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Everyone makes bad decisions in life. Fortunately for most of us, the bad decisions we make aren’t broadcast to the world.
When you’re a major corporation and you trip and fall flat on your face for all the world to see? Heck, even that isn’t as bad as all the money you may lose your shareholders.
Some [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 12:01 am
Filed under All, Business, Humor · Tagged airplanes, Alexander Bell, Apple, baseball, bill gates, brand, British Airways, Coca-Cola, coke, computers, E.T., Gateway Computers, IBM, Mac Clones, Microsoft, Microsoft Bob, microsoft office, Monday Night Football, N-Gage, new coke, New York City, new york yankees, Nokia, Power Computing, Reese's Pieces, software, The Beatles, top 10 bad corporate decisions, Western Union, Yankee, Yes Network
Major League pitchers have come and gone through the ages. Today’s game is known for the home run and the game has fewer and fewer feared pitchers. Some start on fire and then fade while others suffer through a learning curve and develop into a great pitcher. But consistency is what separates the good from [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 12:01 am
Filed under All, Sports · Tagged andy pettitte, Astros, atlanta braves, baseball, baseball pitcher, boston red sox, c.c. sabathia, home run, houston astros, jamie moyer, javier vazques, johan santana, mets, mike mussina, new york mets, new york yankees, pedro martinez, philadelphia phillies, pitcher, pitchers, randy johnson, roger clemens, roy halladay, roy oswalt, san francisco giants, tim hudson, top 10 pitchers, toronto blue jays, world series
Although most sports stars get famous for being great athletes, some also gain a reputation for being just plain weird. Whether it’s their odd playing styles, superstitions, or off-field antics, these are some of the players who’ve been able to win fan support and the attention of the media for reasons other than their athletic [...]
Posted by Evan Andrews on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 12:05 am
Filed under All, People, Sports · Tagged baseball, buster douglas, cincinnati bengals, evander holyfield, football, gambling addiction, Games, Joe Namath, new york yankees, Ricky Williams, sex symbol, Underdog, world cup, wrestling
Just because they’re lesser in height, it doesn’t mean they’re lesser known. From minuscule movie stars to petite pop stars, here’s a list of famous short people through history.
10. Edward Carl Gaedel
Standing at 3”7, Eddie was the world’s shortest pro-baseball player – albeit briefly. Born in Chicago in 1925, “Eddie” aspired to be a sportsman, [...]
Posted by Katherine Watt on Friday, February 27, 2009 at 1:16 am
Filed under All, People · Tagged baseball, bridget the midget, celebrity, danny devito, danny woodburn, dolly parton, edward carl gaedel, films, gary coleman, Life, People, prince, prince rogers nelson, Sex, stars, tom thumb, verne troyer, wee man
Since the beginning of time sports and competition have been a foundation in all societies. From the Roman gladiators to the modern day sports heroes one thing is constant. Children and adults alike look up to these men and woman. With the epidemic of steroids, human growth hormone, and performance enhancing drugs in sports the [...]
Posted by Bryan Johnson on Friday, February 13, 2009 at 2:05 am
Filed under All, People, Sports · Tagged 2004 olympics, alex rodriquez, banned, barry bonds, baseball, ben johnson, Carl Lewis, controversy, cyclist, ekaterini thnanou, floyd landis, football, Games, home run, jose conseco, kostas kenteris, marion jones, medals, mlb, mvp, nfl, Olympians, Olympic, olympic medals, rafael palmeiro, roger clemens, shawne merrimen, sport, Sports, steroid, steroids, Yankee
Injuries in sports are nothing to laugh about. Normally. Sometimes, however, athletes just do something on or off the field that is so unusual, so hard to believe, that you can’t help but laugh. Here’s our picks for the 10 dumbest sports injuries of all time.
10. Sammy Sosa
Sosa’s one of the top home run hitters [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Sunday, December 28, 2008 at 4:12 pm
Filed under Humor, Sports · Tagged baseball, basketball, Bill Gramatica, Bizarre, Boston, chicago cubs, football, funny, Games, golf, gus frerotte, hockey, Humor, Joel Zumaya?m injury, ken griffey jr, kevin johnson, kevin mitchell, nfl, paulo diogo, referee, sammy sosa, soccer, sport, Sports, sports injury, tony allen, vince coleman
At their best, sports are a tribute to the human spirit and an honorable competition between two athletes or teams. At their worst, however, they can expose sports figures as unethical, filled with greed and willing to anything it takes to win. Here’s a look at the worst incidents in professional sports history. Keep in [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at 7:33 am
Filed under All, Games, Sex, Sports · Tagged alcohol, atlanta falcons, baseball, betting, boxing, Bryant, Cedric Benson, Chicago, cincinnati bengals, cincinnati reds, Commissioner David Stern, commissioner roger goodell, Controversial, Conviction, Desiree Washington, evander holyfield, gambling, Games, hockey, janet jones, John Dowd, kobe bryant, Lakers, League, mike tyson, pacman jones, Pete Rose, Pete Rose Bets, plea bargain, professional sports history, rape conviction, Reds, referee, Rick Tocchet, Sex, Sox, sport, sporting, Sports, wayne gretzky, weapon charges, Yankee
Death is something that most people fear, simply because we don’t know what happens after we die. Others aren’t afraid to die, but I think it’s safe to say that a lot of us get a bad feeling when we think about what comes next. While we may not know when or what is next, [...]
Posted by Ash Grant on Thursday, November 20, 2008 at 10:24 pm
Filed under All, Bizarre, Sports · Tagged baseball, Belmont Park, bill masterson, Bill Masterton, Boston, championship, chuck hughes, congenital heart failure, dale earnhardt, death, ed sanders, football, football game, frank hayes, Games, Houston, houston oilers, howard glenn, jv mcain, Life, new york titans, North Stars, olympics, Philadelphia, philadelphia eagles, ray chapman, reggie lewis, scott brayton, Sports, st louis cardinals, Yankee
Few things can electrify a home crowd or silence the stadium like a home run in baseball. While other sports have their big moments: a dunk in basketball, a penalty kick in soccer or the Hail Mary in football, the home run stands tall in sports history. Read along and see if you can remember [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 10:36 pm
Filed under All, Games, Sports · Tagged Aaron Boone, ALCS, Astros, baseball, Carlton Fisk, championship, Charlie Leibrandt, Chris Burke, Chris Chambliss, cincinnati reds, home run, homerun, Joey Devine, Kirby Puckett, magglio ordonez, NLDS, Ordonez, postseason, Reds, Sox, sport, Sports, stadium, tigers, Tim Wakefield, world series game, Yankee
We can all understand the reasons to root for a team, but what goes into truly despising and hating a team so much that we expend energy on praying and wishing for them to lose? It would seems success breeds contempt and a loathing we can’t deny. You’ll find 10 successful sports teams that many [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Thursday, September 25, 2008 at 7:20 am
Filed under All, Music, Sports · Tagged alabama, baseball, Bill Belichick, buckeyes, college football, crimson tide, Dallas Cowboys, Games, hockey, Jerry Jones, Jerry West, jimmy johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, kobe bryant, Lakers, michigan, new england patriots, New York, Notre Dame, ohio state, Phil Jackson, pittsburgh penguins, san antonio spurs, Shaquille O'Neal, sport, sporting, Sports, Tom Brady, Wilt Chamberlain, Yankess