Nomar Garciaparra of the Boston Red Sox appeared on SI's cover, it was announced that he had split a tendon in his right wrist.
- 8•13•2001 Oregon State, SI's preseason college football No. 1, lost 44-24 to Fresno State in its opener and finished 5-6.
- 11•26•2001 The run of Nebraska QB Eric Crouch for the Heisman trophy hit a speed bump the day after Thanksgiving, when Colorado obliterated the Cornhuskers 62-36.
- 12•10•1990 In BYU's next game, the Holiday Bowl with Texas A&M, Ty Detmer throws one interception and separates both shoulders as the Cougars lose 65-14.
- 9•30•1991 Heating Up? On this date Ramon Martinez and the Dodgers have a two-game lead in the NL West. Martinez loses his next two starts, and the Dodgers finish the season a game behind the Braves
- 8•30•1993 In his first five games after SI's College Football Preview Florida State kicker Scott Bentley muffs seven extra points.
- 8•16•1993 In the month following CEO Phil Knight's appearance, Nike's six-year streak of record earnings ends, its stock plummets, hundreds of employees are laid off, and 37 high school players who had partaken of Nike's hospitality find their eligibility imperiled.
- 6•5•1995 Three days after his appearance Giants third baseman Matt Williams, then the league leader in home runs, batting average and RBIs, fouls a pitch off his right foot and breaks it, forcing him to miss 2 1/2 months.
- 10•2•1995 Mo Valuable? Mo Vaughn gets the cover treatment as the Red Sox enter the playoffs. He goes 0 for 14 in the Indians' three-game sweep of Boston
- 8•9•1982 Here Come Dale Murphy and the Atlanta Bravees? The Braves drop 14 of 15 games in the aftermath of Dale Murphy's appearance. He has a stretch of 6 for 31 to help the streak along.
- 12•6•1982 The Redskins are THE UNDEFEATED -- until they play the Cowboys that week and lose 24-10.
- 8•8•1983 In the first Monday Night Football broadcast after Howard Cosell's cover, the ABC commentator causes a tremendous outcry when he refers to Redskins wide receiver Alvin Garrett as "that little monkey."
- Borrowed from SI.com
http://definitivedose.com