{"id":4999,"date":"2012-04-28T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-28T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.195.175\/index.php\/2012\/04\/28\/calvin-johnson-wins-vote-for-madden-video-game-cover\/"},"modified":"2012-04-28T04:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-04-28T04:00:00","slug":"calvin-johnson-wins-vote-for-madden-video-game-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodworldnews.org\/index.php\/2012\/04\/28\/calvin-johnson-wins-vote-for-madden-video-game-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"Calvin Johnson Wins Vote for Madden Video Game Cover"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-4998\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.195.175\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/780149ddfa09fbd86eb140fe6810d770.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: espn.go.com\" class=\"caption\" title=\"Calvin Johnson on Madden's cover\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 17px; color: #333333; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 17px; color: #333333; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">Fresh off a mega contract,\u00a0<a style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #225fb2; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/10447\/calvin-johnson\">Calvin &#8220;Megatron&#8221; Johnson<\/a>\u00a0has landed the coveted cover of &#8220;Madden NFL 13.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 17px; color: #333333; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">The\u00a0<a style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #225fb2; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/det\/detroit-lions\">Detroit Lions<\/a>\u00a0wideout beat out second-year Panthers quarterback\u00a0<a style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #225fb2; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/13994\/cam-newton\">Cam Newton<\/a>\u00a0for the honor. The vote was announced Wednesday afternoon on &#8220;SportsNation&#8221; on ESPN2.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 17px; color: #333333; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 17px; color: #333333; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a%20href=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RWkt793NdJwhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RWkt793NdJw\/a\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=&lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RWkt793NdJw&quot;&gt;http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RWkt793NdJw&lt;\/a&gt;<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"mod-container mod-no-footer mod-inline content-box floatright mod-no-header-footer\" style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; width: 261px; clear: both; float: right !important; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; border: 0px initial initial;\">\n<div class=\"mod-content\" style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding: 2px; margin: 0px 0px 6px 0px; border: 1px solid #c2c2c2;\">\n<h4 style=\"border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; position: relative; border-bottom-color: #c2c2c2; border-bottom-style: solid; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 2px; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 0px; margin: 0px 7px 0px 7px;\">SportsNation: Megatron on Madden<\/h4>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 17px; color: #333333; margin: 10px; padding: 0px 0px 4px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"floatright\" style=\"outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; float: right !important; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 4px 8px;\" src=\"http:\/\/assets.espn.go.com\/i\/sportsnation\/logos\/espn_sportsnation_80.gif\" alt=\"SportsNation\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" border=\"0\" \/>After nearly 20 million votes, Calvin Johnson beat Cam Newton for the honor of appearing on &#8220;Madden 13.&#8221;\u00a0<br \/>\u2022\u00a0<a style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #608fd6 !important; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/nfl\/photos\/gallery\/_\/id\/7847213\/ea-madden-13-cover-winner#\/4\/\">Megatron gallery<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #608fd6 !important; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/sportsnation\/feature\/madden2013cover\">Final vote<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 17px; color: #333333; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 17px; color: #333333; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">Johnson, who won by garnering 52 percent of the more than 651,000 votes cast in the competition, said he was &#8220;shocked&#8221; by the decision.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 17px; color: #333333; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">&#8220;Man, it&#8217;s great,&#8221; a smiling Johnson said. &#8220;Just to see yourself on this Madden (cover) and seeing all the guys that have been on Madden? C&#8217;mon, man.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 17px; color: #333333; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">Although hugely popular, the video game carries the stigma of a &#8220;Madden Curse.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 17px; color: #333333; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">Running back\u00a0<a style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #225fb2; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/11461\/peyton-hillis\">Peyton Hillis<\/a>, then a member of the\u00a0<a style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #225fb2; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/cle\/cleveland-browns\">Cleveland Browns<\/a>, won the fan vote last year, but was plagued by injuries and controversy in a hectic 2011 season. Hillis said before winning the &#8220;Madden NFL 12&#8221; cover that he wasn&#8217;t afraid of the curse, but after rushing for just 587 yards last season, Hillis said in December that he now believes in the cover jinx.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 17px; color: #333333; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">Johnson is coming off a spectacular season in which he caught 96 passes for a league-best 1,681 yards and 16 touchdowns. He became the third player in NFL history with at least 95 receptions, 1,600 yards and 15 touchdowns in a season, joining\u00a0<a style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #225fb2; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/12\/jerry-rice\">Jerry Rice<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #225fb2; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/1433\/randy-moss\">Randy Moss<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 17px; color: #333333; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">The Lions, who made the playoffs last season for the first time in a dozen years, rewarded the former No. 2 overall pick with an eight-year deal worth up to $132 million dollars in March.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 17px; color: #333333; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"mod-inline image image-right\" style=\"border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; color: #333333; float: right; border-left-color: #c2c2c2; border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 1px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px;\">\n<div style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; width: 288px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; border: 0px initial initial;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/photo\/2012\/0425\/sn_e_mega_cr_288.jpg\" alt=\"Calvin Johnson\" width=\"288\" height=\"162\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/p>\n<div style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; width: 288px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\"><cite style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; display: block; color: #ababab; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 4px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">Joe Faraoni for ESPN.com<\/cite>Calvin Johnson, center, won the Madden cover by garnering 52 percent of the more than 651,000 votes cast in the competition.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 17px; color: #333333; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 17px; color: #333333; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">Newton set the NFL on fire in his rookie season despite taking a crash course in mastering an NFL offense after a lockout wiped out most of the offseason. After being taken with the No. 1 overall pick in last April&#8217;s draft, the quarterback that led Auburn to its first national title revitalized the Panthers, setting an NFL record for rushing touchdowns in a season by a quarterback (14) and becoming the first player in league history to throw for 4,000 yards and rush for 500 in the same year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 17px; color: #333333; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">The former Heisman Trophy winner was then named the AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year after the season.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 17px; color: #333333; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">Other players to have appeared on the cover of the EA Sports game include\u00a0<a style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #225fb2; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/548\/marshall-faulk\">Marshall Faulk<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #225fb2; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/2549\/michael-vick\">Michael Vick<\/a>,<a style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #225fb2; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/964\/ray-lewis\">Ray Lewis<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #225fb2; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/112\/brett-favre\">Brett Favre<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #225fb2; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/2580\/drew-brees\">Drew Brees<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 17px; color: #333333; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">The competition for the cover drew nearly 20 million votes, with Johnson beating out\u00a0<a style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #225fb2; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/10467\/dwayne-bowe\">Dwayne Bowe<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #225fb2; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/12497\/arian-foster\">Arian Foster<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #225fb2; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/13229\/rob-gronkowski\">Rob Gronkowski<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #225fb2; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/8439\/aaron-rodgers\">Aaron Rodgers<\/a>\u00a0before the final showdown with Newton.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 17px; color: #333333; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 17px; color: #333333; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;\">ESPN News Services. &#8220;Calvin Johnson Wins Madden Vote&#8221; ESPN. 25 April 2012. Web.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;\">View original article at ESPN.com:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/7855439\/calvin-johnson-detroit-lions-wins-madden-13-cover-vote-carollina-panthers-cam-newton\">http:\/\/espn.go.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/7855439\/calvin-johnson-detroit-lions-wins-madden-13-cover-vote-carollina-panthers-cam-newton<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Fresh off a mega contract,\u00a0Calvin &#8220;Megatron&#8221; Johnson\u00a0has landed the coveted cover of &#8220;Madden NFL 13.&#8221; The\u00a0Detroit Lions\u00a0wideout beat out second-year Panthers quarterback\u00a0Cam Newton\u00a0for the honor. 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