Fox Lists 5 Unluckiest Sports Plays for Friday the 13th

1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Nov 13

Five infamous blunders and freak plays were spotlighted in a Friday the 13th roundup of sports' cruelest moments, led by Leon Lett's fumbled would-be Super Bowl touchdown in 1993.
The list framed bad luck as the theme, pairing execution errors with bizarre outcomes such as José Canseco turning a fly ball into a home run off his head and Cody Parkey's playoff "double doink."
Bill Buckner's 1986 World Series error and Auburn's 109-yard "Kick Six" return against Alabama rounded out the countdown, both cast as season-defining swings.
The article used the holiday's superstition to revisit how single plays can erase championship hopes or cement a player's legacy decades later.

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Were these infamous sports blunders truly caused by bizarre bad luck, or were they the inevitable result of extreme pressure?

How did team failures and blocked kicks turn into unfair, lifelong public curses for athletes like Bill Buckner and Cody Parkey?

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