The list was originally published by Forbes which is primarily a business publication and not a newspaper. This topic is usually outside their scope. I suspect they didn’t poll sports fans, and so they polled an inordinate number of Americans who don’t care about sports and who only dimly recall that an athlete named Michael Vick did something heinous to dogs. There’s no reason to take this poll at all seriously.
Here is why Sean Avery belongs on the list.
This is absolutely the most chickenshit behavior I’ve ever seen in pro sports.
mmm
ETA: Notice at 0:28 - even his own player tells him he’s being a dick.
My first impression was that Bonds and Clemens were missing… amazing how they’ve dropped from public view so quickly.
And where is Allen Iverson?
Why? Did you have a big bet on the Steelers in whatever Super Bowl it was when O’Donnell threw two interceptions straight to the Dallas DB Larry Brown, because otherwise I don’t get it.
Who?
Formula One racing legend Michael Schumacher, I’m assuming.
Yep, that’s exactly why. He threw the game.
Not to extend the slight hijack, but only one of the two passes was his fault. The other pass was a timing route, and the receiver cut the wrong way.
Still, O’Donnell made Larry Brown a very rich man. So someone will always love him.
I want to like F1, but the entire race having about 6 passes just does me in. You’ll have to tell most Americans why Schumacher is to be hated.
Some people, such as Jos Verstoppen, liked Michael. But no one, including Jos, liked his younger brother Ralf.
I thought Schumaker retired, which is why he wouldn’t be on the list (if he ever would have been).
He came back. And he’s very cheaty.
<raises hand>
If you’re going to cheat your way into a victory, then at least try not to be the most egotastic douchebag in the world about your greatness.
And speaking of South American’s hands, on Monday, I bet Suarez would have made the list. Probably not so much now that it’s a moot point. But he’s still probably not very popular in Africa.
This.
Just when I think Steeler fans may not be knuckleheaded haters, I actually read what one says.
Ugh. What a jerk! :mad:
Can’t we keep OJ on the list for, like, ever?
Or Ty Cobb, for that matter. A towering asshole who just happened to be a helluva ballplayer: ESPN.com: He was a pain ... but a great pain
From Sean Avery’s wikipedia entry:
awesome…
I’m not surprised by Tiger Woods being number 1; he is the most recent news and people have the memory of goldfish. I am surprised by the exclusion of Barry Bonds.
Jose Canseco is a colossal asshole. He does steroids, then rats out others while pretending to take the high road (an continues to do drugs after coming out). He’s an egotistical abuser with money management problems. When he was on the Simpsons, his character selflessly helps a woman save her belongings, and this is purportedly because he was pissy if his character wasn’t heroic.