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Revenge of the "Curse of 370"

Updated: June 28, 2011, 4:05 PM ET
By Tristan H. Cockcroft | ESPN.com

Editor's Note: This article was originally published in June 2010. We are bringing it back in archive form for your convenience.

Funny thing about curses: Most are harder to break than you think.

Ask Michael Turner's owners last season a little about the topic. Perhaps in no other place might you find more believers in the "Curse of 370," a theory created by Aaron Schatz of Football Outsiders which states that any running back who carries the football 370 or more times one ...

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