Woes continue for game's cover boys

0 Comments | USA TODAY, August, 2008 | by Thomas Emerick

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Can Favre reverse the 'Madden Curse'?

Maybe Brett Favre should reconsider -- again. After all, he is on the cover of Madden 09. That cued countless fretting over what incarnation the "Madden Curse" would take this year.

Surveying the cyber-ponderings:

*"Madden Curse Favre from Over" at GotGame News: "The curse seems to have a way of simply keeping players off the field; in Favre's case it appears to be preventing him from playing at all."

*"The Madden Curse Strikes Again" at NFL FanHouse: "The Madden Curse has clearly struck again, as Brett Favre has decisively ruined his reputation worse than any other retired quarterback who doesn't want to kiss you. ... Stop yourself, Mr. Favre. You don't know what these Madden...