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Let’s face it: the career of a professional athlete isn’t a very long one. Well, unless you’re playing golf. So many pro sportsmen look for other ways to make huge amounts of money once they can’t compete anymore. A popular choice for athletes is acting – the hours are short, the pay is great and they still get to be famous. Unfortunately, most jocks aren’t the best thespians, and in this feature we’ll rank the 10 worst athletes turned actors. Brian Bosworth “The Boz” was one of the quintessential 80s football players, with an absurd mullet and shaved stripes ...
The ‘90s were a great time for the NBA. The fouls were hard, the rivalries were heated, and the talent was unparalleled. But who were the top players of the decade? Of course we know who #1 will be so no shocker there, but the rest of the list is full of the best players the league has ever seen. *A quick note, in order to be on the list the player has to have played at least 5 seasons during the decade, which eliminates Magic, Bird, Kobe and Isaiah Thomas. Sorry.* 30. Dan Majerle When Majerle was drafted in 1988 the Suns fans booed him. Cotton Fitzsimmons, the Suns coach at the time, told them they would ...
Phil Jackson is the most successful coach in NBA history. His 11 championships make it really hard to argue with that statement. But this is sports, so there are idiots. Those haters say Phil only won so many titles because he coached Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal and a bunch of other basketball legends. If that were true, shouldn't those guys won just as much without Phil on the bench? We looked at the careers of Phil's biggest stars (and some lesser known Phil regulars) to compare how they did with him and without him. It wasn't really close. ...
Shaq should've seen it coming.
The Dwight Howard saga continues. The latest news out of Orlando is that the superstar basketball player almost came to blows with his Magic teammate Jameer Nelson at the team’s practice facility toward the end of last season. Howard’s endless internal debate between loyalty and trade demands finally got the most of Nelson. But he’s definitely not the first pro athlete to attack his teammate. Here’s a list of some of our favorite intra-team scraps. ...
