Funny Curses to Say to Sports Fan

The Funniest Curses in Sports

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Whether you really want to believe in them or not, sports always find a way to show us that maybe, quite possibly, curses do exist.

From Babe Ruth's exit from the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees to other famous instances of weird phenomenons, there are no explanations for why or how bad things happen to teams, but they, seemingly, always do.

Go ahead and write these off as nothing more than being paranoid, but I believe that the funniest curses have some merit.

The Lil B Curse

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Prior to his beefs and hexes on NBA stars Kevin Durant and James Harden, few fans may have known who rapper Lil B actually was.

After Durant tweeted out in 2011 that he couldn't listen to the rapper's album, Lil B replied with a tweet of his own, putting a curse on the former league MVP that said KD would never win an NBA title—which he's still looking to do.

More recently, Lil B went after Durant's former teammate, James Harden, who, after using a "cooking" gesture after big shots during this past season's playoffs—which is, apparently, something the rapper has done for years— and saying he didn't know who the rapper wasgot a curse thrown at him, too.

Lil B was nice enough to lift the vibes from Harden, but the Durant one is still very real—and I can't help but wonder which player might be next.

The Talladega Jinx

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Known for its fast races and insane crashes, Talladega Superspeedway has also had more than its fair share of wild stories, with drivers admitting there's something that's just off while behind the wheel at Talladega.

Built in 1969, a strange number of weird happenings have occurred ever since, with many believing the curse looming over the track is absolutely real.

In fact, in 2009, a local medicine man came by to help lift the curse.

With the track built on top of a former Native American reservation—in which the occupants were forced out by then U.S. President Andrew Jackson—could it be the tribe's spirits? Possibly.

The Curse of the Super Bowl Host

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Another crazy stat that might just be a terrible curse: In the 49 NFL seasons that have played a Super Bowl, not once has the home team competed in the big game.

With the location predetermined years in advance by the league, you would think that somehow, in some way, a team would find itself playing on its home turf for the chance at a Super Bowl title.

Lo and behold, though, no franchise ever has—which some fans are probably happy about so not to give one side a home-field advantage in the biggest game of the NFL season.

With Super Bowl 50 being played in Levi's Stadium in San Francisco to conclude this season, the pressure is on the San Francisco 49ers to end this curse once and for all.

The Masters' Par-3 Curse

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This one might be more of a crazy stat than a curse, but most PGA golfers might not agree with that notion.

Since 1960, Augusta National Golf Course—host of the Masters Tournament each year—has hosted a Par-3 tourney prior to the big course taking center stage to declare a winner of the green jacket.

And each year that the Par-3 tournament has taken place, no winner from the laid-back event has ever gone on to win the Masters in the same year, which is actually a pretty insane thing to think about considering this first started 55 years ago.

The Curse of the Honey Bears

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When original Chicago Bears owner George Halas died in 1983, his daughter took over the franchise and wanted to make a few changes.

Making changes she thought were subtle, Virginia Halas McCaskey may have inadvertently started a curse on her team.

McCaskey removed the cheerleading squad, the Honey Bears, reportedly in order to get back to "blood and guts football," according to the Chicago Tribune.

How about this as a "coincidence?" The last season the Honey Bears stood on the sidelines at Soldier Field was 1985. Turns out that, yep, that was also the last time Da Bears won a Super Bowl, too.

It may not be anything, but don't be too sure to dismiss it.

The Cleveland Curse

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Growing up near Cleveland and being a longtime fan of the city's teams, I can tell you that any curse Cleveland sports have been hit with are, in fact, true.

Whether it's the curse of Rocky Colavito, Chief Wahoo or something more unexplainable that haunts the Cleveland sports scene, no major Cleveland sports team has won a championship since 1964, and there has to be a reason why.

Sure, bad draft picks by the Browns don't help, but with close calls in title rounds by the Cavs and Indians, something in the water just isn't right in the city by the lake.

Madden Cover Curse

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Ever since the 1999 season, when the popular football video game Madden NFL started featuring a player on the cover, there has always been a stigma that comes with it.

That's because many of the players shown on the cover either got injured or had seasons that saw their production drop.

Whether it was Michael Vick, the 2004 cover boy, suffering an injury during preseason, Donovan McNabb, the 2006 cover boy, missing seven games that season after admitting to ESPN.com he didn't believe in the curse, or former quarterback Vince Young's rapid decline after scoring the 2008 cover, there are tons of concerns when EA Sports tabs you as their next star—although recent years haven't seen such bad luck.

Still, look out, Odell Beckham Jr.

The Drake Curse

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He might be one hell of a rapper, but Drake has a bit of a bad stigma that follows him any time he shows up at a sporting event.

The most recent example is his presence at girlfriend Serena Williams' semifinals match at last week's U.S. Open, where the greatest women's tennis player ever and favorite in the tourney dropped her match to unranked Roberta Vinci, ending Williams' quest for a calendar Grand Slam.

When you consider Drake also may have had a cursed hand in the Seattle Seahawks' loss in the Super Bowl, the Kentucky Wildcats' men's hoops team's lone loss of the season in the Final Four, and LeBron James' Cleveland Cavs' untimely injuries that led to an NBA Finals loss, you may believe this one a little bit more.

The Curse of the Billy Goat

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For 106 seasons now, the Chicago Cubs haven't won the World Series. Hell, not since 1945 has the team even played in the Fall Classic—and some attribute that to a damn billy goat.

That's not to say it's not real, though.

When Cubs fan William Sianis—who owned the Billy Goat Bar in Chicago at the time—showed up to the turnstiles with his pet billy goat to watch Game 4 of the 1945 World Series, then Cubs owner Philip Wrigley personally had the two ejected because of complaints from other fans.

Furious that he was removed, Sianis declared, "The Cubs ain't gonna win no more."

Wouldn't you know it, the dude was right, as the Cubbies dropped the next three games to the Detroit Tigers, losing the series and still looking to return to the World Series.

Maybe 2015 will have it happen for you, Cubs fans.

Sports Illustrated Cover Curse

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It's one of the most famous and well-known sports curses ever, but it's pretty silly to think that having a team or player on the cover of longtime magazine Sports Illustrated would lead to bad luck.

For as long as many sports fans can remember, if SI chooses to put your favorite athlete or franchise as the eye candy to sell mags, it is expected to end poorly.

Of course, one man who didn't seem too affected by any of this is Michael Jordan, who, after appearing on the cover of SI 49 times in his NBA career, still wound up having a pretty solid resume, if you ask me.

Still, that doesn't mean some won't go to great lengths anytime they see themselves on the cover.

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