Who's on your top ten list of douchebags across the world of sports for this year?
10) Fedor Emelianenko—Fedor is listed in top ten MMA moments as well, but it doesn’t stop us from rounding out the top ten of the Sports Douche’s of 2009. Why didn’t he join UFC? Really? He’s overhyped as the baddest MMA fighter in the world, but he isn’t eager to fight the best there is. He has fought great fighters, but they weren’t in their peak form. There is no questioning his MMA skill, but is he really as good as the hype? Either way, he declined going into the ‘Major Leagues of the UFC’ and opted to fight in a less competitive Strikeforce organization. Is he more comfortable being a big fish in a little pond? You make the call…
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9) Sammy Sosa—What is Slammin’ Sammy doing these days? I don’t know…you tell me. The dude all of sudden went from ‘Thriller’ Michael Jackson to ‘Heal the World’ Michael Jackson within the past year. Something isn’t right here…
8) Tim Tebow—You’ve already won two NCAA national championships, a Heismann trophy, and a gang of other awards. The Florida Gators get stomped on by the University of Alabama in the SEC championship game and Tebow is caught on camera crying like a little baby. Do I sympathize? Not the least bit. Quit being a greedy douche and man up! To quote and paraphrase Tom Hanks: "THERE'S NO CRYING IN FOOTBALL!!!"
7) Michael Crabtree—Holding out for more money because he felt he deserved to be a higher draft pick than he actually was? What happened to being thankful for even being drafted by a team in the NFL? What happened to earning your keep and proving you’re worthy of more money? Talk about being a money hungry douchebag…
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6) Lamar Odom—This douche wins an NBA title with the LA Lakers in June, and it was said that he didn’t like being in the shadows of Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal. So what does this dude do? He surprises us all and married socialite Khloe Kardashian. (not the hot Kardashian either) Why man, why? You want to say it’s a publicity stunt, and it probably is a little bit. You can’t honestly say it’s going to last. Can you? They’re both douche-picable!
5) Steve Philips—MLB analyst and former Mets GM caught having an affair with a 22 year-old intern. Apparently, this was not the first time he’s done this in addition to being charged with sexual harassment in 1998. What a raga-douche!
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4) Brock Lesnar—Already listed in our top ten for MMA moments, Brock Lesnar acted like a total douche by getting right in Frank Mir’s face after winning the match. Instead of doing the sportsmanlike thing and giving Mir pound or something, he gets in his face and starts mouthing off. Then he flips off the crowd when they boo him. THEN, Lesnar disses the sponsor and talks about jumping on his wife after. (I didn’t see anything wrong with the latter, but critics had to add another wrongdoing to his douch-like behavior that night)
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3) Serena Williams—She acted like a fool during the US Open by cussing at an official and threatening her. She was ultimately fined something like $82,500 and I think possible suspensions if she acts up again. I like Serena but that wasn’t her best side. Talk about angerrrr!
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2) Rick Pitino—Head college basketball coach of the Louisville Cardinals gets ousted by some waitress about their affair together. What’s up with these people of fame slipping up and risking their success and legacy for stupid stuff like this? Was it worth it Rick? Really…
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1) Tiger Woods—A geek who can golf…well he only reinvented, or put life into the dull game of golf just over 12 years ago. He’s the sole reason anyone younger than 35 would even watch the sport of golf. He gave us all this image that he was perfect. Model wife, 2 children, happy marriage…BUT HE’S A PRO-ATHLETE WITH ALMOST A BILLION DOLLARS!!! He was the true Beauty and the Geek story. You don’t think for a minute that he’s living the dream he never thought he’d have?
All these women throwing themselves at him now that he’s the biggest sports icon on the planet would drive anyone to these transgressions right? Think about it…Tiger is a victim of his own success. He shouldn’t have gotten married, period. Just look at some of these other famous kats…Derek Jeter, George Clooney, Leo DiCaprio to name a few. Women thrown at their feet daily so why not sew their royal oats? The vows of marriage just aren’t for some folk…
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Good picks!
I hate the Kardashians and the Lakers so I think they should be higher up on the list.
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