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1. Michael Vick Born on 26th June, 1980, Michael Vick is an American Football quarterback for Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League and is the most hated athletes in America. In April 2007, Vick was implicated in an illegal interstate god fighting ring and had to serve 21 months in lockup, followed by two months in home confinement. Though he still has fan following 60% of his fan dislike him due to this incident.

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Page 1: List of 10 most Hated Athletes in USA

1. Michael Vick

Born on 26th June, 1980, Michael Vick is an American

Football quarterback for Philadelphia Eagles of the National

Football League and is the most hated athletes in America.

In April 2007, Vick was implicated in an illegal interstate god

fighting ring and had to serve 21 months in lockup, followed

by two months in home confinement. Though he still has fan

following 60% of his fan dislike him due to this incident.

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2. Tiger Woods

The American professional Golfer, Tiger Woods is one of the

most popular names in the field of Golf but due to his

infidelity in 2009 60% of his fans started hating him. It was

during this period of time that many companies re-evaluated

their relationships with him and few of them even ended

their sponsorship deal with him.

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3. Plaxico Burress

Currently a free agent, Plaxico Burress is a Football wide

receiver, who was born on 12th August, 1977. In August and

September 2008, Totowa police had to respond to two

domestic disturbance call at Burress’s place. Again on 28th

November, he suffered an accidental self-inflicted gunshot

wound to the right thigh in New York City nightclub. All

these evens hampered his reputation and 56% of fans showed

their disappointment.

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4. Ndamukong Suh

With numerous awards to his name, Ndamukong Suh is a

Football defensive tackle for the Detroit Lions of the NFL.

His hard earned name got spoilt when on 24th November,

2011 during the third quarter of the Lion’s Thanksgiving

game against the Green Bay Packers Suh pushed Packers’

offensive lineman Evan Dietrich-Smith’s head into the

ground three times followed by stomping on his hand, after

which 51% of his admirers started disliking him.

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5. Kris Humphries

A Basketball player by profession Kris Humphries has been

celebrating his birthday on 6th February since 1985.though

he is proficient in his sports his married life could not hold

any stable ground. There has been quite a number of news

related to him getting involved with Bianka Kamber and Kim

Kardashian. This has given a bad reputation to his name and

today around 50% of his fans abhor him.

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6. LeBron James

Nick named as King James, LeBron James plays

basketball professionally for Miami Heat of the

National Basketball Association. Despite of Forbes

ranking him as the second most influential athletes

in 2010, LeBron James’s fate got changed forever

when he uttered the sentence, “I’m taking my talents

to South Beach” to announcer Jim Gray on “The

Decision”. This did not go well with his followers with

48% dislike.

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7. Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bryant is the shooting guard for the Los Angeles

Lakers of the National Basketball Association and has

enjoyed a successful career in this field. But the

summer of 2003 proved unlucky for him since he got

arrested in connection with an investigation of a

physical assault complaint filed by 19-year old hotel

employee Katelyn Faber. The arrest has given a blow

to his fan following and at present 45% no longer

appreciate him.

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8. Terrell Owens

The 38 years old American Football wide

receiver for the NFL, Terrell Owens is one

among the top 10 most hated athletes in

America. His popular image in the field of

basketball got ruined due to a number of

controversies offending 45% of his followers.

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9. Alex Rodriguez

The 1975 born American baseball third baseman, Alex

Rodriguez has been a topic of criticisms since his alleged

inability to produce hits in clutch situations. Due to the

Yankees’ successful history, he was compared unfavourably

to other Yankees greats who have performed exceptionally

well. This has lead to downfall of his status and in today’s

date 44% people in America stopped supporting him.

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10. Kurt Busch

Kurt Busch is another name in the record of top ten most

hated athletes in America. The 34 years old got involved in a

series of controversies including the 2005 Phoenix incident,

Fall Richmond incident and few more. Whether he was at a

fault or not, since then his fans started distrusting him

resulting in 42% dislike currently. Kurt is a driver in the

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and drives the No. 78 Furniture

Row Chevrolet Impala for Furniture Row Racing in the Sprint

Cup Series and the No. 54 Monster Energy Toyota Camry for

Kyle Busch Motorsports in the Nationwide Series.