EA Sports x Reebok - Madden 20th Anniversary Recline PH Sneakers

With the release of Madden NFL ‘09 this week I thought I’d spotlight a sweet new collaboration from Reebok honoring the hit video game’s 20th anniversary. No details are known yet about this extremely limited edition shoe’s release or price, but I am sure this will be an extremely popular sneaker for both football fans and video game aficionados.


The coolest part of this shoe is that it includes a collage of Madden Football video game covers on its outer shell. I just hope the Madden cover jinx doesn’t affect wearers of these sneakers like it has the professional athletes who adorn its covers. This year’s cover features the immortal Brett Favre in his Green Bay Packers jersey. At first this seemed like a smart way for EA to avoid talk of the dreaded cover jinx, and yet now it seems to have already struck and we didn’t even realize it.

Could the Madden cover jinx be behind all of the problems between Favre and Green Bay? I’m inclined to think so. Because while Favre is not hurt yet, he is now wearing a Jets jersey and what could be worse than that? I’m kidding Jets fans! Either way if I was a New York Jets fan I’d be really worried about my new starting QB now that he’s on the cover of Madden ’09.

Thanks Favre The Memories

The great Brett Favre retired yesterday and it’s a sad day for the NFL. Yes the league will be fine and will probably still grow in popularity for years to come, but the NFL’s elder statesman and the face of not only the Green Bay franchise but the entire league has left the field for good. If Favre has in fact played his final game at Lambeau Field it’s a real shame. After the year Favre and the Green Bay Packers had this season I had no doubt Favre would return for his 16th season in the league. Alas it was not meant to be and Brett Favre retires with 1 Super Bowl victory, 3 NFL MVP awards (an NFL record) and a slew of records including Most Career Passing Yards, Most Career Passing Touchdowns, Most Wins by a Starting Quarterback and Most Consecutive Starts by a Quarterback.

I’ve always thoroughly enjoyed watching Favre play and will miss seeing him lead the Packers on the field. I just hope the seesaw of will he or won’t he retire is finally over and Brett will be able to ride off into the sunset for good. That way we can celebrate his achievement on the field and debate his place in history as we wait the requisite five years until this surefire first ballot Hall of Famer is enshrined in Canton at the Pro Football Hall of Fame.