Sports guarantees can be so fun — until they spoil all hope

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Mark Messier of the New York Rangers celebrates after guaranteeing the victory against the New Jersey Devils in Game 7 of the 1994 Eastern Conference Finals on May 27, 1994. Getty Images North America

We want colorful. We want outspoken. We want confident. We want swagger. We want over-the-top far more than under-the-radar. And all of that is perfectly lovely.

But there is always a flip side to that:

You’d better deliver.

You’d better be right.

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