The Madden Curse Lives

The fine people at ESPN profiled the many victims of the Madden Cover Curse which, according to reports, is about 248% more dangerous than the SI Cover Curse.

Check out the video game franchise's brief history of football despair.

Personally, I absolutely do believe the Curse exists and I have only the 49ers' ineptitude to thank that Madden's Evil Eye hasn't targeted any player wearing the red and gold. (I think I just jinxed Patrick Willis).

Kobe Jumps over an Aston Martin

... well, not really. But it's in the realm of possibility after the Black Mamba has proved himself capable of carrying the Lakers to the Pacific Division title despite a rash of injuries to Andrew Bynum, Pau Gasol, Trevor Ariza, Luke Walton, Vladimir Radmanovic, Derek Fisher, and of course Kobe himself.



The tightest Western Conference race in history isn't over yet and Sunday's Lakers-Spurs game will go a long way towards settling the final seedings.

If the playoffs were to start today, the Lakers would be playing the Mavericks in the first round -- a match up the Purple and Gold should look forward to. The Lakers hold a 3-1 advantage this season and all three wins have come after Jason Kidd's addition to the Dallas squad.

After the first several games of the season I had predicted a wash of a season for the Lakers but Kobe and friends have gone out and not only secured a playoff spot but also locked up the division title. That might not be as incredible as jumping over a car but it's pretty darn close.