All Hail The Dark Side

By Staff     May 18, 2005

We spend a lot of time in the world of sports focusing on the good. Everywhere you turn, there are fluffy stories about fluffy athletes feeding fluffy puppies.Not here.This one’s about the Dark Side. ![][1]Enemies just make life more fun. Where would Luke Skywalker be without the Dark Side? Probably making sand castles on Tatooine. He would have never been able to hang around with gorillas, fly spaceships, and most importantly meet Harrison Ford if he never had an enemy.Likewise, where would KU be without Missouri? Who would start racial chants at basketball games, underachieve every year, and recruit Ricky Clemons with hilarious results?Yep. We need the Dark Side in sports. That’s why this blog is about the ten most evil forces in sports. May the Jedi knights kill them all.**10. All Sports Union Chiefs**Bob Goodenow canceled the NHL season. NBA Union Chief Billy Hunter is threatening another strike. And Donald Fehr makes those two guys look reasonable.**9. The Guy In Charge of Major League Marketing**Thanks to this guy, every Major League team wears uniforms better suited for Sunday night beer-fests on the diamonds of Johnson County. Call me crazy but I actually long for the days when the home team wore white. As long as MLB is making an extra buck:**8. Bill Romanowski**Earlier this week, the former Bronco and Raider [admitted he took steroids.][2] On top of beating up a teammate and spitting in J.J. Stokes’ face this is one miserable human being.**7. Bob Knight**Everything’s bigger in Texas. Even the schmucks.**6. The Guy Who Decided That All Cokes Should Be Sold In Bottles**There’s nothing worse at a July baseball game than drinking lukewarm pop. It’s not soda. Who says soda?**5. George Steinbrenner**He wins a lot and cares so much about his team that he puts tons of money into it. Wait why is that a bad thing?**4. Ray Lewis**Just a bad, bad man. He probably killed someone, you know. That certainly qualifies his placement on this list.**3. Shawn Kemp**The guy is probably going to jail for [ toting drugs and guns around in his truck.][3] That can’t be a good example for his seven kids which he had with six different women.**2. Leonard Little**The Rams’ defensive end drove drunk and killed a 47-year-old St. Louis woman in 1998. Last year, he was arrested again for driving while intoxicated.**1. The Parking Lot Guys At Kauffman Stadium**Seriously 20 bucks to park and see this garbage? [1]: http://www.starwars.jp/character/image/darth_vader.jpg [2]: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=2062507 [3]: http://www.komotv.com/stories/36582.htm

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