athletic feats meet serious personal
failing welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 greatest falls from grace in
the sports world for this list we look
for athletes or sports personalities who
are at the center of the biggest
scandals in recent sports history I was
introduced to steroids any steroids is
when the gyms that you workout that you
know back then back in the day that was
just that was it is readily available
some are cheaters others are schemers
and some are downright violent they
removed 66 dogs and exhume the bodies of
eight more in each case their athletic
achievements are overshadowed by their
less than sportsmen like behavior and
they went from hero to zero in the
public eye real fast
number 10 Roger Clemens
although he’s one of baseball’s greatest
pitchers the controversy surrounding
Clemens make him equally great for
gossip you can’t take up the better part
of the bat the fat part of the bat and
fired into foul territory near Piazza
obviously Piazza didn’t mean to do that
a notorious diva he’s been accused of
using anabolic steroids lying to a grand
jury about his doping and of having an
extramarital affair with an underage
country singer so you did not tell mr.
Pettitte that you use human growth
hormone I did not though most of this
remains conjecture and he’s in good
company with Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire
when it comes to the steroid allegations
it seems that Clemens ability to
dominate the pitcher’s mound is equal
only to his ability to dominate
baseball’s rumor mill Piazza has every
right to be upset
Wow number nine michael vick at
quarterback from virginia tech number
seven
you’re paid millions of dollars to play
football what should you do with your
fortune Michael Vick let the fans know
what he thought of them in his own
professional manner if you’re Michael
Vick you’ll operate an illegal
dogfighting ring an NFL quarterback
Michael Vick was sentenced today to 23
months in prison
for his part in a dogfighting ring and
fined $5,000 what will happen to you
you’ll be suspended from the NFL and
serve some jail time then you’ll make
your way back to the pros will win
Comeback Player of the Year for 2010 and
will eventually sign with the New York
Jets for five million dollars because
apparently in the NFL having a great arm
makes up for torturing helpless animals
rolling and watching downfield
for the shunt accelerates
let’s go
Hey yards number eight Tonya Harding
looked like she was
I’m comfortable and I think she’s gonna
quit
devastating it’s so difficult to compose
yourself when you’re late name has been
introduced she’s the bad girl of
figure-skating Harding gained
international notoriety when she became
embroiled in one of the ice world’s
biggest scandals just before the 1994
Olympics
Harding’s rival Nancy Kerrigan was
clubbed in the leg temporarily forcing
her out of competition Harding’s
ex-husband and her bodyguard were
implicated and Harding herself was later
revealed to be involved kicked out of
competitive figure skating for life
Tonya Harding went on to illustrious
careers in semi-pro boxing reality
television and homemade pornography
Kerrigan on the other hand won silver in
94 I came here and I skated great I had
a lot of fun I had so much support
behind me and I think everyone’s glad to
see me here and do as well as I did
number seven Tiger Woods for almost two
decades Tiger Woods’s singular focus has
been one thing winning famously
unflappable on the green Tiger Woods
public persona was equally pristine that
is until 2009 many questions remain over
how the world’s best golfer ended up in
the rough situation he found himself
early Friday morning just outside his
Windermere Florida home the golf phenom
who rarely misses the fairway somehow
couldn’t negotiate the roadway in his
Cadillac SUV striking a fire hydrant and
then his neighbor’s tree turns out that
the clean-cut family man was a prolific
philanderer with a penchant for kinky
pill-popping sex I was unfaithful
I had affairs I cheated what I did is
not acceptable and I am the only person
to blame the scandal cost him
sponsorships his marriage and for a
while his golf game but with the likes
of Nike sticking by him woods fall from
grace was only temporary I want to find
out what your feelings are and did you
learn anything
back winning PGA tournaments this
reformed bad boy is as popular as ever
Tiger Woods sends a message to the PGA
Tour here in 2013 with the win in his
first tournament of the season number 6
Marion Jones Jones is away quickly
moving winter is 72 finds it’s Jones and
72 finds feather with grease trying to
come on Marion Jones has control over a
span who is going to be second winning
five medals including three goals at the
Sydney Olympics Marion Jones atletico
seemed almost superhuman because well
they were there exists no one who can
truthfully testify that I have ever used
performance-enhancing drugs simply for
the reason that I never have however
after years of denials in 2007 the
celebrated Olympian admitted to using
steroids throughout her career as part
of the BALCO scandal and was promptly
stripped of her medals and banned from
competition I want you to know that I
had been dishonest and you have the
right to be angry with me
Jones also served six months in jail for
lying to federal agents and check fraud
the first female track and field star to
make millions
Jones has since faced serious financial
and personal struggles like how did this
happen how in the world is my worst
nightmare actually happening
number five Ben Johnson here in Seoul
South Korea all Canadians are standing
proudly
Canadians speed demon ben jonson won
gold for the 100-meter dash at the Seoul
Olympics in record time know when a my
best does nobody can match me however
within days of his victory Johnson
tested positive for steroids and sure we
know now that pretty much everyone was
doping in Seoul but at the time Johnson
was one of the few who got caught you
made a decision to go on steroids yes
some winstrol tablets contain a little
white vile did you know they were banned
uh sunrays yes he lost his gold was
barred from competition and eventually
made several comebacks all of which
ended in more drug accusations once
considered the world’s fastest man
Johnson’s rapid rise to stardom became a
swift plummet into permanent infamy good
evening the nation is in shock tonight
over the downfall of a Canadian hero
number four Lance Armstrong Lance
Armstrong made two appearances at
LIVESTRONG 15th anniversary this weekend
but he didn’t concede much people ask me
a lot how you doing
and I tell him I said well I’ve been
better LIVESTRONG sheets stronger Lance
Armstrong won the Tour de France seven
times in a row he beat cancer and built
a charity throughout his career
Armstrong brazenly denied allegations of
steroid use then in 2013 under serious
duress
Armstrong finally admitted to doping yes
or no in all seven of your Tour de
France victories did you ever take
banned substances or blood dope
yes he was stripped of his awards
removed from the charity he founded and
lost millions of dollars in sponsorships
like Domino’s big money sponsors are
dropping the disgraced champion in
droves anheuser-busch FRS sports drinks
Trek bicycles Giro helmets 24-hour
Fitness and the biggest of the big Nike
faced with a barrage of legal troubles
it seems that for Lance Armstrong drugs
did pay until they didn’t I told you
that I have a lot of people apologies
and
the obvious ones the ones that we know
by name mm-hmm the Frankie’s the Betsy’s
the Greg Lemonds the Tyler Hamilton’s
the Floyd Landis the M O’Reilly I owe
them apologies and I and I whenever
they’re ready I will give them number
three
Pete Rose he fires Rose wing
winner of three world series a 17 time
all-star and baseball’s all-time hits
leader a bet on Pete Rose’s team would
probably be a safe wager unless of
course you’re actually Pete Rose I’m
happy looking the camera now say I’ve
never been on baseball and I’ve never
been on Cincinnati red baseball caught
placing bets on the team’s he played for
and coached this high-stakes gambler was
banned from the game that made him rich
in 1989 despite being one of the best
players in MLB history Pete Rose is
ineligible for the Hall of Fame and his
legacy is forever tarnished did you bet
on baseball yes I did and that was my
mistake not coming clean a lot earlier
number 2 Oscar Pistorius that’s the
story is the mm conceived on a so called
receives calls the fastest man on no
legs Oscar Pistorius was the first
double leg amputee to compete against
athletes who are not physically disabled
at the 2012 Summer Olympics a man who
had been inspirational to millions
Pistorius shocked the world when he shot
and killed his girlfriend in 2013 a
tragedy that Pistorius maintains was
accidental the once-proud olympian broke
down at his first court appearance
weeping as a judge announced he would be
charged with premeditated murder
regardless of what the courts say
because of the horrific nature of his
crime and his public meltdowns in the
court of public opinion Oscar Pistorius
is a fallen hero the world’s most famous
double amputee is coming to terms with
his catastrophic fall from grace from
sporting hero to murder suspect before
we unveil our pick for number one here
are a few honorable or in this case
dishonorable mentions the 23 year old
former New England Patriot tight end
stood handcuffed in a t-shirt as
prosecutors laid out the case against
him six charges in all including the
murder of his associate and semi-pro
football player Odin Lloyd Gilbert
Arenas took 25 shots and yet another
Washington
los and when it was over he took
responsibility for bringing guns into
the Wizards locker room baseball legend
an investor Lenny Dykstra is has been
arrested in the US Attorney says he will
be charged with one count of bankruptcy
fraud for embezzlement Jerry Sandusky
back in cuffs wearing a Penn State track
suit taken from his home in the middle
of the afternoon and today charged with
abusing two more children
Sandusky who we saw driving away from
his home on Thursday is now quote
devastated his attorney tells ABC News
that Joe Paterno has been fired as a
result of this scandal
tonight’s storyline was to have been d
alleged demise of my character mr.
McMahon however in reality WB superstar
Chris Benoit his wife Nancy and their
son Daniel are dead their bodies were
discovered this afternoon and their new
suburban Atlanta home number one Oh Jay
Simpson
accused of two murders guilty of
kidnapping and armed robbery and oh yeah
he was once a star NFL running back the
man of the hour the weekend the year was
number 32 the man they called the juice
the juices demise was a full-blown
public spectacle the car chase the
bizarre court proceedings it was all
televised we the jury in the
above-entitled action find the defendant
Orenthal James Simpson not guilty of the
crime of murder found not guilty of the
1994 murder of his ex-wife and her
friend his innocence remains
questionable
in fact he was later found liable for
their wrongful deaths in a civil trial
we finally have justice for Ron and
Nicole this plus ongoing criminal
activities has completely erased
Simpson’s athletic legacy and that’s why
he’s our number one I didn’t know if he
was arrogant or ignorant or both
and during the trial and through this
proceeding I got the answer and it was
both do you agree with our list what
sports scandal have we overlooked for
more salacious and sporty top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com I think it’s time for a
truce we break it okay Wow
you
failing welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 greatest falls from grace in
the sports world for this list we look
for athletes or sports personalities who
are at the center of the biggest
scandals in recent sports history I was
introduced to steroids any steroids is
when the gyms that you workout that you
know back then back in the day that was
just that was it is readily available
some are cheaters others are schemers
and some are downright violent they
removed 66 dogs and exhume the bodies of
eight more in each case their athletic
achievements are overshadowed by their
less than sportsmen like behavior and
they went from hero to zero in the
public eye real fast
number 10 Roger Clemens
although he’s one of baseball’s greatest
pitchers the controversy surrounding
Clemens make him equally great for
gossip you can’t take up the better part
of the bat the fat part of the bat and
fired into foul territory near Piazza
obviously Piazza didn’t mean to do that
a notorious diva he’s been accused of
using anabolic steroids lying to a grand
jury about his doping and of having an
extramarital affair with an underage
country singer so you did not tell mr.
Pettitte that you use human growth
hormone I did not though most of this
remains conjecture and he’s in good
company with Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire
when it comes to the steroid allegations
it seems that Clemens ability to
dominate the pitcher’s mound is equal
only to his ability to dominate
baseball’s rumor mill Piazza has every
right to be upset
Wow number nine michael vick at
quarterback from virginia tech number
seven
you’re paid millions of dollars to play
football what should you do with your
fortune Michael Vick let the fans know
what he thought of them in his own
professional manner if you’re Michael
Vick you’ll operate an illegal
dogfighting ring an NFL quarterback
Michael Vick was sentenced today to 23
months in prison
for his part in a dogfighting ring and
fined $5,000 what will happen to you
you’ll be suspended from the NFL and
serve some jail time then you’ll make
your way back to the pros will win
Comeback Player of the Year for 2010 and
will eventually sign with the New York
Jets for five million dollars because
apparently in the NFL having a great arm
makes up for torturing helpless animals
rolling and watching downfield
for the shunt accelerates
let’s go
Hey yards number eight Tonya Harding
looked like she was
I’m comfortable and I think she’s gonna
quit
devastating it’s so difficult to compose
yourself when you’re late name has been
introduced she’s the bad girl of
figure-skating Harding gained
international notoriety when she became
embroiled in one of the ice world’s
biggest scandals just before the 1994
Olympics
Harding’s rival Nancy Kerrigan was
clubbed in the leg temporarily forcing
her out of competition Harding’s
ex-husband and her bodyguard were
implicated and Harding herself was later
revealed to be involved kicked out of
competitive figure skating for life
Tonya Harding went on to illustrious
careers in semi-pro boxing reality
television and homemade pornography
Kerrigan on the other hand won silver in
94 I came here and I skated great I had
a lot of fun I had so much support
behind me and I think everyone’s glad to
see me here and do as well as I did
number seven Tiger Woods for almost two
decades Tiger Woods’s singular focus has
been one thing winning famously
unflappable on the green Tiger Woods
public persona was equally pristine that
is until 2009 many questions remain over
how the world’s best golfer ended up in
the rough situation he found himself
early Friday morning just outside his
Windermere Florida home the golf phenom
who rarely misses the fairway somehow
couldn’t negotiate the roadway in his
Cadillac SUV striking a fire hydrant and
then his neighbor’s tree turns out that
the clean-cut family man was a prolific
philanderer with a penchant for kinky
pill-popping sex I was unfaithful
I had affairs I cheated what I did is
not acceptable and I am the only person
to blame the scandal cost him
sponsorships his marriage and for a
while his golf game but with the likes
of Nike sticking by him woods fall from
grace was only temporary I want to find
out what your feelings are and did you
learn anything
back winning PGA tournaments this
reformed bad boy is as popular as ever
Tiger Woods sends a message to the PGA
Tour here in 2013 with the win in his
first tournament of the season number 6
Marion Jones Jones is away quickly
moving winter is 72 finds it’s Jones and
72 finds feather with grease trying to
come on Marion Jones has control over a
span who is going to be second winning
five medals including three goals at the
Sydney Olympics Marion Jones atletico
seemed almost superhuman because well
they were there exists no one who can
truthfully testify that I have ever used
performance-enhancing drugs simply for
the reason that I never have however
after years of denials in 2007 the
celebrated Olympian admitted to using
steroids throughout her career as part
of the BALCO scandal and was promptly
stripped of her medals and banned from
competition I want you to know that I
had been dishonest and you have the
right to be angry with me
Jones also served six months in jail for
lying to federal agents and check fraud
the first female track and field star to
make millions
Jones has since faced serious financial
and personal struggles like how did this
happen how in the world is my worst
nightmare actually happening
number five Ben Johnson here in Seoul
South Korea all Canadians are standing
proudly
Canadians speed demon ben jonson won
gold for the 100-meter dash at the Seoul
Olympics in record time know when a my
best does nobody can match me however
within days of his victory Johnson
tested positive for steroids and sure we
know now that pretty much everyone was
doping in Seoul but at the time Johnson
was one of the few who got caught you
made a decision to go on steroids yes
some winstrol tablets contain a little
white vile did you know they were banned
uh sunrays yes he lost his gold was
barred from competition and eventually
made several comebacks all of which
ended in more drug accusations once
considered the world’s fastest man
Johnson’s rapid rise to stardom became a
swift plummet into permanent infamy good
evening the nation is in shock tonight
over the downfall of a Canadian hero
number four Lance Armstrong Lance
Armstrong made two appearances at
LIVESTRONG 15th anniversary this weekend
but he didn’t concede much people ask me
a lot how you doing
and I tell him I said well I’ve been
better LIVESTRONG sheets stronger Lance
Armstrong won the Tour de France seven
times in a row he beat cancer and built
a charity throughout his career
Armstrong brazenly denied allegations of
steroid use then in 2013 under serious
duress
Armstrong finally admitted to doping yes
or no in all seven of your Tour de
France victories did you ever take
banned substances or blood dope
yes he was stripped of his awards
removed from the charity he founded and
lost millions of dollars in sponsorships
like Domino’s big money sponsors are
dropping the disgraced champion in
droves anheuser-busch FRS sports drinks
Trek bicycles Giro helmets 24-hour
Fitness and the biggest of the big Nike
faced with a barrage of legal troubles
it seems that for Lance Armstrong drugs
did pay until they didn’t I told you
that I have a lot of people apologies
and
the obvious ones the ones that we know
by name mm-hmm the Frankie’s the Betsy’s
the Greg Lemonds the Tyler Hamilton’s
the Floyd Landis the M O’Reilly I owe
them apologies and I and I whenever
they’re ready I will give them number
three
Pete Rose he fires Rose wing
winner of three world series a 17 time
all-star and baseball’s all-time hits
leader a bet on Pete Rose’s team would
probably be a safe wager unless of
course you’re actually Pete Rose I’m
happy looking the camera now say I’ve
never been on baseball and I’ve never
been on Cincinnati red baseball caught
placing bets on the team’s he played for
and coached this high-stakes gambler was
banned from the game that made him rich
in 1989 despite being one of the best
players in MLB history Pete Rose is
ineligible for the Hall of Fame and his
legacy is forever tarnished did you bet
on baseball yes I did and that was my
mistake not coming clean a lot earlier
number 2 Oscar Pistorius that’s the
story is the mm conceived on a so called
receives calls the fastest man on no
legs Oscar Pistorius was the first
double leg amputee to compete against
athletes who are not physically disabled
at the 2012 Summer Olympics a man who
had been inspirational to millions
Pistorius shocked the world when he shot
and killed his girlfriend in 2013 a
tragedy that Pistorius maintains was
accidental the once-proud olympian broke
down at his first court appearance
weeping as a judge announced he would be
charged with premeditated murder
regardless of what the courts say
because of the horrific nature of his
crime and his public meltdowns in the
court of public opinion Oscar Pistorius
is a fallen hero the world’s most famous
double amputee is coming to terms with
his catastrophic fall from grace from
sporting hero to murder suspect before
we unveil our pick for number one here
are a few honorable or in this case
dishonorable mentions the 23 year old
former New England Patriot tight end
stood handcuffed in a t-shirt as
prosecutors laid out the case against
him six charges in all including the
murder of his associate and semi-pro
football player Odin Lloyd Gilbert
Arenas took 25 shots and yet another
Washington
los and when it was over he took
responsibility for bringing guns into
the Wizards locker room baseball legend
an investor Lenny Dykstra is has been
arrested in the US Attorney says he will
be charged with one count of bankruptcy
fraud for embezzlement Jerry Sandusky
back in cuffs wearing a Penn State track
suit taken from his home in the middle
of the afternoon and today charged with
abusing two more children
Sandusky who we saw driving away from
his home on Thursday is now quote
devastated his attorney tells ABC News
that Joe Paterno has been fired as a
result of this scandal
tonight’s storyline was to have been d
alleged demise of my character mr.
McMahon however in reality WB superstar
Chris Benoit his wife Nancy and their
son Daniel are dead their bodies were
discovered this afternoon and their new
suburban Atlanta home number one Oh Jay
Simpson
accused of two murders guilty of
kidnapping and armed robbery and oh yeah
he was once a star NFL running back the
man of the hour the weekend the year was
number 32 the man they called the juice
the juices demise was a full-blown
public spectacle the car chase the
bizarre court proceedings it was all
televised we the jury in the
above-entitled action find the defendant
Orenthal James Simpson not guilty of the
crime of murder found not guilty of the
1994 murder of his ex-wife and her
friend his innocence remains
questionable
in fact he was later found liable for
their wrongful deaths in a civil trial
we finally have justice for Ron and
Nicole this plus ongoing criminal
activities has completely erased
Simpson’s athletic legacy and that’s why
he’s our number one I didn’t know if he
was arrogant or ignorant or both
and during the trial and through this
proceeding I got the answer and it was
both do you agree with our list what
sports scandal have we overlooked for
more salacious and sporty top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com I think it’s time for a
truce we break it okay Wow
you
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