Gallery: 33 Pro Athletes Giving the Middle Finger

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Before Zaha was trying to help Cardiff City maintain their Premier League status, he was flipping off Leeds fans during his days at Crystal Palace.

Because why wouldn't you give the entire world the middle finger when given the honor of gracing the cover of Sports Illustrated?

Don't interrupt the Dodgers slugger's batting practice. Or else...

Back when Blake was throwing down in Sooner Country, he decided to tell a few chicks what he really thought about their party.

Jack Wilshere is often known to let his emotions get the best of him, and during a match against Manchester City back in December those emotions were on full display.

Joe Nedney was booed by his own fans after kicking off out of bounds one Sunday, and he gave them a silent response that spoke volumes.

Talk about kicking a man while he's down.

Jose Canseco. Need we say more?

Nice dog, bro.

Pat Burrell was known for being something of a "play by his own rules guy" throughout his career, so this shouldn't come as a shock to anyone.

Well, this is one way to make the hometown fans fall in love with you. Errr...

Gets bombed at home against the White Sox and booed off the mound by his own fans, subsequently tells those fans what they can do with their feelings.

Hey, that's not very ladylike...

Because Kobe ain't got time for postgame interviews. Just let him get to the locker room, okay, ESPN?

Want to know how rough Boston fans are? Kim was booed during pregame intros for blowing a lead in Game 1 of the 2003 ALDS, and he responded how any angry reliever would.

Apparently, the India cricketer was being taunted by the pro-Australian crowd at Sydney Cricket Ground during a Test match, and clearly he had enough.

The Canadiens and Bruins have always had something of a rivalry on the ice, so it should come as no shock that Ference flipped off Habs fans after scoring a goal.

In a Rookie/Sophomore Challenge game, Sean? Apparently, LaMarcus Aldridge said something that Williams didn't approve of.

Maybe this is why we shouldn't have so many cutaways in a televised baseball game. Wood was chilling in the bullpen, and, well, that's really all there is to this one.

If you're going to get disqualified from a race, this is the way to do it.

Apparently, A.J. Hawk was flipping off his own teammates as part of some inside joke that nobody would understand. It cost him $10,000.

He didn't think the cameras were rolling when he did this. OOPS.

In case you didn't know, soccer fans can be relentless in their taunting of an opposing team's players. During a Carling Cup fourth-round clash at Stamford Bridge, Burnley fans clearly got under Drogba's skin, and he let them know it.

Someone must have said something really bad to get Plummer fired up during the first quarter of a scoreless home game. Geez.

Two for the price of one!

Props to the photo editor who decided to run this in a newspaper.

We dare someone to tell Brock that he's not allowed to do that.

One finger, zero fux.

So you don't even want to try to be subtle about it?

If he does this when he's happy, can you imagine what he does when he's mad?

How would you feel if you were a punter for the Browns?

Why don't you tell us how you really feel, man?

As if breaking the poor guy's arm wasn't bad enough.