Michael Fabiano goes through every cover athlete since the birth of the popular game in 1999, trying to determine whether there was a curse or a coincidence.

If you're a football fan, there's hardly a chance you haven't heard of the "Madden" curse. The apparent and infamous jinx goes like this: The player featured on the cover of EA Sports' annual NFL video game is doomed to encounter something vile: a ...

Matthew Stafford is the reigning MVP and would've been a great choice for the "Madden 27" cover, but EA went with Caleb Williams instead.