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Gallery: Athletes In Tears. Some Moving, Others Ridiculous

vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.co… — [PICS] From the sublime (Michael Jordan, Lou Gehrig, Wayne Gretzky, Mary Decker) to the not so sublime (Tonya Harding, Terrell Owens, Marion Jones). Good mix of pics across different sports.

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  • fictionalOne, on 05/14/2008, -12/+10Was hoping to see Kobe crying after losing to the Spurs in 2004. Oh well, still a good collection of pics.
    • tacofarts, on 05/14/2008, -0/+9It was Lakers and Pistons in 2004....
    • deardahl, on 05/14/2008, -3/+2Go Lakers!
      Kobe is not alone, what do you think all those guys are doing with their heads under the towels after they lose?
    • ricepicker4000, on 05/14/2008, -2/+4Rofl at this fictional being bitter as ***** cause no one on Spurs got a single vote for MVP. Plus great job on spurs joking tonight and going down 3-2 to the Hornets.
      • fictionalOne, on 05/14/2008, -1/+1Are you serious? How long has Kobe been in the league? He barely got his MVP, which should have gone to CP anyways. How many does Duncan have? Not to mention, more rings and finals MVP awards. Hope you're not that big of a Lakers fan, because they will go down to either the Spurs or Hornets. Just be ready for more tears.
    • benhollister, on 05/14/2008, -2/+22004: The year the ended the dynasty.

      P.S. LOL at the Magic for losing in 5. Go Pistons!
      • fictionalOne, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1My bad, that was 2003 when Kobe cried. Anyways, I'm just talking basketball trash. I know I cried when Fisher made that 0.4 shot.
    • harrison5394, on 05/14/2008, -0/+5The Lakers beat the Spurs in 2004.
    • Brad324, on 05/14/2008, -1/+2I shed a tear or two after burying your comment.
      • michaelb323, on 05/14/2008, -1/+2I laughed when I buried your comment kiddo.
  • bamafun, on 05/14/2008, -4/+42i cried like a baby right along with agassi - i hated to see him quit tennis - I loved watching him play whether he won or lost =)
    • bicyclethief, on 05/14/2008, -0/+19It's sad when you see the athletes you grew up watching retire one by one...
      • H0tKarl, on 05/14/2008, -14/+4It's even more sad when a stranger chasing a ball around actually affects your life.
        • itsthebrod, on 05/14/2008, -1/+2By definition, if you know who the person is, he/she is not a stranger you dumbass.
        • michaelb323, on 05/14/2008, -1/+1Yea!
    • mhender, on 05/14/2008, -8/+3You cried when a tennis player retired? Admitting that takes balls. Good for you.
    • Chicken, on 05/14/2008, -0/+2Agassi plays for charity and hes got an open sense of humor that makes him really loveable. He even got federer to laugh and lose a point.
    • kidjay, on 05/14/2008, -0/+3i'm with you. twas the year after i moved from ny to l.a. i'd have given just about anything to be at the open that year. and i dont even love tennis...i like it, but agassi has always been a hero of mine.
    • quomen, on 05/14/2008, -3/+1I cried when Elliot Yamin was eliminated from American Idol. ='(
    • blackgt93, on 05/14/2008, -2/+1People still watch tennis?
  • androothebear, on 05/14/2008, -28/+564 diggs on the homepage?

    this smells fishier than my vagina...
  • scotishstriker, on 05/14/2008, -17/+9over payed babies
    • mhender, on 05/14/2008, -2/+3undereducated commenter.
    • mike17032, on 05/14/2008, -2/+2Control your nerd rage. Just because they are good enough at something to care about it deeply does not make them babies. Its a shame you will never learn what that feels like, trolling digg isnt exactly a skill.
    • edwartica, on 05/14/2008, -0/+2I concur of all the things MJ could be crying about - global warming, starvation, AIDS, domestic violence, war - he cries over a stupid basketball game.
  • yohnstoppable, on 05/14/2008, -0/+87Would have been nice to have started at #1
  • ControlcChris, on 05/14/2008, -6/+21LOL at terrell
    • woofers07, on 05/14/2008, -1/+1I laughed my ass off when I saw it live.
    • theragu40, on 05/14/2008, -1/+1"Some moving, some ridiculous"

      lol...I thought terrell's was the only one that was ridiculous. The others were at least all for decent reasons.
    • bonedead, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1"Thats my quataback!" /tears
  • bicyclethief, on 05/14/2008, -0/+19omg. Never thought I'd see Tonya Harding's mug ever again.
    • wolferz, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1i just took a look at wikipedia to get more info on that particular event... and she has blimped. Good lord, if I had met her in person I would have no idea who she had ever been an athlete of any kind.

      Just goes to show... can't judge a book...
    • shondell, on 05/14/2008, -2/+1i ***** hate tonya harding with a passion. she is so ***** annoying and disgusting, just look at her picture! she reminds me of an out of control animal whenever she cries and moans like a ***** bitch.
      whew
    • strikerK, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1anyone have a video of one of her tantrums?
    • edwartica, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1Those of us who live in Portland like to mock her every chance we can. I actually saw her driving down the road once, and I flipped her off. Don't think she saw me though, because no one clubbed my kneecaps.
  • milkmit, on 05/14/2008, -1/+41Why'd you link to the 3rd picture in the series, skipping Agassi? That was kinda big...
    • ScottMitchell, on 05/14/2008, -5/+16Probably because Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player that ever lived.
    • Dorepoll, on 05/14/2008, -0/+7Probably to get a good thumbnail for the Digg submission.
  • dabura, on 05/14/2008, -4/+7loled at number 8. That's not crying, she just having an orgy on ice
  • repick3, on 05/14/2008, -3/+12I didn't even notice that Barry Bonds was crying... I just thought to myself "DAYYYYMN Thats a big ass forehead!"
    • CaliCutin, on 05/14/2008, -4/+2It looked like he was going to puke from all the steroids he took that day.
    • GregFD3S, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1They didn't mention when Barry in tears when in mid-season his father died from Lung Cancer and a Brain Tumor.
  • nlsk8ta, on 05/14/2008, -14/+3This is news?
    • mhender, on 05/14/2008, -1/+8Neither is "Latest iPhone Update Adds Additional Close-Bracket In Calculator Program Source Code" but it seems to give thousands of diggers a raging hardon. Get over it.
  • HubbertWins, on 05/14/2008, -2/+14Where is that pole vault girl these days? Damn, she was gorgeous.
  • thesoprano, on 05/14/2008, -0/+20Lou Gehrig was good.
    • GregFD3S, on 05/14/2008, -0/+2By far the most tragic... I was expecting Lou Gehrig to be number 1 on the list.
    • julianp, on 05/14/2008, -2/+0It's too bad he went mad with power and created Lou Gehrig's Disease -- unleashing it into the country's water supply.
  • smoothmann, on 05/14/2008, -1/+7Tonya Harding = Fail
  • br0wnstar, on 05/14/2008, -6/+13People give T.O. an unnecessarily bad rap. He's a great player and a good person. The media just love to take a soundbyte and run with it. With regards to what happened in Philly, what reasonable journalist would ask a wide receiver whether they'd rather have Favre as their QB? He was just being honest and he's constantly thrown ridiculous questions that other WRs don't have to deal with. It wasn't the smartest thing to do, but that, and him calling out Garcia (in SF), it was all blown out of proportion.

    He's doing amazing in Dallas and I wish him nothing but success. He cares about his friend and teammate Romo and instead of noting how it was the complete opposite of everyone's perception, people just laugh. It's ridiculous.
    • jimmies, on 05/14/2008, -6/+4It's not a soundbyte the meda runs with, it's a consistent, repeated pattern of bad behavior, ***** remarks, and general jackassery that defines T.O.
    • underwise, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1i think a better T.O. picture would be the pic right after the Catch 2 against Green Bay in 98.
    • mike17032, on 05/14/2008, -2/+2TO is a ***** train wreck, and Philly is better off being rid of him.
      • br0wnstar, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1Yeah, their seasons since cutting T.O. have been stellar!
    • gcsmit6, on 05/21/2008, -0/+1In all honesty, I really think he may be gay.

      1. Very emotional and cries a lot
      2. Lashes out as a defense mechanism because he is in a macho environment.(has to keep his rep cuz he's good)
      3. Told Rich Eisen that his favorite movie is the notebook (not making this up)
      4. He's a Prima donna.

      I'm sure there's more. I'm not saying its a bad thing but ever since I thought that, it seems more and more confirmed.


  • GregoryDrusch, on 05/14/2008, -1/+21I'm surprised Favre isn't in that gallery. I felt like his press conference photos were really touching.
    • mike17032, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1He should be there.

      Elway should too, after his first win.
  • trevorjez, on 05/14/2008, -0/+18jennie finch...damn.
    • Junior612, on 05/14/2008, -5/+2Damn what? Damn she's ugly? yeah... I agree.
  • thedingman, on 05/14/2008, -1/+21Burried for no Favre retirement.
  • wastedfluid, on 05/14/2008, -1/+4Emmitt probably had the most touching retirement conference I've ever watched in my entire life...
    • mike17032, on 05/14/2008, -1/+1I hated the ***** guy, but that was a damn good conference.
  • cusoman, on 05/14/2008, -9/+5"Barry Bonds had trouble keeping his emotions in check during the postgame ceremony after he hit his record-breaking 71st & 72nd home runs against the Los Angeles Dodgers."

    Yeah, hard to keep those emotions under check when you're juiced, isn't it?
    • merdiesel, on 05/14/2008, -4/+6I actually thought that was one of the more moving images.
      • HouseofEl, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1Sad? Yes. Moving? No. He's crying because he knows the record isn't legit and he's going to be facing charges at some point.
  • Timmaay, on 05/14/2008, -1/+4Where's KG?
    • presidentjapan, on 05/14/2008, -2/+2A better question: who's KG?
      • Amadeus2490, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1Give 'em a taste, KG!

        "Okay. . ."

        This is Bach and it rocks; it's a rock block of Bach that he learned in the school, called "The School of hard Knocks!"
  • ladyarcher85, on 05/14/2008, -0/+23Jordan's shot is a classic.
  • RedStateRetard, on 05/14/2008, -3/+4No Vernon Davis? Crying on draft day...
    • MyDiggIsBig, on 05/14/2008, -0/+3lol. vernon, why did the niners have to ruin you. pass the ball to him you idiots!
  • mrhedges, on 05/14/2008, -3/+5Gretzky sheds a tear? Please, Gretzky bawled his eyes out for the entire press conference. The Lou Gehrig picture was touching.
  • RSS14, on 05/14/2008, -1/+10Since the article mentions Emmit Smith, here is a video of Jamie Foxx owning a comedian at Emmit Smith's roast:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47r-0VlvkzM
    • wickensworth, on 05/14/2008, -0/+7Since your comment makes use of the letter m, here's my grandmother's recipe for marmalade
    • Conway, on 05/14/2008, -0/+4Thank you for posting that.

      I'm your conscience.
  • igotbanned, on 05/14/2008, -2/+1I missed the moving ones.
  • johndajap56, on 05/14/2008, -0/+4Sampras crying after his coach died - so sad, wish that was in there
  • sauron256, on 05/14/2008, -2/+2What about Jane Saville? One of the saddest sporting moments I can think of.
  • wickensworth, on 05/14/2008, -4/+6The images with women crying prove they're too emotional for sports
  • xcp84, on 05/14/2008, -5/+0Sports are emotional... I've lost a tourney before and got upset. Didn't cry though!
  • Picaroon, on 05/14/2008, -9/+5http://i30.tinypic.com/a3gphz.jpg
    Amazing what a caption can do :)
    • iamanalog, on 05/14/2008, -0/+5So when is the next train to hell?
      • Picaroon, on 05/14/2008, -2/+2I dunno. I'm hoping God has a sense of humor, unlike most Diggers.
  • deardahl, on 05/14/2008, -6/+2All American athletes? Good job, SI.
    • kidjay, on 05/14/2008, -0/+4its a ***** american publication. deal.
    • mike17032, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1Ya they tend to list people that their readers might have heard of. No one here is going to give a ***** about some guy that cried over soccer in Bolguviniandaria or Rice Throwing in Hanjo Kanda.
  • cambob76, on 05/14/2008, -0/+8The Tanya Harding picture is going to give me nightmares tonight... thanks a lot...
  • MeteoMan8314, on 05/14/2008, -1/+0Is it just me or does #13 of 17 look like the old Michael Jackson?
  • matt0ne, on 05/14/2008, -4/+6No digg: Where's Gazza?
    Paul Gascoigne, English football player crying after realising that he wouldn't be able to play in the next game at World Cup Italia 90
  • NathanCH, on 05/14/2008, -6/+2North American Athletes in Tears*
  • GentleRapist, on 05/14/2008, -1/+1Shedding tears in sports (most of the time) are the true tears of joy
  • rockon4life45, on 05/14/2008, -0/+4best one is definitely lou gehrig. i mean that man was going to be the best baseball player ever. he would have beaten ruth and we all know it. sad to have your career cut short but such a devastating disease
  • vanzan, on 05/14/2008, -0/+7Brett Favre?

    and what the f*** does T.O want in there?
  • evolu7ion, on 05/14/2008, -0/+4no ryan smyth?
  • underwise, on 05/14/2008, -0/+4they should used a picture of T.O. crying after the Catch 2 in 98 against Green Bay. That was pretty moving and showed that he has some emotions and isn't just a dick
  • sup34dog, on 05/14/2008, -0/+2thought of this when I saw Wade Boggs
    http://digg.com/baseball/Wade_Boggs_Has_a_Drinking ...
  • blackbelt88, on 05/14/2008, -0/+5I think Tiger Woods after winning the 2006 British Open deserves a mention here. That was a really touching moment to see him win a major after the death of his father and missing the cut at the US Open the previous month. Even the Tiger is human after all.
  • jrspartan53, on 05/14/2008, -1/+1i would have loved to seen some WHYYYYY WHYYYYYYY pictures from the figure skating world in this montage.
  • Enderplayer1, on 05/14/2008, -1/+2Some people claim the day they retire is the greatest of their life. Emmitt Smith is clearly not one of those people.
    • abird, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1Sweet. Thanks. I never would have caught that.
  • cathars1s, on 05/14/2008, -0/+5Julian Tavarez crying after the Indians lost the 1995 world series. Effing tragic.

    here's the pic:
    http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050926&c ...
  • AManOfLOP33, on 05/14/2008, -0/+6Jennie Finch, I love you.
  • indiandudeo, on 05/14/2008, -2/+1Wussies.
  • flyinghigh, on 05/14/2008, -0/+2"Despite being labeled a quarterback killer throughout his career, Terrell Owens was brought to tears while defending Tony Romo's Mexican vacation after the Cowboys' playoff loss to the Giants."

    He deserved that vacation god damnit!
    • HouseofEl, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1I always thought it was proof of mental instability more than anything.
  • aviazn, on 05/14/2008, -0/+2Surprised Michael Schumacher didn't make the list, when, at the 2000 Italian Grand Prix, he tied his idol, the great, late Ayrton Senna, on the all time wins list at 41. The race also saw a track marshall killed in a crash. When he breaks down, check out the reaction of his brother Ralf (who finished 3rd) on the right.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOQjYCwgLdE&eurl
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