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Brazilian soccer fans flooded Philadelphia ahead of a World Cup match, celebrating their team with chants and colors—but left the Rocky statue untouched, defying tradition to avoid the dreaded “Rocky curse.” Believers in the superstition, which claims dressing the statue brings bad luck, even had a fan group warn against it. With Rocky staying in his classic trunks and boots, the crowd’s respectful silence revealed how deeply sports superstitions can shape behavior, even across oceans.

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