Armstrong tops list of disliked athletes
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February 8, 2013, Friday
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DISGRACED US cyclist Lance Armstrong, who confessed last month to doping after being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles last year, tops the new Forbes magazine list of most disliked US athletes.
The list, released on the magazine's website on Wednesday, saw Armstrong edge collegiate American football player Manti Te'o on a higher name recognition tie-breaker after each had only 15 percent appeal in a Nielsen/E-Poll survey.
Te'o was a linebacker for Notre Dame, which lost to Alabama in last month's US college gridiron title game, and finished second in Heisman Trophy voting as last season's top player, making him a top National Football League prospect.
But then came the revelation that the girlfriend whose death he grieved in the season had never existed, only the product of internet fakery and a voice on a telephone. He said he was not involved in the hoax and was merely duped, even when lying about having met the fictional girlfriend.
Tiger Woods, the 14-time major golf champion who won his 75th career US PGA Tour title last month at Torrey Pines, was third on the list at 19 percent appeal, a likely lingering aftermath of the epic sex scandal that destroyed his marriage and damaged his iconic good-guy marketing image and sponsorship deals.
Forbes list of most disliked US athletes
1. Lance Armstrong (cycling)
2. Manti Te'o (American football)
3. Tiger Woods (golf)
4. Jay Cutler (NFL)
5. Metta World Peace (NBA)
6. Alex Rodriguez (MLB)
7. Michael Vick (NFL)
8. Kurt Busch (US stock car)
9. Kobe Bryant (NBA)
10. Tony Romo (NFL)
The list, released on the magazine's website on Wednesday, saw Armstrong edge collegiate American football player Manti Te'o on a higher name recognition tie-breaker after each had only 15 percent appeal in a Nielsen/E-Poll survey.
Te'o was a linebacker for Notre Dame, which lost to Alabama in last month's US college gridiron title game, and finished second in Heisman Trophy voting as last season's top player, making him a top National Football League prospect.
But then came the revelation that the girlfriend whose death he grieved in the season had never existed, only the product of internet fakery and a voice on a telephone. He said he was not involved in the hoax and was merely duped, even when lying about having met the fictional girlfriend.
Tiger Woods, the 14-time major golf champion who won his 75th career US PGA Tour title last month at Torrey Pines, was third on the list at 19 percent appeal, a likely lingering aftermath of the epic sex scandal that destroyed his marriage and damaged his iconic good-guy marketing image and sponsorship deals.
Forbes list of most disliked US athletes
1. Lance Armstrong (cycling)
2. Manti Te'o (American football)
3. Tiger Woods (golf)
4. Jay Cutler (NFL)
5. Metta World Peace (NBA)
6. Alex Rodriguez (MLB)
7. Michael Vick (NFL)
8. Kurt Busch (US stock car)
9. Kobe Bryant (NBA)
10. Tony Romo (NFL)
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