Curse
121Curse of Billy Penn — Philadelphia City Hall, with statue of William Penn at top of tower The Curse of Billy Penn was an alleged curse used to explain the failure of major professional sports teams based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to win championships since the… …
122Curse of Tippecanoe — The term Curse of Tippecanoe (also known as Tecumseh s Curse, the Presidential Curse, Zero Year Curse, the Twenty Year Curse, or the Twenty Year Presidential Jinx) refers to the pattern where from 1840 to 1960 each American president who won an… …
123Curse of the pharaohs — Pharaoh s Curse redirects here. For the video game, see Pharaoh s Curse (video game). The Royal Cobra (Uraeus), representing the protector goddess Wadjet , atop the mask of Tutankhamun The curse of the pharaohs refers to the belief that any… …
124Curse of Rocky Colavito — The Curse of Rocky Colavito is a phenomenon that supposedly prevents the Cleveland Indians baseball team from winning, be it the World Series, the American League pennant, reaching postseason play, or even getting into a pennant race. Its origin… …
125Curse of the Black Sox — The Curse of the Black Sox (also known as the Curse of Shoeless Joe ) (1919–2005) was a superstition or scapegoat cited as one reason for the failure of the Chicago White Sox to win the World Series from 1917 until 2005. As with other supposed… …
126Curse of the AstroTurf — The Curse of the AstroTurf refers to a long running combinatorial streak of bad decisions, bad trades, and bad seasons that the Houston Astros Major League Baseball organization has encountered since their move to the artificial turf (known as… …
127Curse of Muldoon — Pete Muldoon, the namesake of the curse The Curse of Muldoon was an alleged curse that supposedly prevented the Chicago Black Hawks (the team s name at the time) of the National Hockey League from finishing in first place, either in their… …
128Curse of Turan — The Curse of Turan (Hungarian: Turáni átok) is a belief that Hungarians have been under the influence of a malicious spell for many centuries. The curse manifests itself as inner strife, pessimism, misfortune and several historic catastrophes.… …
