Most of us cringe when we hear an athlete make a remark that we know is not appropriate. Everyone has experienced a slip of the tongue at some point, but most of us don’t make that slip when there are 27 channels broadcasting. Athletes are an emotional bunch and, quite often, someone puts his foot in his mouth by making an offensive statement. The athletes on this top 10 list of big mouths in sports not only had big mouths, but what came out of them was morally repugnant.
Number 10
Shannon Sharpe
Sterling’s little brother retired as arguably the best tight end in the history of the NFL. Sharpe has eight Pro Bowls and three Super Bowl rings to his credit, and finished with 10,060 receiving yards. Sharpe’s hands made him a great player, but his mouth made him a star.
From the start of his stint as a broadcaster with CBS, he has run his mouth about almost everyone. He called Plaxico Burress “Plexiglas” and he was particularly brutal on Baltimore QB Kyle Boller when he said, “You do have your teammates behind you… and that’s only because they have to be,” and “I’ve got a better chance of winning the Kentucky Derby on the back of a donkey than they have of winning the Super Bowl with Kyle Boller.”
Brutal sound bite: NFL Films captured Sharpe with quite possibly the funniest and most degrading, if you are a Patriots fan, quote ever uttered on a sideline: “Mr. President, call in the National Guard! Send as many men as you can spare! Because we are killing the Patriots! They need emergency help! Read the rest of this entry »
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