Claude Giroux named "NHL 13" cover athlete, but will he be "cursed"?

The speculation and apocrypha surrounding "cover curses" in sports go back at least as far as the "Sports Illustrated cover jinx." In the age of video games, the "Madden Curse" has taken up the mantle as the most hotly-debated superstition in sports marketing.

By Dave Gilmore

June 21, 2012