Athletes you CAN'T hate

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Apr 7, 2014 11:01pm
LeBron, despite what he did to Cleveland, is way more likeable than Kobe, imo.

I dont hate someone just because they cheat on their wife...but I definitely will hate them over someone who is arrogant like LeBron.
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Apr 7, 2014 11:03pm
DeyDurkie5;1602348 wrote:Robj right there to slob lebrons knob
No surprise that's all you took from that.
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Apr 7, 2014 11:09pm
sportchampps;1602312 wrote:Jim Thome and I am a reds fan
Great one!
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Apr 7, 2014 11:09pm
Yogi Berra...Stan Musial...Cal Ripken
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Apr 7, 2014 11:23pm
Laley23;1602372 wrote:LeBron, despite what he did to Cleveland, is way more likeable than Kobe, imo.

I dont hate someone just because they cheat on their wife...but I definitely will hate them over someone who is arrogant like LeBron.
But you list Tiger Woods as somebody who you can't hate? Huh? He's not only arrogant but also a serial philanderer lol. Maybe the all-time philandering champion. Right there with Wilt Chamberlain in terms of sexual conquests.
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Apr 8, 2014 12:38am
reclegend22;1602399 wrote:But you list Tiger Woods as somebody who you can't hate? Huh? He's not only arrogant but also a serial philanderer lol. Maybe the all-time philandering champion. Right there with Wilt Chamberlain in terms of sexual conquests.
Mixing up what I am saying with others I assume?

I never said I hated LeBron...

Nor, do I really hate Kobe (or Tiger, obviously). But, LeBron is the most likeable out of them all, easily. Then Kobe, then Tiger.
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Apr 8, 2014 12:51am
Jim thome is a great one.
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Apr 8, 2014 1:19am
Laley23;1602417 wrote:Nor, do I really hate Kobe (or Tiger, obviously). But, LeBron is the most likeable out of them all, easily. Then Kobe, then Tiger.
That's fair. I'd go Kobe, Tiger then LeBron, but I obviously have deep-seeded hatred for the guy.

The origin of my hate, not that anyone cares, dates back to how he conducted himself at the state tournament while at Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary's -- obnoxiously guaranteeing a victory on the local news the night before playing St. Bernard Roger Bacon as a junior by saying something like he was a warrior and would not allow his team to be beaten; not shaking the hand of the Roger Bacon coach during starting lineups; and then refusing to accept the runner-up medal along with Dru Joyce after he got beat. Then all the shit that went down with the Cavs, etc. He's been a douche as long as he has lived.
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Apr 8, 2014 1:21am
reclegend22;1602423 wrote:That's fair. I'd go Kobe, Tiger then LeBron, but I obviously have deep-seeded hatred for the guy.

The origin of my hate, not that anyone cares, dates back to how he conducted himself at the state tournament while at Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary's -- obnoxiously guaranteeing a victory on the local news the night before playing St. Bernard Roger Bacon as a junior by saying something like he was a warrior and would not allow his team to be beaten; not shaking the hand of the Roger Bacon coach during starting lineups; and then refusing to accept the runner-up medal along with Dru Joyce after he got beat.
You mean, he acted like an immature teenager in high school? How dare he!
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Apr 8, 2014 1:31am
GoChiefs;1602425 wrote:You mean, he acted like an immature teenager in high school? How dare he!
Fake shaking a head coach's hand during starting lineups by extending out his arm and then pulling back and pretending to put his hand through his hair, and then refusing to accept a medal during the trophy presentation, goes beyond acting like an immature teenager, especially for somebody who was as high-profile as he was. It was just ridiculous. He acted like a punk and that's why the Schottenstein Center was on its feet in celebration when LeBron got beat that day.
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Apr 8, 2014 1:35am
reclegend22;1602427 wrote:goes beyond acting like an immature teenager, e
No, it doesn't.
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Apr 8, 2014 1:39am
GoChiefs;1602428 wrote:No, it doesn't.
Who have you ever seen do that (fake shake a coach's hand in an attempt to embarrass him and his team)? I've been to probably a thousand high school basketball games (I really have no idea, but a lot) and I've never seen anyone act that stupid.

Point being, whether it's as big a deal as I am making it out to be or not, it shows a pattern of arrogant, punk-ass behavior by The King.
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Apr 8, 2014 2:07am
I'm not holding anything like that against him. That's crazy. I had high school girls who refused to wear a runner up district medal. They wouldn't even let them put it on them. It was stupid but they're in high school.
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Apr 8, 2014 3:19am
like_that;1602147 wrote:Much more respectable than the POS that used his name as a username.
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Wally
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Apr 8, 2014 5:32am
I know I'm old but...

Al Kaline


Do guys hate Justin Verlander because he dumped his long time g/f for Kate Upton?
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Apr 8, 2014 7:22am
reclegend22;1602423 wrote:That's fair. I'd go Kobe, Tiger then LeBron, but I obviously have deep-seeded hatred for the guy.

The origin of my hate, not that anyone cares,
Stopped reading there.
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MontyBrunswick
Apr 8, 2014 7:26am
reclegend22;1602429 wrote:I've never seen anyone act that stupid.
One could say the same about your posts, too.
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Apr 8, 2014 7:38am
New to the list:
Tim Duncan
Warrick Dunn
Cal Ripken Jr.

Second:
Jeter
Peyton Manning
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Tiernan
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Apr 8, 2014 8:20am
Any Thugger in the NGBA* is a candidate.

*National Gangbangers Association
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Apr 8, 2014 10:02am
I've heard a lot of hate for Nick Swisher from non-Indians fans. I think he fits on this list.
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Apr 8, 2014 10:49am
Midstate01;1602430 wrote:I'm not holding anything like that against him. That's crazy. I had high school girls who refused to wear a runner up district medal. They wouldn't even let them put it on them. It was stupid but they're in high school.
Yeah. The medal thing I can understand, but the pretending to shake the coach's hand thing was just a bitch move. He was young, but as we saw with the The Decision, it's a pattern of behavior, not an isolated incident. JMO.
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raiderbuck
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Apr 8, 2014 11:09am
The dude that pilot's the Night Train during the winter olympics. He seems like a guy I'd have a beer with.
Already said, but Cal Ripken Jr. should be on everyone's list.
Ken Griffey Jr.
Alonzo Mourning
Steve Young
Jerry Rice
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queencitybuckeye
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Apr 8, 2014 11:11am
reclegend22;1602429 wrote:Who have you ever seen do that (fake shake a coach's hand in an attempt to embarrass him and his team)? I've been to probably a thousand high school basketball games (I really have no idea, but a lot) and I've never seen anyone act that stupid.

Point being, whether it's as big a deal as I am making it out to be or not, it shows a pattern of arrogant, punk-ass behavior by The King.
It doesn't.
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Apr 8, 2014 11:11am
reclegend22;1602216 wrote:I mean Kobe the guy who led the Lakers to back-to-back World Championships with fellow Hall-of-Famers Andrew Bynum, Paul Gasol, Derek Fisher and Ron Artest.
You're retarded.
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Apr 8, 2014 11:13am
Ryan Miller after 2010 olympics, and Gronk.