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time welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top ten sports fans
before we begin we publish new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
Channel and ring the bell
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for this list we’re only looking at
players who are outright banned so
athletes like Luis Suarez and Maria
Sharapova who received lengthy
suspensions but were ultimately allowed
to return to their sport will not be
considered however we will be including
athletes who received lifetime bans only
to have them lifted at a later date
number 10 Marion Jones track and field
in a late 90s and early 2000s Marion
Jones was the name in women’s athletics
the American sprinter was all world
winning gold in the 100-meter dash at
the world championships in 1997 and 1999
before taking home five medals including
three golds at the 2000 Summer Olympics
in Sydney Australia however in 2007 the
truth behind her incredible success
finally emerged after a lengthy
investigation into her past it was
revealed that Jones had taken steroids
before during and after the 2000
Olympics and that she had lied about her
steroid use while under oath she was
subsequently stripped of her Olympic
medals and banned from competing in the
2008 Summer Games in Beijing China
number 9 Donald sterling basketball the
only non athlete to make our list former
NBA owner Donald sterling rocked the
sports world in 2014 when a recording
surfaced of him making racist remarks to
his then mistress Maria Vanessa Perez
the tapes featured an irate sterling
chastising Perez for posing for pictures
with black men and for bringing them to
his games the NBA a predominantly black
league was having none of it just four
days after TMZ made the recordings
public NBA Commissioner Adam Silver
banned sterling for life and fined him
two and a half million dollars sweet
justice number eight
Shoeless Joe Jackson baseball though
widely regarded as one of the greatest
players in baseball history
Shoeless Joe Jackson was one of eight
men banned by the MLB for life in
nineteen
one for his involvement in the 1919
Black Sox scandal as an act of revenge
against their notoriously tight-fisted
owner members of the Chicago White Sox
in collaboration with a gambling
syndicate through the 1919 World Series
shoeless joe was easily the most famous
of the bunch and his overall involvement
in the fix has been the subject of much
debate over the past century Jackson
claimed to have been innocent and his
stats back up his story having led the
Series in batting average and scoring
the only home run number 7 Jim Thorpe
multiple sports Jim Thorpe is one of the
greatest athletes in sports history at
the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm Sweden he
won gold in both the decathlon and
pentathlon two notoriously rigorous
events but that was just the beginning
Thorpe would go on to play professional
baseball football and basketball and was
named to the NFL 1920s all-decade team
however in 1913 it was discovered that
Thorpe had played semi-professional
baseball prior to competing in the 1912
Olympics this was a big no-no as the
Olympics were strictly for amateurs at
that time he was banned from competition
and stripped of his medals however they
would eventually be restored in 1983 30
years after his passing number six
Muhammad Ali boxing Muhammad Ali the
greatest boxer to ever live and one of
the most influential people of the 20th
century never shied away from a fight
however his biggest fight came not in
the ring but in the courtroom the year
was 1966 the height of the Vietnam War
Ali who had registered for conscription
in 1962 had recently been made eligible
for the draft Holly considered himself a
conscientious objector to the war but
the US government was not buying it he
was convicted of draft evasion stripped
of his heavyweight title and had his
boxing license suspended while his court
case was ultimately overturned and his
boxing license reinstated the prime of
his career was nevertheless cut in half
number 5 Ben Johnson track-and-field Ben
Johnson went from being the fastest man
on the planet to one of the world’s most
infamous cheaters in a matter of days
just three days after winning gold in
the 100-meter
at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
Johnson’s urine tested positive for the
banned substance stanozolol he was
subsequently disqualified from the race
and stripped of his medal however
Johnson only received a lengthy
suspension for his actions his lifetime
ban wouldn’t occur until 1993 while he
tested positive yet again for steroids
while competing in France number 4
Mickey Mantle baseball widely considered
one of if not the greatest centerfielder
in MLB history Mickey Mantle is as
synonymous with the game as the baseball
glove itself however his association
with the game was not without
controversy
in 1983 15 years after he’d retired
mantle accepted a job at the Claridge
Resort and Casino in Atlantic City MLB
commissioner Bowie Kuhn felt mantle was
violating the league’s policy regarding
current and former players associating
with gambling and placed him on the
permanently ineligible list the ban
didn’t last long with Kuhn successor
Peter Ueberroth reinstating mantle just
two years later it just ain’t baseball
without the mick number 3 Tonya Harding
figure-skating former American figure
skater Tonya Harding was all set to
compete for a medal at the 1994 Winter
Olympics in Lillehammer Norway there was
just one problem
teammate Nancy Kerrigan what happened
next was one of the most infamous and
vicious displays of premeditated
violence in sports history under orders
from Harding’s ex-husband Jeff Gillooly
shane stant attacked Kerrigan after a
practice in Detroit the attack left
Kerrigan unable to compete in the
upcoming 1994 US Figure Skating
Championships stant Gillooly and two
other men served time for the attack but
harden got away relatively scot-free at
least until the United States Figure
Skating Association conducted their
investigation and banned her for life
number two Lance Armstrong cycling oh
how the mighty have fallen once regarded
as one of the most inspirational and
talented athletes on the planet Lance
Armstrong’s name is now synonymous with
cheating Armstrong won that Tour de
France seven consecutive times but was
accused of doping for much of his career
the allegations came to a head in 2012
when he was banned for life by the
United States anti-doping agency while
he had long denied using
performance-enhancing drugs
Armstrong eventually admitted in a two
13 interview with Oprah Winfrey that he
had used steroids and other banned
substances for the majority of his
career before we unveil our number one
pick
here is a dishonorable mention
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number one Pete Rose baseball Pete
Rose’s banishment from baseball is
without a doubt the most infamous in the
history of professional sports after a
highly decorated career as a player and
manager one that saw him win three World
Series titles and set the record for
most career hits Rose willingly accepted
a place on the MLB’s permanently
ineligible list he did so in the wake of
allegations that he bet on baseball
while playing for and managing the
Cincinnati Reds Rose who remains banned
from entry into the Baseball Hall of
Fame has unsuccessfully applied for
reinstatement numerous times though he’s
admitted to betting in favor of the Reds
Rose denies having ever bet against them
as if that’s any consolation
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time welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top ten sports fans
before we begin we publish new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
Channel and ring the bell
to get notified about our latest videos
for this list we’re only looking at
players who are outright banned so
athletes like Luis Suarez and Maria
Sharapova who received lengthy
suspensions but were ultimately allowed
to return to their sport will not be
considered however we will be including
athletes who received lifetime bans only
to have them lifted at a later date
number 10 Marion Jones track and field
in a late 90s and early 2000s Marion
Jones was the name in women’s athletics
the American sprinter was all world
winning gold in the 100-meter dash at
the world championships in 1997 and 1999
before taking home five medals including
three golds at the 2000 Summer Olympics
in Sydney Australia however in 2007 the
truth behind her incredible success
finally emerged after a lengthy
investigation into her past it was
revealed that Jones had taken steroids
before during and after the 2000
Olympics and that she had lied about her
steroid use while under oath she was
subsequently stripped of her Olympic
medals and banned from competing in the
2008 Summer Games in Beijing China
number 9 Donald sterling basketball the
only non athlete to make our list former
NBA owner Donald sterling rocked the
sports world in 2014 when a recording
surfaced of him making racist remarks to
his then mistress Maria Vanessa Perez
the tapes featured an irate sterling
chastising Perez for posing for pictures
with black men and for bringing them to
his games the NBA a predominantly black
league was having none of it just four
days after TMZ made the recordings
public NBA Commissioner Adam Silver
banned sterling for life and fined him
two and a half million dollars sweet
justice number eight
Shoeless Joe Jackson baseball though
widely regarded as one of the greatest
players in baseball history
Shoeless Joe Jackson was one of eight
men banned by the MLB for life in
nineteen
one for his involvement in the 1919
Black Sox scandal as an act of revenge
against their notoriously tight-fisted
owner members of the Chicago White Sox
in collaboration with a gambling
syndicate through the 1919 World Series
shoeless joe was easily the most famous
of the bunch and his overall involvement
in the fix has been the subject of much
debate over the past century Jackson
claimed to have been innocent and his
stats back up his story having led the
Series in batting average and scoring
the only home run number 7 Jim Thorpe
multiple sports Jim Thorpe is one of the
greatest athletes in sports history at
the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm Sweden he
won gold in both the decathlon and
pentathlon two notoriously rigorous
events but that was just the beginning
Thorpe would go on to play professional
baseball football and basketball and was
named to the NFL 1920s all-decade team
however in 1913 it was discovered that
Thorpe had played semi-professional
baseball prior to competing in the 1912
Olympics this was a big no-no as the
Olympics were strictly for amateurs at
that time he was banned from competition
and stripped of his medals however they
would eventually be restored in 1983 30
years after his passing number six
Muhammad Ali boxing Muhammad Ali the
greatest boxer to ever live and one of
the most influential people of the 20th
century never shied away from a fight
however his biggest fight came not in
the ring but in the courtroom the year
was 1966 the height of the Vietnam War
Ali who had registered for conscription
in 1962 had recently been made eligible
for the draft Holly considered himself a
conscientious objector to the war but
the US government was not buying it he
was convicted of draft evasion stripped
of his heavyweight title and had his
boxing license suspended while his court
case was ultimately overturned and his
boxing license reinstated the prime of
his career was nevertheless cut in half
number 5 Ben Johnson track-and-field Ben
Johnson went from being the fastest man
on the planet to one of the world’s most
infamous cheaters in a matter of days
just three days after winning gold in
the 100-meter
at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
Johnson’s urine tested positive for the
banned substance stanozolol he was
subsequently disqualified from the race
and stripped of his medal however
Johnson only received a lengthy
suspension for his actions his lifetime
ban wouldn’t occur until 1993 while he
tested positive yet again for steroids
while competing in France number 4
Mickey Mantle baseball widely considered
one of if not the greatest centerfielder
in MLB history Mickey Mantle is as
synonymous with the game as the baseball
glove itself however his association
with the game was not without
controversy
in 1983 15 years after he’d retired
mantle accepted a job at the Claridge
Resort and Casino in Atlantic City MLB
commissioner Bowie Kuhn felt mantle was
violating the league’s policy regarding
current and former players associating
with gambling and placed him on the
permanently ineligible list the ban
didn’t last long with Kuhn successor
Peter Ueberroth reinstating mantle just
two years later it just ain’t baseball
without the mick number 3 Tonya Harding
figure-skating former American figure
skater Tonya Harding was all set to
compete for a medal at the 1994 Winter
Olympics in Lillehammer Norway there was
just one problem
teammate Nancy Kerrigan what happened
next was one of the most infamous and
vicious displays of premeditated
violence in sports history under orders
from Harding’s ex-husband Jeff Gillooly
shane stant attacked Kerrigan after a
practice in Detroit the attack left
Kerrigan unable to compete in the
upcoming 1994 US Figure Skating
Championships stant Gillooly and two
other men served time for the attack but
harden got away relatively scot-free at
least until the United States Figure
Skating Association conducted their
investigation and banned her for life
number two Lance Armstrong cycling oh
how the mighty have fallen once regarded
as one of the most inspirational and
talented athletes on the planet Lance
Armstrong’s name is now synonymous with
cheating Armstrong won that Tour de
France seven consecutive times but was
accused of doping for much of his career
the allegations came to a head in 2012
when he was banned for life by the
United States anti-doping agency while
he had long denied using
performance-enhancing drugs
Armstrong eventually admitted in a two
13 interview with Oprah Winfrey that he
had used steroids and other banned
substances for the majority of his
career before we unveil our number one
pick
here is a dishonorable mention
[Music]
number one Pete Rose baseball Pete
Rose’s banishment from baseball is
without a doubt the most infamous in the
history of professional sports after a
highly decorated career as a player and
manager one that saw him win three World
Series titles and set the record for
most career hits Rose willingly accepted
a place on the MLB’s permanently
ineligible list he did so in the wake of
allegations that he bet on baseball
while playing for and managing the
Cincinnati Reds Rose who remains banned
from entry into the Baseball Hall of
Fame has unsuccessfully applied for
reinstatement numerous times though he’s
admitted to betting in favor of the Reds
Rose denies having ever bet against them
as if that’s any consolation
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from WatchMojo
and be sure to subscribe and ring the
bell to be notified about our latest
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