A Brief History Of Sport’s Most Unsporting Moments
Basketball: The Punch
It was a punch that changed the rules of the NBA. As an on court fight between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Houston Rockets was taking place, Laker Kermit Washington turned to see Rocket Rudy Tomjanovich running towards him. He reacted by swinging a powerful roundhouse punch that hit Tomjanovich with so much force that when he awoke he thought that the scoreboard had fallen on him.
Aftermath: The punch fractured his face Tomjanovich’s face about one-third of an inch (8 mm) away from his skull, leaving Tomjanovich unconscious and bleeding profusely in the middle of the court. The silence that followed was described by one player as, “the loudest silence you have ever heard.” Tomjanovich nearly died from the injury, the punch separated the bone structure of his face from his skull and caused blood and spinal fluid to leak into his skull capsule.
Washington’s suspension of 60 days (26 games) was the longest suspension ever handed out in the NBA for an on-court incident. In a civil action by Tomjanovich against the Los Angeles Lakers, the court found in favor Tomjanovich awarding him $3.2 million dollars. Washington was traded to the Celtics while still on suspension, as the management felt that to keep him would amount to a “public relations disaster”.
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Perhaps you should review what the term “clock-wise” means.
Rolling a cricket ball is worse than biting someone’s ear off?? Granted I know next to nothing of the English sport – but c’mon.
The sports were not in any particular order, of course I would rather have a ball rolled to me than my ear bitten off, but the rolled ball created a hell of a stink as it was seen as a cowardly play. It cast the Australian team in a bad light for many years after, even the Australian players on the field thought it was a gutless move.
How can they leave off Woody Hayes coming from the sideline to level an opposing player running for a touchdown??
I’m only a mere mortal, but that incident just might make the next list.
Two comments: ON Kermit Washington, I saw that game and did not then and still do not believe it was bad sportsmanship. You have skirmish going on adrenaline is high and a player from the opposite team is running at you. I dont know about anyone else but I think if you put yourself in the same shoes you are going to protect yourself and while some do it by running some tend to throw out a fist or kick.
Mike Tyson: During and after the first fight Tyson was complaining of headbutts from Holyfield, a number or other fighters also stepped forward and stated the same, Holyfield tends to lead and hit with his head. During the second fight Tyson again was complaining of headbutts. Holyfield is at least 6 inches taller than tyson why is his head hitting tyson on the forehead. bad sportsmanship on tyson but should also have been on Holyfield
Hmmm…like the list but if you’re going to call out dopers how about Roger Clemens ongoing boorish and deceitful behavior and taking the sportsworld and Congress for idiots with his own brand of sophistry. Also, throw in his bat throwing incident in the World Series and a professional philistine is complete.