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10 Most Unpopular Athletes
Newser ^
| 02/06/2013
| By John Johnson,
Posted on 02/07/2013 11:20:30 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
(Newser) – The new Nielsen/E-Poll survey of the most disliked athletes in America has the not-so-surprising name of Lance Armstrong at the top of the list, reports Forbes. More surprising is that Notre Dame star and soon-to-be-NFL'er Manti Te'o tied Armstrong with a measly 15% approval rating. Even if he was a hoax victim, Teo's fake girlfriend saga has taken a toll on his image.
- Worst three: After Armstrong and Te'o comes Tiger Woods, with a 19% appeal rating. It hasn't budged much since his scandal.
- Middle of pack: Chicago Bears QB Jay Cutler (21%), the Lakers' Metta World Peace (21%), Alex Rodriguez (22%), and Michael Vick (23%).
- Final three: NASCAR's Kurt Busch, the Lakers' Kobe Bryant, and Dallas QB Tony Romo tied with 27%.
More details on the unlucky 10 here.
TOPICS: Hobbies; Sports
KEYWORDS: athletes; topten
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To: Revolting cat!
This picture, and the one of him throwing the first pitch at a baseball game, demonstrate that he is most certainly NOT an athlete.
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posted on
02/07/2013 12:20:14 PM PST
by
ZirconEncrustedTweezers
("I'm not anti-anything, I just wanna be free." - Mike Muir)
To: EnigmaticAnomaly
The opposite of “tighters.”
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posted on
02/07/2013 12:21:08 PM PST
by
ZirconEncrustedTweezers
("I'm not anti-anything, I just wanna be free." - Mike Muir)
To: Responsibility2nd
Most Unpopular of athletes has always been ‘Foot’.
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posted on
02/07/2013 12:25:20 PM PST
by
DaxtonBrown
(http://www.futurnamics.com/reid.php)
To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers
This picture, and the one of him throwing the first pitch at a baseball game, demonstrate that he is most certainly NOT an athlete.HOMOPHOBE!
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posted on
02/07/2013 12:25:27 PM PST
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: Responsibility2nd
Despite his talent, watch Te’o go undrafted. Or at best be a 7th round pick by the Raiders. The NFL has less tolerance for head cases than it used to.
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posted on
02/07/2013 12:34:32 PM PST
by
Mr. Jeeves
(CTRL-GALT-DELETE)
To: Responsibility2nd
Give Te'o a break - his girlfriend just died.
To: BO Stinkss
Better hope the mods don’t know what the 2nd item from the right is.
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posted on
02/07/2013 1:07:48 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Better hope the mods dont know what the 2nd item from the right is. That part of the picture got a chuckle out of me. :-)
To: DaxtonBrown
To: Responsibility2nd
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posted on
02/07/2013 1:23:49 PM PST
by
catfish1957
(My dream for hope and change is to see the punk POTUS in prison for treason)
To: Responsibility2nd
Tony Romo???? Any guy who can date both Jessica Simpson and Carrie Underwood has 27% just outright jealous.
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posted on
02/07/2013 1:25:35 PM PST
by
catfish1957
(My dream for hope and change is to see the punk POTUS in prison for treason)
To: struggle
Everybody but Boston loved Billy Buck
To: Banjoguy
...and we should care about this list because..??
<><><<>><
How ‘bout you tell us why you care about this list - evidenced by your reading and commenting.
For me, I read it because I assumed Ray Lewis was in the top 10, and I’m a Baltimorean but also a mandolinguy.
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posted on
02/07/2013 1:28:45 PM PST
by
dmz
To: EnigmaticAnomaly
To: catfish1957
Romo is actually fairly likable, he just can’t win the big game.
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posted on
02/07/2013 1:33:19 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: OldMissileer
Me too, which is probably why I’ll never be a mod.
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posted on
02/07/2013 1:45:02 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: dfwgator
Romo is actually fairly likable, he just cant win the big game.
<><><><>
He can’t win the medium sized games that get him to the big game.
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posted on
02/07/2013 1:49:17 PM PST
by
dmz
To: Revolting cat!
Interesting double entendre, but one variant of the entendre lacks in credibility, kind sir.
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posted on
02/07/2013 1:51:07 PM PST
by
EnigmaticAnomaly
(Dim Logic: "Let me vote Democrat. Hey, I got screwed! Let me vote Democrat. Hey, I got screwed!")
To: Responsibility2nd
McEnroe is the biggest punk bitch loser ever.
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posted on
02/07/2013 1:52:51 PM PST
by
rsobin
To: EnigmaticAnomaly
Kind sir, 9 years around, time to get with the program, one rule of which demands humorous uses of commonly known frequent illiterate misspellings.
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posted on
02/07/2013 2:07:20 PM PST
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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