Top 20 Sports Scandals of all Time
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Scandals are dark sport in sports history. They undermine what makes the sports great and bring to light some of the terrible judgment. There will always be scandals, as we are humans and will continue to make mistakes. Here is a list of the Top 20 sports scandals of time.
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1.
New England Patriots Spygate
87 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
2.
Barry Bonds
Roid King
74 points - added 12 years ago by redbarron80 -
3.
The Black Sox Scandal
The Black Sox Scandal includes eight players who were caught throwing the series against the Cincinnati Reds. Although they weren’t found guilty in the courtrooms, they were banned from baseball.
26 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
4.
The Kerrigan Attack
21 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
5.
NYC Point-Shaving Scandal
On January 18, 1951, it seems as if the college baseball had collapsed as new came out about the massive point-shaving and gambling scandal reached the public. The scandal involved an amazing 32 players, many of which were incredible athletes for their respective programs.
17 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
6.
Nelson Piquet Jr.
At the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix event in 2008, the Renault team maybe a terrible and potentially fatally decision by ordering their driver to intentionally crash his car. The crash allowed his teammate to win, but put his life and other drivers in danger.
17 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
7.
Ben Johnson
The Summer Olympics of 19988 witnessed Ben Johnson win the 100 meter dash with a personal best time of 9.79 seconds. However, when traces of steroids were found in his urine, Ben was forced to give up his medal.
16 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
8.
SMU Death Penalty
14 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
9.
Mike Tyson’s Bite
14 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
10.
New York Giants 1951
13 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
11.
Lebon and Cinzano
12 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
12.
Baseball Steroids Era
12 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
13.
Rosie Ruiz
10 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
14.
Danny Almonte
9 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
15.
Kobe Bryant Sexual Assault
8 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
16.
Tim Donaghy
8 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
17.
Those Cheatin’ Gophers
7 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
18.
2000 Spanish Paralympics Basketball Team
6 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
19.
Albert Balle
2 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
20.
Jim Thrope
-4 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
21.
Pete Rose
Pete Rose was an incredible baseball player with hall of fame worthy numbers. However a few years after his retirement as a player and during his stint as a manager, information starting coming out that he placed bets on games. Ultimately Pete Rose was banned from baseball and the hall of fame and lost the respect of fans.
-6 points - added 13 years ago by kris - 1 comment
Comments:
he bet on games, big deal, about 100 record holders took massive amounts of steriods
Added 12 years ago by redbarron80, 13 points
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