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These writers, musicians, and painters created masterpieces in the realms of literature, music, and art. At different stages of their lives, every person on this list suffered from severe hardships, mental illness and feelings of loneliness and despair. All of them suffered for their art in order to create legacies of great imagination and epic [...]
Posted by Heather Matthews on Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 12:03 am
Filed under All, Literature, Music, People · Tagged Add new tag, alcohol, artists, authors, bohemian, Dostoyevsky, Ernest Hemingway, gambling, gambling addiction, George Orwell, haunting, Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec, heroin, homosexual, Kurt Cobain, Literature, Ludwig van Beethoven, musician, painters, passion, playwright, poets, suicide, Sylvia Plath, Tennessee Williams, Thomas De Quincey, tortured artists, Vincent van Gogh
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
Many college footballs players dream of making it to the NFL. While only a fraction of the those who play college football eventually play on Sundays there were a lot of “sure” bets that failed to live up to expectation or just simply failed due to injury or lack of talent. Here is the top [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Thursday, September 11, 2008 at 8:00 am
Filed under All, People, Sports · Tagged andre ware, Archie Griffin, art schlichter, baltimore colts, bo jackson, bo knows, Chicago, college football, football, gambling addiction, gary beban, gino toretta, heisman award, Houston, jason white, Mike Ditka, nfl bust, rashaan salaam, Ricky Williams, sport, Sports, terry baker