Sports celebrities and scandals
Posted on February 7, 2008
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As you may have noticed by money,sexy groupies and power can definitely go to anyone’s head and here is a list of the unfortunates who have managed to hit the headlines for reasons other than their sports prowess,
- NHL player Todd Bertuzzi brutally and intentionally slashes opposing player Steve Moore, resulting in a destroyed career, a broken neck, a concussion and numerous fractures. Todd was suspended for the rest of the year as well as had police criminal chrges filed against him by the police. I think he got of pretty lightly. Some one should have thrashed him well and good to show him what it feels like!
- At the 1919 World Series, a few members of the Chicago baseball team were suspended for a lifetime as they were accused of payment to throw matches.
- In 1984,Figure skater Tonya Harding’s ex-husband hired a thug to break fellow figure skater Nancy Kerrigan’s legs. Kerrigan withdrew, and Tonya won that years US figure skating event although she always maintained her innocence. In that years Olympics, Nancy Kerrigan came in second while Tonya landed a dismal eighth.
- Salt lake city and its bid for the international Olympics became literally infamous.After facing constant disappointment in its bid to host the Olympics; the city decide it’s time to play dirty.A whole range of perks landed up in the International Olympic Committee’s laps ranging from plastic surgery expenses, scholarships, free ski vacations to even bulk local jobs.Salt Lake City finally got its first Olympic Games. But when the first judge, Marc Hodler got hit with a pang of conscience and accepted that he had taken bribes bribes, heads began to roll.Almost the entire committee was given it walking papers but Salt lake city still got its Olympics.
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