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The 25 Worst Sore Losers in Sports

Dustin Lushing — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 10:19:46 CDT

Losing stinks, but being a gracious loser is always more honorable than throwing a tantrum. Bad sportsmanship, however, did not stop these people—the 25 biggest sore losers in sports history, according to Bleacher Report . A sample:

New Nikes Record How High You Jump

Matt Cantor — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:39:05 CST

Next stop for the digital revolution: Your feet. Nike yesterday showed off its new line of Nike+ footwear that keeps tabs on wearers' movements. Pressure sensors and an accelerometer on the shoes can keep track of distance, jumping height, and step frequency, Mashable reports. The data is linked to iPhone,...

LeBron Engaged to High School Sweetheart

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 06:54:16 CST

Moments after the clock struck midnight, turning 2011 into 2012, LeBron James dropped to his knee and asked his high school sweetheart to marry him. "My girl, she's very excited," James says of Savannah Brinson, who said yes. James and Brinson, who have two sons together, had talked about marriage...

LeBron Asks About NFL Free Agency

Kevin Spak — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:20:17 CDT

With the lockout officially cutting into the NBA season , would LeBron James consider suiting up for the NFL? Probably not, but the King is definitely stoking speculation. Last week his highness donned his pads and practiced with the Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary high school team, then tweeted that it “felt...

Obama Is Just Like LeBron

Kevin Spak — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:34:11 CDT

Before delivering his fateful DNC keynote speech in 2004, Barack Obama offered this assessment of his political skills: “I’m LeBron, baby. I can play on this level. I got some game.” These days, that’s looking like a prescient statement: “Barack Obama is LeBron James,” writes Joe Scarborough of Politico . “Like...

LeBron's Dumbest Quotes

Sarah Whitmire — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 08:02:58 CDT

LeBron James has been called one of basketball’s greatest since his high school days, and we’d probably have no problem believing it—if he didn’t open his mouth so much. In fact, his ugly reaction to Miami Heat's homecourt loss in the 2011 finals is just the tip of his...

LeBron: I Know I'm 'Not Superior'

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:29:02 CDT

LeBron James was not a happy camper after the Dallas Maverick's win over the Miami Heat in Game 6 of the NBA finals, and he let everyone know about it . In a clarification today, James said the humanity-dissing comments he made may have been misunderstood, and that when it comes...

LeBron James: A King Deposed

Kevin Spak — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 13:11:38 CDT

Sports columns everywhere are thick with schadenfreude today after LeBron James yet again vanished during the fourth quarter to hand Dallas the NBA title . Here’s what people are saying: LeBron is still royalty, but he’s not a king—he’s “an emperor with no clothes,” writes Mark Heisler of the LA...

LeBron to Former Fans: Your Lives Still Suck

Kevin Spak — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 06:59:15 CDT

LeBron James gave his detractors a whole new reason to hate him in his post-game press conference last night, essentially telling them that he’d rather have his life than theirs. “At the end of the day, all the people that was rooting on me to fail … they gotta wake...