Egotastic
Holy crap, 132 million dollars is a lot of money. That's what all-everything wide receiver Calvin 'Megatron' Johnson just got from the Lions, with $60 million guaranteed. The deal is for seven years, and it makes the Lions legit contenders for the foreseeable future, like, around seven years.
Johnson led the league in receiving yards last season with 1,681, while QB Matthew Stafford threw for 5,038 yards with 41 TDs. Now with Megatron locked up until 2019, Lions fans finally have a reason to be optimistic at the beginning of the year, provided Stafford can stay healthy again. Read More »
Madden ’13 Cover (and Curse Victim) Down to Cam Newton and Calvin Johnson
For professional athletes, having your name and/or face on a product is typically a good thing. That generally means you are endorsing a product and basically making more money. Sounds like a good thing right?
Yes, unless it is the cover of the latest version of Madden Football.
Athletes are a superstitious lot, and for the NFL the dreaded Madden curse is one of the worst superstitions there is. While it may sound silly, ever since EA Sports took John Madden off the cover starting with the 1999 edition of the game something has happened to all but one of the cover boys.
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