Shaun's Holy Servant

Even the child-like optimism of Shaun Alexander - coupled with the around the clock prayer-a-thon with his family and friends - wasn't enough to heal the MVP running back's broken foot in less than a week. Maybe he should try sticking his foot in a rainbow, or better yet a bowl of liquid sunshine.

Now I'm not one to discount prayer as a powerful device, I've seen it work with my own eyes, but why is it that every professional athelete thinks that God is their personal prayer monkey - a primary source for healing every physical wound and brushing away every felony charge?

Alexander explained that the swelling was down in his foot, that there was less blood near the bone. It's almost as though God enabled the body to have a natural healing process that, over time, miraculously healed an injury.

Then again, Shaun has a reason to be optimistic; how many veteran running backs can say they've never missed a game due to injury (put your hand down Shaun, you're still not playing on Saturday).

Believing that God will heal your every scrape and shattered pelvis is as batty as believing that the cause of Alexander's injury is the Madden video game curse.

But come to think of it, there's much more evidence supporting the Madden curse.