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  • [Narrator]: These athletes broke the rules and faced the consequences.

  • Welcome to WatchMojo.com and today were counting down our picks for the top 10 unsportsmanlike moments in sports.

  • [Announcer]: Oh, you'll hate to see this!

  • [Narrator]: For this list, were focusing on displays of bad behavior, unsportsmanlike conduct and violence

  • during or after sporting events that simply made our jaws drop.

  • It wasn’t his first altercation and it wouldn’t be his last.

  • However, weve chosen the Monday Night football game where Bill Romanowski projected bodily fluid onto an opponent.

  • That’s right, the Denver Bronco linebacker spit in J.J. Stokesface after the San Francisco 49ers wide receiver allegedly goaded him to do it.

  • The incident also raised issues of racism since Billy is caucasian and Stokes is African-American.

  • [Romanowski]: Spitting in a guy's face does not belong on a football field.

  • You know, it's inexcusable.

  • You know, I wish I could have that back. I can't, you know.

  • [Narrator]: Fights are pretty commonplace in hockey.

  • But even for the rock 'em, sock 'em playing style of the ‘70s,

  • this brawl involving a Boston Bruins defenseman and New York Rangers fan was really out of the norm.

  • [Announcer]: Oh, this could be bad! Oh, there go the Bruins!

  • [Narrator]: To catch a spectator who’d assaulted a player, the Bruins team leapt into the stands.

  • [Announcer]: They're gonna pull that guy apart.

  • [Narrator]: But most shocking was when Mike Milbury hit the offender with his shoe, resulting in multiple player suspensions and fines.

  • [Reporter]: Kerrigan was in a practice session right next door at Cobo Arena.

  • She was coming off the ice getting ready to do an interview with a reporter from Pittsburgh

  • when all of a sudden she was attacked.

  • [Narrator]: While the Olympics are competitive, this went beyond anything we'd come to expect from figure skating.

  • [Kerrigan]: Why? Why?

  • [Narrator]: To increase her chances at the Olympics, Tonya Harding conspired to have rival Nancy Kerrigan taken out of the picture.

  • [EMT]: What did he hit you with?

  • [Kerrigan]: I don't know, some hard hard black stick, something really really hard!

  • [Narrator]: Kerrigan was then unable to participate in the U.S. Figure Skating Championship, clearing the way for Harding’s victory.

  • Though both made the Olympic team, Harding eventually faced charges for her involvement.

  • [Announcer]: What a great moment for Nancy Kerrigan.

  • [Narrator]: He may be one of baseball’s most talented second basemen but that doesn’t mean he always kept himself in line.

  • During a 1996 game against the Blue Jays, Roberto Alomar objected to John Hirschbeck’s call by spitting in the umpire’s face.

  • Though the Baltimore Orioles player claimed Hirschbeck had made racist comments, Alomar was suspended for five games.

  • The two eventually reconciled.

  • [Alomar]: Everybody makes mistakes in life, and I did make a mistake, and hey, life goes on.

  • [Narrator]: Though Rosie Ruiz maintained she ran the Boston Marathon in its entirety for years after,

  • it’s generally accepted that the Cuban American cheated her way to the finish line.

  • The fact that Ruiz barely broke a sweat and wasn’t familiar with common runnersterms was just the starting point for people’s suspicions.

  • [Reporter]: Is someone coaching you or advising you?

  • [Ruiz]: No, I advise myself.

  • [Narrator]: For while there wasn’t any video surveillance, witness reports that she took the subway and official investigations ultimately revealed the truth.

  • [Announcer]: Nobody knew yet that six months before Rosie allegedly took a subway to the finish line of the New York Marathon.

  • So this was actually her second route, and she almost pulled it off. The big mistake was coming in first.

  • [Narrator]: Though the Liverpool player was charged with the racially-motivated abuse of Manchester United’s Patrice Evra in 2011,

  • it’s the violent conduct charge he accepted two years later that lands here.

  • While playing a Premier League match, Luis Suárez sunk his teeth into Chelsea player Branislav Ivanović.

  • [Announcer]: Looks like he's actually sunk his gnashes in there.

  • [Narrator]: Instead of the standard three-game ban, the Liverpool forward was forbidden from playing 10 for the serious nature of his actions.

  • [Speaker]: This is not the first time he's bitten someone in a football match.

  • It just can't happen again. I firmly believe this puts him in the last chance [to remain a] Liverpool player.

  • [Narrator]: This scandal caused so much damage to baseball that officials banned the players involved for life.

  • Referring to the conspiracy between eight White Sox players and pro gamblers to deliberately lose the 1919 World Series games, ...

  • [Gandil]: Well, I think that we can't be beaten. We can only beat ourselves.

  • You fellas know what I mean.

  • [Narrator]: ...this fixing of the MLB championship also achieved notoriety for the alleged participation of legendary athletes like Shoeless Joe Jackson.

  • [Announcer]: Here we go again, the rematch we've waited a long time to see.

  • [Narrator]: Mike Tyson was already seen as a wild and crazy boxer,

  • but his 1997 rematch against Evander Holyfield topped anything and everything else he'd done in the ring.

  • [Announcer]: Oh, and some nasty stuff in there. There looked to be a bite almost.

  • [Narrator]: DuringThe Sound and the Furyfight, Tyson didn’t only bite his opponent on the ear once, but twice!

  • [Announcer]: There, he bites him there. You see that there's teeth.

  • And Holyfield in agony at that point, trying to rip free.

  • [Narrator]: He was disqualified and later stated his actions were in response to Holyfield’s un-penalized head butting.

  • [Announcer]: Oh, Wallace right at Artest. This has the potential to be serious if they don't get between.

  • [Narrator]: Though the Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons fight began on the court,

  • it quickly degenerated into the NBA’s most infamous brawl when they took it to the stands: ...

  • [Announcer]: Artest is in the stands!

  • [Narrator]: ... after a spectator threw a drink at Ron Artest, pro b-ballers and fans began throwing punches and drinks at each other.

  • The Pacers-Pistons brawl led to multiple player suspensions and criminal charges for several fans.

  • [Announcer]: What a sad scene here at the Palace.

  • [Narrator]: Before we unveil our number one pick, here are a few honorable mentions.

  • It was during France’s return to the 2006 World Cup Finals when, seemingly out of nowhere, Zinedine Zidane used his nogginto hit Marco Materazzi in the chest.

  • Zidane was sent off the pitch, and Italy won the game in the shootout.

  • [Announcer]: He makes it. Italy, World Cup champions 2006.

  • [Narrator]: It was later revealed that the Italian player had taunted and insulted Zidane.

  • While this kind of behavior wouldn’t necessarily be considered the craziest reaction in a normal game,

  • the fact that it occurred during the world's biggest game and on the biggest stage lands it on top.

  • Do you agree with our list? What do you think is the most unsportsmanlike moment in sports?

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  • [Speaker]: You have to make sure you provide adequate security so these kind of incidents don't escalate

  • to the astronomical proportions that it did tonight. That is the bottom line.

[Narrator]: These athletes broke the rules and faced the consequences.

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