Many can choose to believe in luck, curses, hexes and the like. I personally believe more in blessings and punishments than good and bad luck. However, some curses are worthy of mention and note. Here are five of these such curses.
1. The Kennedys
The Kennedys may not only be one of America's most prominent families, but also one that has had a run of bad luck, scandal and death. Most are familiar with President John F. Kennedy being assasinated 50 years ago. Five years later, his younger brother, Robert, suffered the same fate. In the mid 1940s, their brother and sister, Joseph and Katherine, were both killed in separate plane crashes. The list goes on of all the tragedy and heartbreak in this family. The most notable was perhaps in 1999 when John F. Kennedy Jr. and his young girlfriend, were both drowned after their plane crashed. Money can buy a lot of things, but the Kennedys have proven it cannot stop life from occuring.
2. The Bambino
This is a curse that lasted 86 years for the Boston Red Sox. Babe Ruth was traded to the Yankees in 1919. The Red Sox went all those decades without winning a World Series, while the Yankees went on to win a record 26 in that span. They suffered lots of tragedy as a franchise. Carlton Fisk's blunders, Tony G's early career ending injury and of course Bill Buckner in 1986. However, the Red Sox overcame all of this in 2004 by beating those Yankees, then sweeping the Cardinals to break their World Series streak. They have won two more titles since. It appears there is no more Bambino curse.
3. The Chicken Curse
The University of South Carolina Gamecocks has had several awesome athletes come through their program, but never could win a national title in a team sport. That is until Ray Tanner lead the baseball team to three consecutive College World Series finals , and winning in 2010 and 2011. The football team has become more prominent, winning huge games, having a school record for wins and bowl game wins, and winning five straight over their state rival Clemson Tigers. This is another curse that appears to be a memory.
4. Heisman Curse
For years, it seemed the winner of the Heisman Memorial Trophy for the most outstanding college football player hasn't had a good career after college. We all know how OJ Simpson turned out. Earl Campbell can barely walk. Many were NFL busts, such as Andre Ware, Danny Wuerfell and recently Tim Tebow. It appears Cam Newton may be helping end this curse, at least for quarterbacks. He's having a great NFL career thus far with the Carolina Panthers and is improving yearly. Now we're counting on Johnny Manziel to live up to his talk and succeed in the pros.
5. Disney
It seems that for a while, many former Mickey Mouse club members and child Disney stars have had rough adult lives. Among those include Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus, Vanessa Hudgins, and others. They peaked as teenagers, and have now become dysfunctional at some point. Fortunately those such as Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera have avoided this fate.
Whether or not you subscribe to the theory of curses and cursed lives, these five definitely give you something to think about.
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