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May 10, 2005
The Top Ten Conspiracies in Sports: Time to put on your tinfoil helmets...link courtesy of my Dad!
I vote for the conspiracy that caused the US team to walk into the stadium for the 2002 Winter Olympics wearing outfits that made them all look like limo drivers from Jersey. For the people who are now going, "Hmmm..." -- yes, this is the very same conspiracy (or at least, the winter version of it) that caused the US team to walk into the stadium for the 2004 Summer Olympics wearing outfits that made them look like fat little kids in sailor suits.
posted by lil_brown_bat at 12:24 PM on May 10, 2005
what about the Carl Lewis cover-up. vito, great link.
posted by garfield at 12:31 PM on May 10, 2005
NBA's lottery draft ... And they [now] have representatives from prestigious accounting firms to assure fairness. Well that's good, because we know we can trust the big accounting firms....
posted by smithers at 01:01 PM on May 10, 2005
there's also the tin-foily theory that Michael Jordan's retirements were actually hush-hush suspensions due to his gambling. or, hey, has Barry Bonds been suspended this year?
posted by gspm at 02:21 PM on May 10, 2005
I could be wrong, but that Herschel Walker trade HAD to be a conspiracy by the league to help "America's Team". (Or maybe it was just the dumbest deal in sports since Harry Frazee sold that Babe Ruth guy.)
posted by 15Vikings at 04:19 PM on May 10, 2005
I don't know if this is exactly a conspiracy, but with all the hoopla we heard this winter and spring about steroids in baseball, why is the NFL seemingly getting a pass?
posted by alumshubby at 05:03 PM on May 10, 2005
What about the 1978 World Cup fix at the second phase match between Argentina (hosts) and Peru? They needed to win 6-0 and they won, well....you know the rest.
posted by owlhouse at 06:58 PM on May 10, 2005
The Roy Jones one resonates with me the most, I remember him just pounding his Korean opponent in the Seoul Olympics, then when they announced the winner the general disbelief on the faces of everybody, including the gold medalist.