gbear Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 I was reading about Boris Becker going to jail for 2.5 years for hiding money and it made me wonder who has fallen the furthest after making a ton of money in sports. Boris Becker won roughly 50 million in the mid 80's to early 90's. That probably doesn't come close to OJ though I don't know how much money he made before killing his wife and then being sued and ... The one I really don't know enough about but seems likely to be close to the front of the list is Mike Tyson. Mike Tyson made approximately 300 million in the ring and lots more in endorsements (remember Nintendo's boxing game?). He ended up bankrupt and in jail. Good at sports and making lots of money is not the life time pass to the good life those of us without riches like to pretend . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Wiggles Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 Gotta go with OJ. He was a pretty big star. Movies, commercials, NBC sideline reporter n whatnot. Over a decade after the murder trial he went to prison for stealing his own Heisman trophy? I think as well as some more personal collectibles. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 Willie Mays Hayes had a tough time dealing with success. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdcskins Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 Not on the same level as others mentioned in this thread, but Ryan Leaf and Steve Francis fell pretty low. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 1986 Mets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 I think we can all stipulate that it's going to be tough to beat OJ. Lenny Dykstra won a world series with the 1986 Mets, is probably best known for his time with the Phillies where they won the pennant and lost in the WS in a season Dykstra led the league in runs, hits, walks and at-bats and was runner up to Bonds for NL MVP. So, pretty close to the top of the sports world. And then: Named in the Mitchell report as a steroid user. Filed for BK and lived out of his car for a while because he tried to buy and flip Wayne Gretzky's estate but failed and ended up $30 million in debt. Arrested for trying to buy a stolen car. Charged with bankruptcy fraud, embezzlement, obstruction of justice, and a slew of other felonies and pled guilty to 3 of them. Served 6 months in prison and 500 hours of community service teaching kids how to chew enormous mouthfuls of tobacco. Serial drunk driver/crasher. Sexually harassed a 17 year old employee of his. Caught paying a hooker with a bad check. She was a porn star and she posted the check on her blog. Sexually assaulted his housekeeper. Arrested and charged with 25 misdemeanor and felony counts of grand theft auto, identity theft, filing false financial statements and possession of cocaine, ecstasy and human growth hormone. Arrested after uttering terroristic threats and for possession of drugs. He allegedly held a gun to his Uber driver after the driver refused to change destinations. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 Last year, Art Schlichter, former Ohio State star QB and 4th overall pick, got released from prison. More details of his exploits can be found in the article below. Ex-Colts quarterback Art Schlichter, 61, released from prison, living in Ohio on parole 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 And who can forget Aaron Hernandez, TE with New England that had signed a $41M contract in 2012. Eventually goes on to kill a couple of people and then himself: Aaron Hernandez timeline: From murders and trials to prison suicide 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo-toni Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 Lawrence Phillips... though his psychotic nature short-circuited his career before he became as big as his talent would have made him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 20 hours ago, PleaseBlitz said: I think we can all stipulate that it's going to be tough to beat OJ. Lenny Dykstra won a world series with the 1986 Mets, is probably best known for his time with the Phillies where they won the pennant and lost in the WS in a season Dykstra led the league in runs, hits, walks and at-bats and was runner up to Bonds for NL MVP. So, pretty close to the top of the sports world. And then: Named in the Mitchell report as a steroid user. Filed for BK and lived out of his car for a while because he tried to buy and flip Wayne Gretzky's estate but failed and ended up $30 million in debt. Arrested for trying to buy a stolen car. Charged with bankruptcy fraud, embezzlement, obstruction of justice, and a slew of other felonies and pled guilty to 3 of them. Served 6 months in prison and 500 hours of community service teaching kids how to chew enormous mouthfuls of tobacco. Serial drunk driver/crasher. Sexually harassed a 17 year old employee of his. Caught paying a hooker with a bad check. She was a porn star and she posted the check on her blog. Sexually assaulted his housekeeper. Arrested and charged with 25 misdemeanor and felony counts of grand theft auto, identity theft, filing false financial statements and possession of cocaine, ecstasy and human growth hormone. Arrested after uttering terroristic threats and for possession of drugs. He allegedly held a gun to his Uber driver after the driver refused to change destinations. He's also a hilarious follow on twitter. But if you're talking about the '86 Mets it is Gooden, then Strawberry and then everyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ball Security Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Alvin Robertson and Chris Andersen, two ex-NBA players with some success had some horrendous allegations against them only to be found that they were made up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 (edited) Brett Favre stealing welfare money probably should be a bigger story. Also..Tiger? Love the golfer but his fall was what probably Jordan missed out on 10 years prior. Edit..Lance Armstrong should be noted as well. Edited May 10, 2022 by The Evil Genius 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoshuaj Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Not as big a name but in the ****bird scale he’s gotta be up there: Rae Carruth, from 1st round draft pick to damn near getting gassed. On November 16, 1999, near Carruth's home in Charlotte, North Carolina, Cherica Adams, a real estate agent he had been casually dating, was shot four times using a .357 caliber Charter Arms revolver by Van Brett Watkins Sr., a nightclub manager and an associate of Carruth. Adams managed to call 911, and said that Carruth had stopped his vehicle in front of hers, and that another vehicle drove alongside and its passenger had shot her. Carruth then drove away from the scene.[9] Adams was eight months pregnant with Carruth's child at the time. Soon after her admission to the hospital, she fell into a coma. Doctors delivered the baby via emergency caesarean section. Carruth went to the police and posted $3 million bail, on condition that if either Adams or the infant died, he would turn himself in.[9] Adams died on December 14, 1999. The baby, named Chancellor Lee Adams, survived, but suffered permanent brain damage and cerebral palsy as a result of being without oxygen for 70 minutes before he was born.[8][10] Chancellor Lee graduated from Vance High School in 2021 at age 21.[11] 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Carruth is a great one. Oscar Pistorius, the one legged sprinter who shot and killed his girlfriend. I'm a big fan of Pete Rose and think he should be in the HoF, but his fall from grace warrants mentioning. Michael Vick, although he's rebounded pretty well. Tonya Harding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michiskin Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 I'm going to change this up a bit to a team category. You may have heard that my beloved Chicago Cubs won the World Series in 2016 after over a century of being losers. They had an exciting, young roster and it really looked like they would be contending for the next decade or so. 2017, they won a playoff series, 3-2, over the Washington Nationals (this is they're most recent series victory), then lost the NLCS to the Dodgers, 4-1. 2018 as a 95-win team, they lost the NL Central tiebreaker game to the Milwaukee Brewers, forcing them to the Wild Card game, where they lost a home game at Wrigley Field to the Colorado Rockies 2-1 in 13 innings to end their season. 2019, 84 wins, failed to make the playoffs 2020 they won the division in a truncated season, but were swept in the Wild Card Series by the Miami Marlins (!). 2021 they started off well, hit the skids and traded all their talent, then really hit the skids. Now they look like they'll be towards the bottom of the division again. Those five years went about as poorly for a young World Series champion team and their fans could expect. Stunningly poorly, really. The Cubs won the World Series on 11/2/2016. Six days later, Donald F. Trump won the U.S. Presidency. I'm not saying that the Cubs winning the World Series knocked us into some dystopian alternate future, but I'm not saying it didn't either. Since I didn't even get a full week to enjoy that world championship before my country crapped its own pants, I would gladly go back in time to trade that championship for a Hillary win. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoshuaj Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 (edited) Lawrence Phillips: “Lawrence Phillips is involved in one of darkest stories in the annals of North American professional sports. He once was a Herculean running back for the Nebraska Cornhuskers during the mid-90s. Regrettably, the sixth overall pick in the 1996 NFL Draft had an unrestrained propensity for violence. While incarcerated in prison, Phillips continued to mentally unravel — culminating in him choking a cellmate to death. Roughly nine months later, Phillips hung himself in his cell. He was only 40 years of age” **Michael Vick is a good one regarding lost potential revenue. To paraphrase Doc Holiday: he was in his prime also, if you include professional wrestlers, they could carry a thread on their own. Some dark **** running through those roots Edited May 10, 2022 by stoshuaj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 2 hours ago, The Evil Genius said: Brett Favre stealing welfare money probably should be a bigger story. And sending dick pics to the FSU hottie. 2 hours ago, The Evil Genius said: Also..Tiger? Love the golfer but his fall was what probably Jordan missed out on 10 years prior. Tiger is still beloved and respected 2 hours ago, The Evil Genius said: Edit..Lance Armstrong should be noted as well. That's a good one, but no jail time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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