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Some sports fans don’t believe in sports curses but others are completely convinced that a good sports curse should be to blame for the lack of success of their favorite team. There are many curses out there that have been holding back teams and fans alike for decades. Some good examples are: the curse of the Bambino, the Madden curse, the Billy Goat curse, the William Penn curse and a few others. One of the most prominent sports curses is the curse of the Colonel. In 1985, after the Hanshin Tigers won in the Japan Champion Serios, some Tiger fans stole the statue of Colonel Sanders from a nearby Kentucky Fried Chicken and threw it in a canal. During the next seventeen years, the Tigers had a really bad streak and finished last in most of these years. Everybody thought that their lack of success was due to the Colonel’s anger for the disrespect in throwing his statue. The statue was recovered in 2009, ending the bad omen.