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Madden… And a shitload more.</p><img src="https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2022/07/01/vick.7a0e69c5.jpg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75" class="fr-fic fr-dib bs-image" draggable="true" alt data-image-provider data-image-author data-image-direct data-image-tracking data-image-id="3i7ohPGNdBl8VPoSoRtoOZIv" srcset="https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2022/07/01/vick.7a0e69c5.jpg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=320 320w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2022/07/01/vick.7a0e69c5.jpg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=480 480w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2022/07/01/vick.7a0e69c5.jpg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=640 640w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2022/07/01/vick.7a0e69c5.jpg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=750 750w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2022/07/01/vick.7a0e69c5.jpg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=828 828w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2022/07/01/vick.7a0e69c5.jpg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=1080 1080w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2022/07/01/vick.7a0e69c5.jpg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=1200 1200w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2022/07/01/vick.7a0e69c5.jpg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=1920 1920w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2022/07/01/vick.7a0e69c5.jpg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=2048 2048w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2022/07/01/vick.7a0e69c5.jpg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=3840 3840w" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 776px" loading="eager" style="aspect-ratio:1.8083832335329342;width:100%"><p>But one I never heard of is the "Curse of Ramsey", in which celebrities die within hours of Welsh footballer Aaron Ramsey scoring a goal. </p><div class="hq-image"><video autoplay loop muted playsinline alt><source src="https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/giphy/2022/07/01/04f913b5.gif?format=mp4&profile=high&level=5.0" type="video/mp4"><source src="https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/giphy/2022/07/01/04f913b5.gif?format=jpg" type="image/jpeg"></video><span class="image-attribution">Giphy Images.</span><div id="Article-Ad-Placeholder" data-union-ad></div></div><p>The phenomenon has been brought up after such high-profile deaths of historical pricks like Ted Kennedy, Osama bin Laden, and Muammar Gadaffi. Alleged pedophile, <a href="https://www.thethings.com/fans-are-deeply-uncomfortable-about-paul-walkers-relationship-with-jasmine-pilchardgosnell-heres-why/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Paul Walker</a>.  As well as Steve Jobs, Whitney Houston, Robin Williams, David Bowie, Alan Rickman, Nancy Reagan, Chester Bennington, Gregg Allman, Roger Moore, Stephen Hawking, Burt Reynolds, Mac Miller, George H. W. Bush, and Luke Perry. </p><p>I am not sure if you believe in any of this shit, but millions of people do, and we go over the most absurd curses we could find on this week's Twisted History…</p><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:100%"><a data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/hY0db23?_showcaption=true" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lytYS11aSPI&utm_source=barstoolsports&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=blog&utm_term=63390_102_i-have-an-idea...-stop-scoring-goals&utm_campaign=barstoolsports_referral_blog_63390_102_i-have-an-idea...-stop-scoring-goals"></a></div></div></div><p>Give it a watch and take a report.</p><p>-Large</p></body></html>

<p>Sports are chock-filled with curses and superstitions.</p><p><video autoplay loop muted playsinline alt><source src="https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2022/07/01/giphy.9633f9df.gif?format=mp4&profile=high&level=5.0" type="video/mp4"><source src="https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2022/07/01/giphy.9633f9df.gif?format=jpg" type="image/jpeg"></video></p><p>Most are common knowledge: The Bambino… The Billy Goat… The Cover of Madden… And a shitload more.</p><img src="https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2022/07/01/vick.7a0e69c5.jpg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75" class="fr-fic fr-dib bs-image" draggable="true" alt data-image-provider data-image-author data-image-direct data-image-tracking data-image-id="3i7ohPGNdBl8VPoSoRtoOZIv" srcset="https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2022/07/01/vick.7a0e69c5.jpg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=320 320w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2022/07/01/vick.7a0e69c5.jpg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=480 480w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2022/07/01/vick.7a0e69c5.jpg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=640 640w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2022/07/01/vick.7a0e69c5.jpg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=750 750w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2022/07/01/vick.7a0e69c5.jpg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=828 828w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2022/07/01/vick.7a0e69c5.jpg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=1080 1080w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2022/07/01/vick.7a0e69c5.jpg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=1200 1200w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2022/07/01/vick.7a0e69c5.jpg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=1920 1920w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2022/07/01/vick.7a0e69c5.jpg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=2048 2048w, https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2022/07/01/vick.7a0e69c5.jpg?fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=85%2C75&width=3840 3840w" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 776px" loading="eager" style="aspect-ratio:1.8083832335329342;width:100%"><p>But one I never heard of is the "Curse of Ramsey", in which celebrities die within hours of Welsh footballer Aaron Ramsey scoring a goal. </p><div class="hq-image"><video autoplay loop muted playsinline alt><source src="https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/giphy/2022/07/01/04f913b5.gif?format=mp4&profile=high&level=5.0" type="video/mp4"><source src="https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/giphy/2022/07/01/04f913b5.gif?format=jpg" type="image/jpeg"></video><span class="image-attribution">Giphy Images.</span><div id="Article-Ad-Placeholder" data-union-ad></div></div><p>The phenomenon has been brought up after such high-profile deaths of historical pricks like Ted Kennedy, Osama bin Laden, and Muammar Gadaffi. Alleged pedophile, <a href="https://www.thethings.com/fans-are-deeply-uncomfortable-about-paul-walkers-relationship-with-jasmine-pilchardgosnell-heres-why/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Paul Walker</a>.  As well as Steve Jobs, Whitney Houston, Robin Williams, David Bowie, Alan Rickman, Nancy Reagan, Chester Bennington, Gregg Allman, Roger Moore, Stephen Hawking, Burt Reynolds, Mac Miller, George H. W. Bush, and Luke Perry. </p><p>I am not sure if you believe in any of this shit, but millions of people do, and we go over the most absurd curses we could find on this week's Twisted History…</p><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:100%"><a data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/hY0db23?_showcaption=true" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lytYS11aSPI&utm_source=barstoolsports&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=blog&utm_term=63390_102_i-have-an-idea...-stop-scoring-goals&utm_campaign=barstoolsports_referral_blog_63390_102_i-have-an-idea...-stop-scoring-goals"></a></div></div></div><p>Give it a watch and take a report.</p><p>-Large</p>

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