The 50 Most Hated Athletes Right Now

From Riley Cooper to Alex Rodriguez.

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Sport is built on passion, irrational fandom, and unconditional love. The natural flip-side of those qualities is of course hate. Every sport has their villains to balance the narratives. Imagine the NFL if everyone was like Tony Dungy and Drew Brees. Booooorrriinnngggg. As fans, we love to hate. Let's get real: hating LeBron the past three years has been more fun and more interesting than rooting for your own sorry team.Sometimes the loathing is even good natured *cough Butt-Fumble *cough, cough*. Professional athletes are tough-skinned egoists, but through all of the abuse, we're pretty sure the athletes on this list would still take this classic Dr. Dre line to heart: "If y'all don't like me, blow me." No thanks, but let's bring on the pain. Based on a number of factors including their transgressions, overexposure, and loathing amongst fans for no real reason (we see you, Chris Bosh), here are the 50 Most Hated Athletes Right Now.

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50. LeBron James

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49. Chael Sonnen

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48. Marshall Henderson

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47. Patrick Kaleta

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46. Gareth Bale

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45. Sergio Garcia

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44. John Terry

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43. Raffi Torres

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42. Arjen Robben

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41. Adrien Broner

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40. Ryan Sheckler

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39. Landon Donovan

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38. Ryan Lochte

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37. Bryce Harper

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36. Joey Barton

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35. Kobe Bryant

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34. Daniel Carcillo

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33. Tiger Woods

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32. Wayne Rooney

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31. Lance Armstrong

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30. Joakim Noah

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29. Serena Williams

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28. Phillip Rivers

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27. Jay Cutler

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26. Tim Tebow

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25. Sidney Crosby

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24. Dwyane Wade

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23. Andruw Bynum

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22. Mario Balotelli

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21. Steve Ott

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20. Tony Stewart

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19. Brad Marchand

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18. Kevin Garnett

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17. Johnny Manziel

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16. Cristiano Ronaldo

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15. Kurt and Kyle Busch

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14. Michael Vick

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13. Rajon Rondo

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12. Ben Roethlisberger

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11. Ndamukong Suh

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10. Chris Bosh

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9. Luis Suarez

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8. Tony Romo

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7. Mark Sanchez

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6. Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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5. Aaron Hernandez

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4. Ryan Braun

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3. Riley Cooper

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2. Dwight Howard

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1. Alex Rodriguez

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