Giants’ Darius Slayton: ‘Dating a Kardashian’ the scariest curse in sports

New York Giants WR Darius Slayton (tongue-in-cheek) believes “dating a Kardashian” is the worst curse in all of sports.

If one of the Kardashian’s suddenly become available, do not expect New York Giants wide receiver Darius Slayton to shoot his shot.

This past Friday — Friday the 13th — SportsCenter posed a very simple question: “What’s the scariest curse in sports history?”

Some of the answers were obvious. There was, of course, the Madden curse and the “Drake wearing your team’s jersey” curse. There were also others suggested, like just playing in Minnesota (terrible sports history there). And for fans of the New York Giants, there were references to the infamous Miami boat trip.

In fact, that boat trip came up a second time over the weekend.

But the aforementioned Slayton had a different line of thought when it came to the worst sports curse. His answer came at the cross-section of sports and entertainment.

“Dating a Kardashian,” he tweeted.

“The Kardashian Curse” is something that has evolved over the years and does not sit well with the clan, including Kendall Jenner, who has been very outspoken about the curse.

“What I don’t like about this narrative is that the blame is on us. I think the men need to take that responsibility. It’s almost offensive, personally,” Jenner told Maxim of the athletes who have faltered after dating a Kardashian or Jenner.

Among the professional athletes to date a Kardashian or Jenner are Kris Humphries, Lamar Odom, Tristan Thompson, James Harden, Ben Simmons, Reggie Bush, Miles Austin, Derrick Ward, Matt Kemp and Devin Booker.

For many of those players, they struggled during and after dating within the Kardashian. And for some, they never recovered from the dreaded “Kardashian curse.”

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Just how much did Reggie Bush own Notre Dame?

With Reggie Bush and USC ending their disassociation, it felt like the proper time to relive just how much Bush crushed Notre Dame. Yikes.

Over the years there have been plenty of foes who Notre Dame could not get the number of.  With ESPN reporting that USC is expected to end Reggie Bush’s ten year disassociation from the school, it felt like the proper time to painfully relive some of Bush’s accomplishments at Notre Dame’s expense.

Years before Kim Kardashian was getting countless plastic surgeries she was dating Reggie Bush. And years before that he was as incredible of college football player as I’ve ever watched.

So just how well did Reggie Bush perform against Notre Dame during his three years at USC?

Bush’s Career game log vs. Notre Dame:

2003: 45-14 USC
Rushing: 6 att, 89 yds, TD
Receiving: 1 rec, 38 yds

2004: 41-10 USC
Rushing: 8 car, 25 yds
Receiving: 1 rec, 69 yds, TD

2005: 34-31 USC
Rushing: 15 car, 160 yds, 3 TD
Receiving; 4 rec, 35 yds

All-together:
3-0 record with USC outscoring Notre Dame by a combined score of 120-55.
Rushing:  29 car, 274 yds (9.4 ypc), 4 TD
Receiving: 6 rec, 142 yds (23.6 ypr), TD

All of that and Reggie Bush’s most memorable play in college football’s greatest inter-sectional rivalry was a play that he didn’t even touch the ball during.

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One day I’ll get over that.  Just not today.

Welcome back, Reggie.

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