| SPORTS S U P E R S T I T I O N S |
| -Wade Boggs ate chicken before every baseball game he played in -Racecar driver Christian Fittipaldi attached a rubber duck to the hood of his million dollar car to give him good luck in races in the rain -Two time Super Bowl winner coach George Seifert wore a lucky blue sweater every Monday, ate Chinese food every Tuesday, refused to step on the helmet painted on the practice field, and ran a ritual lap around the locker room without a shirt on before every game -Baseball manager Tommy Lasorda always ate linguine before a game. Red clam sauce if the team was facing a righty pitcher, white if it was a lefty -Phil Rizzuto, the Yankees shortstop, put a wad of gum on his hat and only took it off when the team lost -Olympic speed skater Bonnie Blair ate a PBJ before she raced (she won five gold medals) |