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The Michael Vick injury just continues a new curse of the Madden NFL cover boy (Faulk, Culpepper and George have all gotten hurt or slumped the year of their appearance), which is itself an offshoot of the Chunky Soup curse (see Terrell Davis, Warner and McNabb have been hurt during their sponsorship runs). While baseball and basketball seem to be safe for now, hockey is now an issue after Jarome Iginla struggled last season. That's why folks down here in Atlanta are even more paranoid with Dany Heatley on the cover of NHL 2004. (I'm sure Alyson has a mixed reaction to that.)