Everyone has their threshold – but in the high pressure, results-driven world of sport, the temper of a testosterone-fuelled man can easily be pushed beyond its normal limits. We’re not talking about the players either. Coaches are legendary for some pretty extreme examples of going just a wee bit crazy, whether at press conferences or on the playing field, and in some cases they really lose it, getting completely out of control. Match officials and sports journalists take heed. These guys are totally out of their minds!
1. Jim Playfair, Abbotsford Heat Ice Hockey Coach
When Jim Playfair, head coach of the Abbotsford Heat, lost his temper in 2010, he set new standards for coaches going into meltdown and notched up half a million views on Youtube in just three days. Playfair wasn’t happy when one of his players got ejected following a collision with the opposing Bulldogs goal tender. Boy was he not happy. First he decided it was the stick’s fault. Then he went Incredible Hulk, ripping off his jacket and almost strangling himself with his tie. Then he smashed up another stick, miraculously not falling on the ice. And all this while spewing some foul language at officials. At least in ice hockey cooling off isn’t an issue. Shame the same can’t be said for Playfair’s anger management. Read the rest of this entry »
It didn’t take long for diet firm Nutrisystem to start trimming the fat formerly known as company spokesman Lawrence Taylor. Hours after news broke Thursday that Taylor had been arrested on a charge of suspicion of rape, Nutrisystem booted the former Giants linebacker as a rep, immediately severing ties with the troubled athlete. Read the rest of this entry »
NFL legend Lawrence Taylor has been arrested on suspicion of rape in New York, CNN.com is reporting.
Taylor, 51, was taken into custody by police after someone accused the Hall of Famer of raping a 15-year-old runaway at a Holiday Inn in Suffern, NY early Thursday.
Taylor — who’s considered one of the greatest defensive players of all time — recently performed a stint on Dancing With The Stars. In November, Larry was arrested for DUI. Then last February, the former football ace was collared in Florida for allegedly beating up his longtime girlfriend during a Super Bowl Weekend argument.
Lawrence has been charged with third-degree rape and assault. He is currently awaiting arraignment.
Some of soccer’s biggest stars are stripping for VF! In honor of next month’s soccer World Cup Soccer Championship in South Africa, Vanity Fair Magazine has commissioned shutterbug Annie Leibovitz to snap a full spread on the upcoming World Cup star players wearing their country’s flags — and very little else. Here’s the cover with Didier Drogba of the Ivory Coast and Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo — the Portguese Armani underwear spokesmodel recently romantically-linked to socialite Kim Kardashian.
Other hunks stripping down to their skivves for Vanity Fair include USA’s Landon Donovan, Cameroon’s Samuel Eto’o, and Brazil’s Kaká.
Leibovitz traveled to Milan, Madrid, London and Brooklyn for the photoshoots.
“Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)” English Version
Have you heard Shakira’s new song, “Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)?” The single, which features Freshlyground — a South African Afro-fusion band formed in Cape Town — is the official theme song for the FIFA 2010 World Cup, which kicks off in South Africa this summer.
