The Boston Red Sox once endured the infamous “Curse of the Bambino”. For 86 years, sports fans in Boston blamed their team’s trade of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees during the 1919-20 offseason for a championship drought.

Throughout the history of the curse, numerous documentaries were filmed, books were written and comedy skits were developed detailing its depths. Its mystique created material for comedians (Dennis Leary) nicknames for athletes (“Bucky F’n Dent”) and its ultimate reverse caused re-writes of Hollywood chick flicks (“Fever Pitch”).

Since following the 2004 ALCS, when the Red Sox overcame a 3-0 best-of-seven deficit to defeat the Yankees and go on to win a World Series title (again in 2007), the Babe no longer curses Beantown.

Well, at least not that “babe”.

Enter, Gisele Caroline Bündchen.

She’s a Brazilian model, actress, former socialite and now the (much) better half to New England Patriots quarterback, Tom Brady. Tom and Gisele were married in February of 2009. The super-couple began dating in 2006 when Tom was on top of the football world.

Like a Tom Brady-led 4th quarter drive, his relationship with Gisele could not be stopped. Not by their successful careers, the bothersome media or even a positive pregnancy test from his former and famous girlfriend, Bridget Moynahan.

When he and Gisele became a couple, Tom was only a year removed from a Super Bowl XXXIX championship (played on February 6, 2005). It was his third world title with, what seemed back then, more rings to follow. But in the 2006 postseason, his Patriots would blow an 18-point lead and lose to the eventual winners of SB XLI, the Indianapolis Patriots.

In 2007, Brady would break more passing records and lead New England to the NFL’s first ever 16-0 regular season. And everything seemed as fine as half-naked Bündchen in a bundle of bed sheets.

But, just like this photograph is to rest of us men in the world…

It was all just a big tease

After leading victories in 12 of the first 13 playoff games which he started, Brady has lost 3 of his last 5.

Tom Brady in the postseason:
First 12 games - 5 interceptions
Last 6 games - 10 interceptions

Pick up your head Tom, at least you spend the offseason with a supermodel