She pitched a story about it for ESPN The Magazine, and upon its publication, the Madden Curse was born. I’ve never been a gamer myself, but the Madden game, when I was in college, my roommates were obsessed with it." “I’d grown up with the Sports Illustrated cover curse,” Roenigk said. Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes graced the cover of Madden 20. Mahomes became the second Madden cover athlete to win the Super Bowl, but when Rob Gronkowski won it with the Patriots in 2017, he missed the game with an injury.

Source: Washington Post February 03, 2020 19:54 UTC