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Vince Young discredited the Sports Illustrated jinx by appearing on the cover of Sports Illustrated twice during Texas' National Championship season. [4] Emmitt Smith appeared on the cover the same week the Dallas Cowboys won Super Bowl XXVIII. In the America's Game documentary, Smith recalled that he adamantly wanted off the cover for fear of ...
Sports Illustrated cover jinx; T. Talladega Jinx This page was last edited on 9 November 2024, at 05:16 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Elle Macpherson holds the record for most swimsuit issue covers, with five Tyra Banks was the first African American swimsuit issue cover model Camille Kostek landed a solo cover in 2019 after being scouted in the issue's first ever open casting call This is the chronological history of cover models for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue has grown from ...
In June 2014, the prestigious spot on the cover of Sports Illustrated went to the Houston Astros, who were at the time coming off of three consecutive seasons with 105 losses or more and sitting ...
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Michael Jordan was incensed by Sports Illustrated's coverage of his baseball career, and the author of the infamous article regrets it.
The 1987 Indians would fall well short of SI's bold prediction. They were not above .500 even once all season, and an 8–20 May ended any realistic hope of contention. They finished 61-101, the worst record in all of baseball. The season would go on to be associated with the Sports Illustrated cover jinx.
A sports-related curse is a superstitious belief in the effective action of some malevolent power, that is used to explain the failures or misfortunes of specific sports teams, players, or cities. Teams, players, and cities often cite a " curse " for many negative things, such as their inability to win a sports championship, or unexpected injuries.