Whom in Sports Do You Hate the Most?

I'm in a bit of a foul mood today - I've been stressed out lately, I've spent all day in a conference where the AC was broken, at said conference I sat behind a hefty lady in a thong, and Brett Favre is all they seem to want to talk about on the radio. It gets old. Seriously, do we have to go through the "will he retire" or "will he play" thing with Brett every year? Please Brett, just pull on your skin-tight Wranglers and hop on your John Deere to mow your giant lawn without having to alert the press. I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired of it. I have always liked and respected Favre, but I'm just done with his need to be the focus of attention.

Speaking of attention, the athletes I like the least are generally the ones who do whatever they can to get attention. A-Rod opting out of his contract during the World Series. Favre - just go away. Terrell Owens doing sit-ups in his driveway and calling Jeff Garcia gay. Great. Then you have the guys who are just wangers. Randy Moss and the meter maid. Barry Bonds and his giant head. The least you could do when you break Hank Aaron's record is hug your son, Barry. Did you see his son go up to him for a hug at home plate during one of the biggest moments in baseball history only to get snubbed? An A-hole first and a dad second. Those are just some obvious ones. Some guys are pricks on a smaller scale. You know who is a total schmuck? Philip Rivers (see also Boyd's previous mention of those who go by Philip instead of Phil; case in point). So, this led to a conversation between Boyd and me. Whom in sports do we hate the most? We came up with some selections and decided to take a poll: Whom do you hate the most? We decided to keep this within the three major sports: baseball, football, and hoops. We don't do hockey on this page. I'm listing some of the obvious ones from each sport, but feel free to chime in with comments under this post if you think we've left someone off. We want write-in candidates because, frankly, there are so many to choose from.

In the interest of making this poll as entertaining as possible, Boyd and I will attempt to contact the agent of the winner to let them know that their client is the champion of our poll in a colorful and entertaining way (maybe along the lines of a 1980s Ric Flair promo. Whooooo!). That or we'll send them a jockstrap with our thoughts on it. Whether we receive a reply or some automated no-reply message (I'm guessing we won't get a response, considering this is a poll for the biggest schmuck in sports) we will publish it here. Just for entertainment purposes. So vote!