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Top 10 Most Ridiculous Sports Stories Of All Time

 10. Near the end of 2012, Washington Redskins QB Robert Griffin III submitted applications to trademark the phrases “Light You Up”, “Go Catch Your Dream”, and “Work Hard Stay Humble.” Plot twist – he didn’t coin any of these phrases.

 

Fun Fact: RGIII was born in Japan.

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9. Former USC QB Mark Sanchez was arrested in 2006 for using a fake ID on the USC campus. I am not sure how Sanchez thought he was going to get away with this. Being the star QB at one of the most storied college football programs ever is a pretty good way to get your name & face out there.

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Fun Fact: Sanchez is an avid fan of musical theatre and was a presenter at the 2010 Tony Awards.

 

8. Pro golfer Lee Westwood claims to have never read a book in his life. From Green Eggs N Ham to The Da Vinci Code, Westwood hasn’t touched a single book.

 

Fun Fact: Westwood was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2011.

 

7. New York Knicks small forward Ron Artest changed his name from Ron Artest to Metta World Peace. This also happens to be the stupidest name in sports.

 

Fun Fact: The new name is ironic because Artest ran point on the greatest sports brawl of all time, the “Malice at the Palace”. He also admitted to drinking Hennessy in the locker room at halftime when playing for the Chicago Bulls.

 

6. Chad Ochocinco was sentenced to thirty days in jail for violating his probation. After arranging a plea deal with the judge that would have set him free, he slapped his attorney on the buttocks, and the judge did not find it as funny as I. She rejected the plea bargain, and sentenced him to jail.

 

Fun Fact: Ochocinco ran a contest in 2007 where the winner would win a brand new Lexus from him. When the winner was selected and Ochocinco realized he actually had to give away a Lexus, he backed out. He was then sued.

 

5. Former Timberwolve Latrell Sprewell turned down a $21-million three-year contract offer from the Twolves claiming that that salary would “not be enough to feed my family.”

 

Fun Fact: Since turning down that contact, Sprewell has grounded his million dollar yacht, has had two homes foreclosed, and is not allowed to see his children. Living the dream Mr. Sprewell.

 

4. Former baseball star Moises Alou urinates on his hands to toughen them up before baseball games.

 

Fun Fact: He is rumored to have assassinated Steve Bartman.

 

3. Dallas Cowboy CB Morris Claiborne scored a 4 out of 50 on his Wonderlic test upon entering the NFL. The test assesses basic knowledge and problem solving. This is the worst Wonderlic score in the history of the NFL and he later admitted, “I blew the test off because it wasn’t about football.”

 

Fun Fact: Morris Claiborne has a two-year old son named “Lil’ Mo”. He also was barely edged out by San Francisco 49er RB Frank Gore out on the Wonderlic by 2 points, which we assume led to some serious trash talking.

 

2. In the 2002 regular NFL season, the Philadelphia Eagles tied the Cincinnati Bengals 13-13. In the post game press conference, then Eagles QB Donovan McNabb claimed “I didn’t even know you could tie.” After what you think would be super embarrassing for an NFL QB to not know the rules, he then claimed “I never knew in the professional ranks it would end that way. I hate to see what would happen in the Super Bowl and in the playoffs." Little does McNabb know that teams would obviously keep playing the playoffs. Maybe Mrs. McNabb is putting something in the soup.

 

Fun Fact: McNabb played high school basketball at Mount Carmel with one of the other dumbest athletes of our generation, Antoine Walker. He would later face Walker in basketball in the 1996 National Championship game. Also, McNabb was a track star in high school. However, McNabb quit track his junior year and played volleyball instead, for reasons to this day remain unknown.

 

1. Manti Te’o claims girlfriend Lennay Kekua has died in a car accident. It is later leaked Kekua is not real, even though Te’o had claimed to have met her & talked to her etc. . However, Manti Te’o is only the second craziest man in this scandal. Even though at this point it is proven Kekua is not real, Arizona Cardinal fullback Reagan Maui’a still claimed to have met her twice. Interesting.

 

Fun Fact: This is the most ridiculous claim in sports history. 

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