Gallery: Athletes Smoking Cigarettes and Cigars

From MJ to Mario Balotelli, check out some of your favorite athletes taking a few puffs.

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When we think of professional athletes, smoking isn't usually one of the things that we associate with them. After all, the habit isn't usually the best thing to take up when you're trying to do anything that could even remotely physical. How's a guy supposed to run down a pop fly when coughing up tar, anyway? Lighting up every now and then (or even every day) hasn't stopped any of these people from having a successful career, though. Michael Jordan, Arnold Palmer, and Mario Balotelli have all been photographed taking a few puffs. Obviously, we aren't saying that anyone should take up the habit, but you can't help but be impressed by a list like that. Click through to peep the photos of them and other sporting legends blowing a little smoke.

28. Lou Gehrig

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Anna Kournikova

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John Daly

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Mario Balotelli

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Dick Allen

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Ricardo Mayorga

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Spencer Levin

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Roger Maris

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Ian Woosnam

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Bill Parcells

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Tommy Heinsohn

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Darren Clarke

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Jayna Hefford and Meghan Agosta

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Angel Cabrera

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Arnold Palmer and Ben Hogan

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Willie Davis

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12. Stan Mikita

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Ben Hogan

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Dieter Krassnig

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Ron Washington

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Ashley Cole

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Fabien Barthez

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Keith Hernandez

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John Daly, Part II

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Randy Moss

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Alex Rodriguez

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Jim Leyland

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Michael Jordan

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Zinedine Zidane

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Dave Parker

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