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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
As you would probably expect, probing through the internet one can find many lists and sites dedicated to people who have suddenly and mysteriously died. This is only normal as in human nature there is a desire to understand the concept of death. We want specific details, so that we can recreate and understand what [...]
Posted by Bryan Johnson on Monday, June 1, 2009 at 1:05 am
Filed under All, Bizarre, Crime, People · Tagged anthrax, bradley nowell, bruce ivins, celebrities, celebrity, Crime, danny gans, death, heroin, jeremy lusk, jessica dubroff, joe delaney, judith barsi, owen hart, People, plane crash, Politics, rajiv gandhi, samantha smith, shocking deaths, suicide, tragic deaths, wrestling, youtube
Professional wrestling personas are by nature meant to be over-the-top caricatures, meant to play off of real-life people, professions and politics in order to entertain fans. Some of them are sheer genius, such as the many “Evil Russian” characters that became villains during the Cold War, or authority-be-damned anti-hero types like “Stone Cold” Steve Austin [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Monday, February 9, 2009 at 1:06 am
Filed under All, Humor, People, Sports · Tagged akeem, brother loved, doink the clown, gorgeous george, honky tonk man, Humor, irwin r. schyster, isaac yankem, moose, moose cholak, People, pro wrestling, repo man, Television, the mountie, wrestling
Who doesn’t root for the underdog, unless of course, the underdog is playing your favorite team. America loves an upset and that is why many upsets of become legendary with books being written and films being made to document the amazing feat that is an upset. And while upsets usually involve a team, we have [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Sunday, September 21, 2008 at 7:19 pm
Filed under All, Games, Sports · Tagged 1994 nba playoffs, alexander Karelin, applachian state, baltimore colts, baseball, ben hogan, boxing, buster douglas, Cinderella Man, college basketball, college football, denver nuggest, Douglas K.O, football, Games, golf, hockey, horse racing, jack fleck, jets, Jim Valvano, Joe Namath, manowar, mets, michigan, mike tyson, nba, NC State, nfl, rulon gardner, Russia, sport, sporting, Sports, super bowl III, tennis, Tom Seaver, Underdog, upset, upsets, us open, wrestling