America’s Top Disgraced Athletes
We dig into America’s most disgraced athletes over the period of past 25 years
Carl Lewis: After ending his career that stretched over four Olympic appearances from 1984-1996, Lewis was convicted of performance enhancing drugs. Though the news did not see Lewis returning his medals, but the stigma always haunted this once immensely heroic athlete.
Marion Jones: She was the star of Sydney Olympics with a kitty full of medals, but was stripped off from her medals after the major athletic event ended.
Lance Armstrong: The last leg of his nearly a decade dominant career turned the things the way he could have never imagined. Sadly his fight with cancer was overshadowed his largely critized drug abuse.
Tiger Woods: The list of mistresses surpassed the list of tournaments he won. 2009 was a year, that saw his fallout with wife and alleged affairs with mistresses but also saw his endorsers re-evaluating their larger than life deals with him.
Mike Tyson: Certainly one of the most feared boxers in the ring, and well outside as well. His first wife described him as manic depressive and subsequently Tyson was convicted of raping an 18 year old for which he served three years in prison.
From the September 2012 issue of FHM India.
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