Sports Douchebag Hall of Fame

By Phil Gentile - Posted on 18 October 2010

Welcome to the inaugural class of the Sports Douchebag Hall of Fame. We've scoured the history books to find the dirtiest and nastiest athletes to ever play. Check out the list and leave a comment if you think we left someone off the ballot.

Ty Cobb

Cobb has to be considered the original sports douchebag. He played the game of baseball with a fury and anger toward anyone in his way. A well known racist, Cobb once got in a fight with a black groundskeeper and choked the man's wife when she tried to break it up. He attempted to steal home 54 times during his career, usually with the sharpened spikes on his shoes pointed at the catcher's face. Oh and he beat up a crippled fan who was heckling him from the stands. Truly worthy of being the first inductee from this group of douchers.

Jose Canseco

Wow where do I begin? An admitted steroid user, Canseco decided to write a book about it in 2005. He also decided to name several current and former major leaguers who he knew also used steriods during their career.

Lane Kiffin

The current head coach of USC doesn't have many fans outside of Southern California.
After a 5-15 record as coach of the Oakland Raiders, Kiffin was fired and almost immediately landed the head coaching position with the University of Tennessee. While there he accused Florida coach Urban Meyer of being a cheater, bashed the University of Georgia and their recruiting abilities, and told a South Carolina recruit he would be "pumping gas the rest of his life" if he decided to become a Gamecock. After all the trash talk, Lane Kiffin left the University of Tennessee after only one year to become the USC head coach.

John Rocker

"It's the most hectic, nerve-racking city. Imagine having to take the 7 Train to the ballpark looking like you're riding through Beirut next to some kid with purple hair, next to some queer with AIDS, right next to some dude who just got out of jail for the fourth time, right next to some 20-year-old mom with four kids. It's depressing... The biggest thing I don't like about New York are the foreigners" - John Rocker circa 2000

This quote itself explains why Rocker is the perfect inductee into the Sports Douchebag Hall of Fame. He was Kenny Powers before Kenny Powers existed!!

Brett Favre

Besides retiring and unretiring 525 times, Favre makes the list because of recent allegations he sexually harassed everyone's favorite FSU alum Jenn Sterger. Favre "allegedly" sent Sterger pictures of his junk. Probably after his wife recovered from breast cancer so I'm sure she's fine with it. So if your counting at home that's two of my childhood idols on the list. I knew how to pick um huh??

Bill Romanowski

This picture tells you the whole story.

Alex Rodriguez/Barry Bonds/Roger Clemens

This category is basically for any baseball players who used steroids and lied about it until it became obvious they did them. Thanks for ruining the sport of baseball. Hopefully none of these assholes make it into the real Hall of Fame.

Don King

The man who stole all of Mike Tyson's money had to make the list. Before stealing from boxers, King was charged with killing two men, the second of which being an employee he stomped to death because the man owed him $600. Plus I found an awesome picture of him hold a bazooka. C'mon give me some props on that one!!!!

Roberto Alomar

You might remember when he spit in the face of umpire John Hirschbeck back in 1996. Pretty douchey move right? What you might not know is that Alomar was sued in 2009 bya woman who claims the former Gold Glover lied to her about his HIV status so she would have unprotected sex with him. Not sure if I can even make a joke about this one.