10 Sports People Who Had a Worse Week Than You

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Date: 10/26/2013

The Missouri Tigers have been one of the most surprising teams in college football this season. And on Saturday night, the No. 5 team in the country had a chance to keep their dream season alive against South Carolina. But they blew a 17-point lead in the fourth quarter and then lost the game in overtime after Baggett missed a 24-yard field goal that would have tied the game and sent it into double OT. As a result of the miss, Baggett spent Saturday night fielding death threats on Twitter instead of celebrating with his teammates. R.I.P. to his mentions.

Date: 10/24/2013

Back in July, the Houston Rockets traded White to the Philadelphia 76ers. And it sounded like White was going to get a new lease on his NBA career thanks to the trade. In Houston, he had been at odds with the Rockets front office, because he didn't feel like they treated the anxiety disorder that he suffers from seriously enough. So getting a second chance with the Sixers was something that he was looking forward to. But unfortunately, Philly decided to part ways with him this week, too, as they released him from their roster. And it might be the last chance that White gets in the NBA. A little more than a year after he was taken in the first round of the 2012 NBA Draft, White might already be out of the league.

Date: 10/21/2013

Way back in 1975, after his beloved Vikings lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Super Bowl, Pearson promised not to shave his beard until his team won an NFL championship. At the time, it wasn't all that bold of a move since the Vikings had a really good team and were built to win a title sooner than later. But those great Vikings teams from the 1970s never ended up winning an NFL title, so Pearson has been growing his beard ever since. Sadly, Pearson passed away on Monday, almost 40 years after he started growing out his beard, and never got to see the Vikings win a Super Bowl.

Date: 10/21/2013

Speaking of the Minnesota Vikings, how bad were they on Monday Night Football this week? Just one year removed from making the playoffs, the Vikings look like they might just be one of the worst teams in the entire NFL. There was some hope for the team recently when they decided to sign Freeman to a deal after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers released him. But Freeman looked absolutely awful on Monday night in his Vikings debut. Just about all of his passes were off target. He never looked like he was in sync with his wide receivers. And to make matters worse, he suffered a concussion during the game. It definitely wasn't the way he wanted to start off his career in Minnesota.

Date: 10/23/2013

The Buffalo Sabres are on course to be one of the worst teams in the NHL this season. And things are going to be a little bit tougher for them for at least the next couple of weeks because of a suspension that their enforcer John Scott just received. Scott was handed an indefinite suspension by the NHL this week after landing a cheap head shot on Boston Bruins forward Loui Eriksson during a game. Eriksson also had a pretty bad week as he has been ruled out indefinitely with a concussion. But we'll give Scott the nod here since he was the one who caused big headaches for both himself and his team.

Date: 10/24/2013

Shortly after reports started coming out of St. Louis indicating that the Rams were interested in signing Favre to replace their injured starting quarterback Sam Bradford, Favre did a radio interview and revealed some pretty shocking news. Even though he's only 44 and has been out of the NFL for just three years, Favre said that he's already starting to suffer from memory loss that he believes to be connected to all of the concussions he suffered during his career. And he fears that things could get even worse as he gets older. "I think that after 20 years," he said, "God only knows the toll that will be taken as time goes by." Suddenly, a silly rumor about Favre possibly making an NFL comeback got put into its proper perspective. Favre could be the latest NFL player to suffer long-term health problems as a result of playing professional football. How scary is that?

Date: 10/21/2013

It's official: People are NEVER going to forgive Vick for what he did to those poor dogs a few years ago. Even though he paid the ultimate price by spending a couple years in jail after pleading guilty to federal dogfighting charges in 2007-and even though he nearly lost his NFL career because of it-Vick still has lots of haters. Lots and lots of haters. As a result, Forbes just named Vick the most hated player in the NFL (again!), based on an E-poll that they conducted earlier this year. Something tells us this guy is never going to give up his "most hated" title.

Date: 10/22/2013

The Real Madrid forward committed one of the most egregious social media fails that we've seen in a long time this week. He just released his new CR7 Boys Underwear line and, to help promote it, he has been running a CR7 Boys Underwear Competition on Facebook. That competition calls for Ronaldo fans to post photos of themselves showing their support for CR7 on Facebook. Sounds innocent enough, right? But Ronaldo tried to promote that contest this week by sending out a tweet that didn't go over too well with, well, anyone. "Thank you all for participating in the CR7 Boys Underwear Competition," he tweeted. "It's been a real please to see all of your photos." Uhhh...what? Talk about a poor choice of words. Ronaldo deleted the tweet almost immediately, but not before a bunch of sports blogs called him out for it.

Date: 10/24/2013

Does anyone want Schiano in Tampa Bay anymore? The Buccaneers head coach saw just about everyone turn on him after the Bucs lost to the Panthers on Thursday night to drop to 0-7 on the season. A radio station paid for "FIRE SCHIANO" billboards to be put up in Tampa. The Bucs fans let Schiano know that they are becomingly increasingly restless with each loss. And even some former Bucs players spoke out about the way Schiano conducts business in Tampa. Somehow, he managed to survive the week without getting fired, which is the only real silver lining to Schiano's week. But we can't imagine him lasting too much longer in Tampa.

Date: 10/20/2013

Last Sunday's slate of NFL games hurt to watch. And they hurt even more if you were actually involved in the games. During the Browns/Packers game, Finley sustained a spinal contusion in his neck area after taking a hard hit to the head from Cleveland safety Tashaun Gipson. He spent the first half of the week in the hospital in ICU and the second half at home in bed trying to recover. But there's been no timetable released yet as far as how soon he will be back on the field.

There were also a number of other NFL players who sustained major injuries on Sunday. Colts wide receiver Reggie Wayne tore his ACL and is out for the season. Rams quarterback Sam Bradford tore his ACL and is out for the season as well. And Texans linebacker Brian Cushing suffered a torn LCL and a broken leg and, you guessed it, is out for the remainder of the season. All in all, it was a rough week to be an NFL player, and we sincerely hope this week isn't nearly as painful for NFL players.